Public Art
Que Viva Paco
Que Viva Paco honors Francisco “Paco” Sanchez, who in 1954 launched Denver’s first Spanish language radio station. The artwork consists of three stainless-steel disks, approximately five feet in diameter, painted in the colors of the United States and Mexican flags. The disks represent the Mexican and Latin music Paco would “spin” over the local airwaves.
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Time is a Friend of the Future, Not an Enemy of the Past
Time is a Friend of the Future, Not an Enemy of the Past is a large functional clock created from a vintage encyclopedia set. Each piece has a silhouette profile cut from the cover with layers of exposed pages building the scene. The profiles are of people of various ages, genders and ethnicities. Some are …
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Rondure
“Rondure” by Nikki Pike (Denver, CO) consists of a 7’5″ spherical sculpture cast in bronze with a texture taken from tree bark. The sculpture contains a motion-activated sound component of wildlife found in Colorado. Pike collaborated with bARTer Collective, a collective of artists, educators and service workers, to offer outreach opportunities to create a community …
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Connecting Points: Snakeskin Bench
Snakeskin Bench is located near Red Rocks Will Call, ideally situated to take advantage of the extraordinary view of the Red Rocks valley. The carved bench features a back support and is imprinted with the pattern of the rattle snake indigenous to the area.
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Connecting Points: Strata
Strata is sited at the geologic overlook and leverages the interpretive information at that site by adding the additional consideration of current ecology. This piece is made up of layered stone that mimics the stack of ancient layering and uplifting that occurred during the land’s epic history. Carved into the stacked strata of centuries is a …
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Connecting Points: Deep Time
This art bench highlights the great unconformity and adds a third in the form of masonry that mimics the great work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps crews during the construction of the amphitheater. A large Precambrian boulder transitions into fountain formation stone, but in between those two formations, a recess of honed black granite …
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Connecting Points: Alluvial
The Alluvial artwork consists of two benches composed to mirror the bedding planes of adjacent rocks and are carved from Lyons Red Sandstone. Seats were carved in to the tops to provide a smooth seating surface. These benches are located at the base of the Red Rocks Funicular Trail.
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Bridging the Community
This brightly colored mural installed on 32 columns and several walls of the 47th and York Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, Bridging the Community is modeled after Anthony Garcia, Sr.’s continuing goal of bringing communities together in a positive way. The artwork references the residents of the surrounding area by utilizing a vibrant array of colors or “cultures.” The …
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On the Rise
On The Rise, designed by Wendy Khawaja, is installed inside Denver Zoo’s The Edge, where more than an acre of land provides habitat for its two Amur tigers, Yuri and Nikita. The artwork consists of circular, tiered platforms, designed to provide the magnificent Amur tigers a place to climb, jump, lounge, splash and play. The design was …
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Silent River
Silent River is a mixed-media installation made from oil and acrylic paint on hand- and laser-cut materials that layer over each other, creating varying depths and the illusion of a semi three-dimensional waterscape. Artist’s Statement: My projects depict made-up landscapes that are inspired by the unfathomable universe and our natural Earthly environment. The nature portrayed …