Cycle Interlace | Sports Boulevard
Artists | Sans façon
Project Team | Coen + Partners, El Dorado, Typsa, Buro Happold, Petrichor Projects
Art as cultural infrastructure for a world in transition.
Petrichor Projects is a cultural strategy and curatorial practice that works with art as a tool for societal adaptation. Operating at the intersection of culture, environment, and the built world, we collaborate with artists, institutions, and civic partners to integrate art into the frameworks that shape how people live, relate, and belong.
Our work engages moments of environmental, economic, and social transition, using art to shape perception, influence behavior, and create meaning within complex public and institutional systems. From early visioning and cultural strategy through commissioning, realization, and long-term stewardship, we guide projects from concept to completion with a focus on public accountability, durability, and care.
Grounded in local context and operating globally, Petrichor Projects designs cultural infrastructure that helps places—and the people within them—evolve with intention, care, and long-term relevance.
News Highlights
Petrichor Projects Founding Director, Tiffany Meesha Thompson, EMBA, has been named one of CODAworx’s 2025 Top 20 Creative Revolutionaries — an international recognition of her visionary leadership in public art.
Tiffany’s leadership continues to expand the boundaries of public art — championing new models that embed artists into design processes, partnering with museums to extend their reach into the public realm, and developing innovative approaches to cultural placemaking.
Kansas City announces winning artist team for Barney Allis Plaza.
Belgian artist duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh—Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh—have been selected for the City’s $2.18M public art commission at Barney Allis Plaza. Known for large-scale, site-specific works at the intersection of art and architecture, they create environments that shift how we see and move through public space.
“Gijs Van Vaerenbergh’s work is spatial poetry,” says Tiffany Meesha Thompson, Curatorial Consultant and Founding Director of Petrichor Projects. “Their practice expands the possibilities of public art—creating environments that unfold around you.”
Learn more at barneyallis.org
Rising as a new cultural icon, The Arts Tower by Abdulnasser Gharem embodies Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s new identity and ambition. Developed with curatorial input from Petrichor Projects in partnership with El Dorado, the work reimagines an existing electrical tower to create a bold statement for the city. Symbolizing Riyadh’s evolving, forward-looking vision, The Arts Tower is set to become a defining feature of the urban landscape.
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2025 Creative Revolutionary Tiffany Meesha Thompson
CODAWorx
April 2025
CODASummitt 2024
The Reimagined Museum
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