Public Art
The 2026 Public Artists
The following artists all received Artville cash awards to create unique site-specific works for the 2026 Artville Public Art program.
Additional artists to be announced soon.
Felici Asteinza & Joey Fillastre (Milagros Collective)
New Orleans, LA & Miami, FL
Milagros is an artist collective co-founded by Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre that creates site-specific murals, installations, paintings, objects, and community spaces. Their practice is characterized by exuberant arrangements of color and form, hand-drawn pattern, experimentation, immediate visual impact, and an underlying spirit of play.
Milagros murals and installations have been commissioned by institutions, non-profits, and businesses across the U.S. The collective has also participated in numerous artistic residencies.
Milagros is based between New Orleans and Miami.
KEVPOP
Nashville, TN
KEVPOP creates joyful public art experiences. From a 20-foot inflatable installation to a music festival inside city buses, KEVPOP turns unexpected spaces into moments of community play. His work has been featured at Rockefeller Center in New York and Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville. KEVPOP has been awarded grants from Metro Arts Nashville and Artville, and was a finalist in the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville's Periscope program. KEVPOP has taught workshops at Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State University, and spoken at international conferences. Join the fun at kevpop.com.
Gerard Nadeau
Toledo, OH
Gerard Nadeau is an artist, architect, and educator whose work treats space as an event and a vehicle for change. A Massachusetts and Florida Registered Architect and LEED Accredited Professional with over a decade of professional experience, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture & Environmental Design at Bowling Green State University, where his teaching focuses on sustainable design and construction, and his research engages form-finding design methodologies and fabrication as well as community development through tectonic means. His practice is characterized by temporary, participatory architectural installations, a commitment to the hand-built and the experimental, and a belief in art, architecture, and design as crucial to civic life.
He actively promotes art, architecture, and design as crucial to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of the city. An architectural innovator, Nadeau holds two U.S. utility patents for a membrane tensegrity structural system. He is based in Toledo, Ohio.
Stephany Zoo
Singapore
Stephany Zoo is an artist whose murals and installations are inspired by death, mycelium, and community. Working across ephemeral and natural materials—including salt, recycled paper, and paint—her practice is characterized by themes of mortality and transformation, interconnection, and communal gathering, informed by her parallel work as a certified death doula.
Zoo’s murals and installations have been created in cities across the U.S. and internationally. A NEDA-certified death doula and certified yoga teacher, she brings a practice of ritual, care, and transition to her work. Stephany is based in Singapore.
GROW LOVE was our first ever public art installation hosted at the American Artisan Festival in Centennial park back in 2017. Created by FOREST ALCHEMY. artists Tracy Ginsberg and Theodore Lillie use an interdisciplinary approach that combines installation, sculpture, video, photography, painting, drawing, sound and performance and immerses viewers in transformational art in nature. The artists created a large scale white labyrinth in the shape of a magnolia flower, which is native to Centennial Park. Thousands of people walked through it during the festival weekend meditatively, leaving behind written messages of hope.
GROW LOVE has always been an inspiration for us fueling the dream and possibility of Artville - an event that provides opportunities for other artists to create public art for our community. Years later, the event will now be hosted in Wedgewood Houston Chestnut Hill with over 20 different installations and murals. We want to honor the legacy of GROW LOVE as our muse and our inspiration and thank FOREST ALCHEMY for their vision.