2025 Calendar Photography Contest

The Public Art Commission sponsored the creation of a calendar for 2025 that featured local photographers. The Commission encouraged photographers to present an interpretation of what public art means to them by incentivizing residents to experience art in Ames and explore the City’s permanent art collection. A $50 honorarium was awarded to the photographers of the twelve images selected for use in the calendar. One thousand copies of the calendar were donated for sale to The Octagon Shop, 427 Douglas Avenue. Proceeds were used to support programming at the Octagon Center for the Arts.