Public Art
El Viaje / The Journey
From the artist: This mural composition is titled “El Viaje” or “ The Journey.” It’s a story about life. In this composition, I focus on expressing the Mexican peoples’ journey from creation to the present and into the future. To tell this story, I have used certain instances, elements and symbols that reflect history, tradition …
Public Art
César E. Chávez: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist
This bust is located in the North Denver park named for César E. Chávez, a leader in the struggle for human and civil rights for farmworkers, and an instrumental player in establishing the United Farm Workers Union, a victory for a group of working class people who had historically been abandoned by law. “We cannot …
Public Art
Sing and Glide
“Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide.” John Muir Artist’s Statement: “Confluence park brings together two rivers, the South Platte and Cherry Creek. It is also an urban park, a place where nature and city life are married; Fifteenth Street …
Urban Arts Fund
Brown Elementary School (flowers, blue design)
Barth Quenzer, Denver Public School teacher, and local artist Jeremy Ulibarri (JOLT) created a mural program with students at Brown Elementary School.
Urban Arts Fund
DPS Trevista at Horace Mann
Trevista at Horace Mann'z student leader service group worked with a team of 20 students and local artist to design a school and community unity mural at Horace Mann Elementary School during Trevista's Service Project Day.
Urban Arts Fund
Lake Middle School
Barth Quenzer, Denver Public School teacher, and local artist Jeremy Ulibarri (JOLT) created a mural program with students at Lake Middle School.
Urban Arts Fund
Valdez Elementary School
Local artist Jeremy Ulibarri (JOLT) worked with Valdez Elementary School students in the creation of this mural.
Public Art
A Life Cycle Story
“A Life Cycle Story” is an interactive sculpture of steel screen panels located near the south-facing exterior of Denver’s Smiley Branch Library. The artist, Maureen Hearty, plasma cut by hand a six-part story of the dandelion’s life cycle from steel sheet metal. The panels contain cut-outs of dandelion imagery that reflect a playful storyline of dandelions …
Public Art
Cultural Tapestries
Public Art
Flight of the Eagle Dancer