Longmont Community Selects 2026 Shock Art Winners
Contact:
joan.harrold@longmontcolorado.gov
970-380-4943
The City of Longmont Art in Public Places (AIPP) program is pleased to announce the selection of ten artists for the 2026 Shock Art program. More than 500 unique votes were cast during a month-long public voting process held from April 23 through May 18, 2026. Voting took place at Old Town Marketplace and the Longmont Civic Center.
The community selected nine of the ten commissioned designs through public voting. One additional design was selected by the Art in Public Places Commission.
Shock Art is a collaborative effort between Art in Public Places and Longmont Power & Communications, which owns and oversees the pad-mounted switch equipment that serves as the canvas for murals.
Selected artists and artist teams will each receive a $2,000 stipend to complete their designs on electric boxes located throughout the City of Longmont. Artist stipends are funded through the City of Longmont’s public art program, which receives funding from one percent of eligible City Capital Improvement Projects.
The 2026 program included both an open theme and a commemorative theme, recognizing Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. The call for artists specified that at least one commissioned design would commemorate these historic anniversaries. Of the ten selected designs, two were chosen from the anniversary theme.
The following artists and artist teams have been selected for the 2026 Shock Art program:
- Jon Fukuda: “Longmont Horizons”
- Kayla & Kevin Ghera: “Reflections in Colorado”
- Joyanna Gittings: “Amor al Obrero”
- Stephanie Jordan: “Looking Up”
- Isis Ramirez: “The Centennial State”
- Travis Rueckert: “Peach Crate”
- Aleta Sherman: “Aspens”
- Kathy Sievering: “A Day Enjoying Nature Areas and Parks in Longmont, Colorado”
- Dustin Spencer: “The Cars we Like”
- Savanna Sulaiman: “Mosaic Symbols of Colorado”
Artists are expected to complete their designs by Oct. 31.
Learn more at longmontcolorado.gov/aipp or by calling 303-651-8924.
About Shock Art
Since 2010, Longmont Art in Public Places and Longmont Power & Communications have partnered to commission artists to transform utility switchgear boxes throughout Longmont into public artworks. Artists submit designs on scale models, and selected artists are commissioned to paint their work on electric boxes located throughout the city.
About Art in Public Places
Longmont Art in Public Places’ mission is to provide, manage and promote a diverse and ongoing collection of public art for the enjoyment of the citizens of Longmont.
