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Public art transforms our shared spaces, creating vibrant, inspiring, and engaging experiences for everyone. From murals and sculptures to temporary installations, public art reflects our community’s identity, history, and creativity, turning streets, parks, and public spaces into dynamic works of art.
The City of Bath is proud to celebrate and support local artists, makers, and cultural initiatives that connect residents and visitors to our shared story. Explore our growing collection of public art projects that honor our past, capture the present, and imagine our future.
Current Projects
2024
Hopeful by Charlie Hewitt
Bath Police Department
250 Water St. Bath ME
The Art of Being Hopeful
Artist Charlie Hewitt began The Hopeful Project, 2019-present, with a single lighted aluminum sculpture commissioned by Speedwell Projects for the roof of their headquarters in Portland, Maine. “Maine is a dark place in the winter,” Hewitt said, “and I felt compelled to illuminate that corner of our world with a message of hope.”
To date, the Hopeful message has spread with installations across seven states at dozens of different sites, both public and private, including an appearance at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. Bath Hopeful was installed on the Bath Police Station December 6, 2024.
“Hopeful is not a passive work – it’s a challenge and a responsibility. It’s a silent prayer, it’s a leap of faith you take that it’s going to be better. To be hopeful requires action, it requires commitment, it requires opening your eyes, it requires being part of something. It requires being passionately in love with your country, passionately in love with your family, and passionately in love with everyone in your community. That passion and that love I want back. I want a resurgence in my soul for that kind of life.”
— Charlie Hewitt