{"id":268286,"date":"2026-04-27T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/268286\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:10:07","slug":"downtown-towers-being-lit-in-school-colors-for-2026-graduations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/268286\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Towers Being Lit in School Colors for 2026 Graduations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on May 06, 2026<\/p>\n


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Congratulations, Class of 2026! For the third year, the City of Arlington will light up Downtown to celebrate our community\u2019s high school and college seniors who are graduating this semester.<\/p>\n

Graduates and their families looking for a memorable photo op are invited to visit the public plaza on the south side of Arlington City Hall, where the 40-foot Flamme d\u2019Illuminacion towers will be lit in school colors on a rotating schedule during the months of May and early June.<\/p>\n

Artist Michelle O\u2019Michael\u2019s four towering woven steel sculptures were installed between City Hall and Levitt Pavilion Arlington in 2021. The silver towers are illuminated by programmable LED lights that can remain static, color sweep or flicker like flames. The City regularly changes the towers\u2019 colors for holidays, such as Memorial Day, or special events.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, May 3, the City will light the sculptures orange and blue to celebrate graduating Mavericks from The University of Texas at Arlington. Then, the towers will be lit blue and red to celebrate Arlington Baptist University’s graduating patriots on Monday, May 11. Tarrant County College\u2019s graduating Trailblazers will be celebrated with blue and teal lights on Saturday, May 16.<\/p>\n

Finally, the towers will be lit May 22-June 3 in the school colors of all public high schools in Arlington ISD and Mansfield ISD. City Hall is located at 101 W. Abram St. and is surrounded by free public parking.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, seniors! Your future is bright in The American Dream City.<\/p>\n

College Graduation Lighting Schedule
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\nMay 3 \u2013 The University of Texas at Arlington (blue and orange)
\nMay 11 \u2013 Arlington Baptist University (blue and red)
\nMay 16 \u2013 Tarrant County College (blue and teal) <\/p>\n

High School Graduation Lighting Schedule
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\nMay 22 \u2013 Summit High School (blue)
\nMay 23 \u2013 Timberview High School (maroon)
\nMay 25 \u2013 Memorial Day (red, white and blue)
\nMay 26 \u2013 Sam Houston High School (red and blue)
\nMay 27 \u2013 Arlington High School (green and white)
\nMay 28 \u2013 Lamar High School (blue and yellow)
\nMay 29 \u2013 Bowie High School (blue and orange)
\nMay 30 \u2013 Seguin High School (blue)
\nMay 31 \u2013 Arlington College and Career High School (blue)
\nJune 1 \u2013 Martin High School (red)
\nJune 2 \u2013 Venture High School (maroon)
\nJune 3 – Arlington Collegiate High School (blue and teal) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on May 06, 2026 Congratulations, Class of 2026! For the third year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-268286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}