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Cloudbreak

The east wall of the jury assembly room is a colored glass image of light bursting from behind dramatic storm clouds seen through a layer of over 13,500 glass tubes that “push” like a cloud through the metal frame of the wall in low relief. Each tube catches the bits of color of the pixelated …

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Reconciliation Bench

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We the People

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Pathways

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Chorus

This installation is composed of 19 earthcast vessels on their sides, which are adjacent to circulation nodes between the bridges at East 26th Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. These vessels demonstrate the delicate balance between human interaction and nature. Each of the five nodes features a different grouping of vessels in arrangements that relate to …

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Untitled (yellow bench)

This sculpture by Anthony Magar is yellow and white and looks like an abstract bench shape

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Current³

CURRENT 3 by Virginia Folkestad is a site-specific, interactive light installation, which is part of a public/private collaboration between Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and LoDo Neighborhood Asssociation called LoDo Lights, created to celebrate and honor Denver’s 150th birthday.  Manny’s Bridge, site of CURRENT 3, the first LoDo Lights installation, was rebuilt twice as a railroad …

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Garden Stories

Lars Stanley writes  “In the garden, we bear delighted witness to life cycles.  From seed to sprout, from blossom to fruit and again to seed, the vegetables we thought we knew from brightly lit grocery bins reveal their complexity:  the spike of an okra pod, the delicate bloom of a squash plant, the spiraling geometry of …

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Leaves of Grass

Artist Tyler Aiello’s “Leaves of Grass” consists of a group of sculptures, inspired by the blades of prairie grasses and yucca leaves native to Red Rocks Park. The three oversized “blades” are fabricated from discs of durable, hand-forged, stamped steel.  The discs are welded together and molded into the blade shapes, then wire-brushed and powder-coated …

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Tulga

In addition to being a symbol of warmth and comfort, the Tulga sculpture represents the spirit of the home. The three rings represent the sun, the moon, and the stars. The top of the four legs are sculpted to imitate a bird’s head, birds which protect the fire. The base mount of the sculpture incorporates …

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