Public art you can play! Supported by community partners.
Our #ComePlayWithMeNL Public Pianos are found in public spaces across the province. These instruments are sponsored by local businesses, painted by local artists, and waiting to be played by all!
The #ComePlayWithMeNL Public Piano Program launched in December, 2014, with the Jag Hotel piano featured at the St. John’s International Airport. We now have 10 pianos placed across the province in public spaces. Each donated piano is painted by a local artist, debuted by a local musician, and sponsored by a local business. The Piano Program is constantly growing, and we hope to install public pianos at more Arts & Culture Centres, airports, hospitals, and other public venues across the province soon.
These pianos allow for spontaneous personal expression, the public’s enjoyment of the piano in the vicinity, and ample opportunities to share on various forms of social media. The pianos add to the atmosphere to create an active, alive, and engaged place of interest, and provide the opportunity to connect over music.
In addition to the general public use of the pianos, the location sponsors are active in creating events structured around the instruments. Since the program began in 2014, 30 artists have been engaged to paint and play these instruments, and over 200 free, advertised public performances, and countless spontaneous ones have taken place.
Our Current Pianos
JAG Hotel Piano at the St. John’s International Airport
Artwork by Cara Kansala
Debut Performance by Timothy Brennan
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Clayton Hospitality Piano at the Health Sciences Centre
Artwork by Louise Markus
Debut Performance by Bill Brennan
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Coast 101.1 Piano At the memorial University centre Food court
Artwork by Mark Benson
Debut Performance by Mark Bragg
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Newdock Piano at Atlantic Place
Artwork by Sarah O’Rourke-Whelan
Debut Performance by Wade Tarling
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TOYOTA PLAZA PIANO AT THE ST. JOHN’S ARTS AND CULTURE CENTRE
Artwork by the graduating students of CNA Textile & Apparel Design
Debut Performance by Vanier Elementary School Choir and Evan Smith
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royal inn and suites piano at the goose bay airport
Artwork by Charlene Rumbolt
Debut Performance by Matthew Barrett
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MUN Piano at Emera Innovation Exchange Signal Hill Campus
Artwork by Jud Haynes
Debut Performance by Bill Brennan
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COX & PALMER PIANO AT THE ST. JOHN’S COMMUNITY MARKET
Artwork by Julie Lewis
Debut Performance by Mick Davis
