Urban Arts Fund
Untitled (black and white abstract figures)
Urban Arts Fund
Thunderbird
Urban Arts Fund
Untitled (person wearing a hoodie, painting a rainbow)
Public Art
Construction
Urban Arts Fund
Amigos
Public Art
Beacon
“Beacon,” by Seattle-based artist Steve Gardner, is a laser-cut aluminum and fused glass work of art installed within the west façade of the Fire Station 35 building. The artwork was inspired by the Denver Fire Department’s connection and service to the airport and its passengers. The $200,000 project was paid for via the City and …
Public Art
Woven Light
Comprised of accoya wood and dichroic glass, Woven Light acts as an outdoor room which constantly changes throughout the day depending on light and shadow. It is an artwork in which people of all ages and abilities may quietly experience the beauty of Colorado’s natural light and surroundings.
Public Art
Strange Continents
Mindy Bray painted her largest mural commission to date along the 150-foot-long hallway at the entrance to the Westin hotel. The imagery for the work is derived from hundreds of photographs of the Platte River at Confluence Park in Denver, which the artist digitally manipulated to arrive at a vocabulary of shapes that were composed …
Public Art
Vorticity
The installation is comprised of several suspended sculptures arranged in a spiral, the shapes of which were determined by tracing the Rocky Mountains’ dramatic profile. The spiral — or vortex, from which the work’s name is derived — is one of nature’s most common forms, found in elements as small as snail shells or as …
Public Art
Colorado River
Wopo Holup was commissioned to create a series of sculptural pieces to grace the west wall of the Westin Conference Center pre-function area. The work represents ten continuous sections of the Colorado River running from Grand Lake in the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California. Along the way it runs through five states forming …