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Never Not Sooper
Abstract painting in peach and pink tones on Sooper B Liquor building
Public Art
Sky Song
Sky Song, an interactive art installation, was designed and fabricated by Denver-based artists Nick Geurts and Ryan Elmendorf. The mirror-polished stainless steel 8-foot structure invites passersby to press any combination of its 33 buttons which will activate lights on the amphitheater building facade during a concert and activate bells when all’s quiet. Check out video …
Public Art
On Display
On Display is a series of glowing enclosures that reference window-shopping displays. By interacting with these sculptures the visitor is highlighted within the illuminated frame and becomes the object of interest in the ‘window display’. We are celebrating the South Broadway business district by putting the public ‘on display’. These highly interactive sculptures will encourage social collaboration and …
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Untitiled (black and white, man’s face with mountains)
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Untitled (scroll with written values, along with ink and candles)
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Untitled (man painting “Brushstrokes,” scene as if looking into a studio gallery)
Public Art
Sun Spot
Sun Spot is a multi-piece artwork for Denver’s new Municipal Animal Shelter at the South Platte Campus. The primary piece is a 25’-tall iconic dog sculpture located at the southeast corner of the site, adjacent to the South Platte Trail and visible from Interstate-25. The form of the dog is an amalgam of many different …
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Untitled (white tiger and wolf viewing each other)
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Indio Chichen Itza
Artist Bimmer Torres worked with five youth from the Juvenile Diversion Program to design and create this mural in only three days. The figure represents a wise Mayan warrior in front of a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The Juvenile Diversion Program targets youth as a prevention program for illegal graffiti tagging. One participant …
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F.R.E.S.H. (Friends Respecting Everyone’s Success through Hip-Hop)
F.R.E.S.H. (Friends Respecting Everyone’s Success through Hip-Hop) created this mural in Rishel Middle School neighborhood, working with students from Rishel Middle School, Valverde Elementary and Kipp High School. Through the graffiti/aerosol art element section of the curriculum, the F.R.E.S.H. program also provided participants, family members and community members opportunities to learn about an expressive art, how …