Sheffield Design Awards for Public Art

About

The Sheffield Design Awards for Public Art celebrates and promotes public artwork in Sheffield, by recognising the artworks and artists making a contribution to the city’s public realm.

Public art has a great role to play in helping to make Sheffield look and feel unique and distinctive. It helps create places and spaces that we love and cherish and can have a positive impact on our well-being.

The awards started life as the Keith Hayman Award, which was awarded annually to the best mural and best sculpture produced in the previous year. The trustees decided to expand the awards to create a larger event for the art community, celebrating the fantastic work being done across Sheffield.

The overall winner will be presented with the Keith Hayman Award, which continues the legacy of the previous format of the awards and commemorates Keith Hayman, a founder member of Sheffield Civic Trust who sadly died in 2013. He had retired from a career with Sheffield City Council where he brought his skills and commitment as town planner and environmentalist to enhancing the quality of the public realm. He was also a committed and talented artist. This award was initiated in his memory and recognises an outstanding contribution to the experience of public art in Sheffield.

The Awards

  • This award will be chosen by children at Windmill Hill Primary School from all shortlisted entries to the Awards.

  • The People’s Choice Award is selected from all shortlisted entries to the Sheffield Design Awards for Public Art via an online vote that is open to everyone

  • This award is given to the best sculpture (three dimensional).

  • This awards is given to the best permanent mural.

  • This award will be given to the best artwork painted onto security shutters.

  • This will be awarded to the best non-permanent artwork. For example, a mural painted onto a temporary hoarding, or a temporary installation.

  • Artist of the Year is chosen from all entries to the awards with an emphasis on multiple artworks of a high standard completed by the same artist.

  • Overall prize winner which is selected from winners of all of the other categories.

  • This award recognises an existing artwork worthy of recognition for its impact on Sheffield’s public realm.