Urban Arts Fund

Prodigal Son Initiative original

This project converted 22,000 sq. feet of damaged concrete into a community gathering spot including six murals created and painted by local artists and community youth, three basketball courts and 12 steel pillars transformed into peace columns.

Urban Arts Fund

Axum Park

This mural at Axum Park was painted by Keith White (YNIG) and Joshua Rogers.

Public Art

Havana Lanterns

This piece consists of three iconic elements located on a narrow strip of landscape on Havana Street directly in front of the Denver County Jail. Intended to express the ever-present opportunity for transformation and rejuvenation, these luminous sculptures serve as beacons of hope for all those who live and work in the area. Stretching up …

Public Art

Compassion, Strength & Honor

Compassion, Strength, & Honor is a sculpture located outside of the Denver County Jail. It includes two representations of the sheriff badge. The upright badge has a mirror-like star, inviting the onlooker to become a part of the work. It also includes 21 rivets symbolizing the 21-gun salute performed at the annual Fallen Officer Memorial …

Public Art

The Ancient Mariner

This plaque by Robert Garrison is of a clipper ship.

Public Art

Two Views from Above

Two murals were designed and created for the Events Center at the Roslyn Building in Denver, CO. They depict views of the City of Denver and the mountains from the air. They are windows on our beautiful urban and natural landscape. The viewer will feel the spaciousness of these vistas as they are drawn into …

Public Art

Staplefield

Public Art

Thought Balloons

Thought Balloons is an interactive artwork that playfully inserts software generated text based dialog over seated people’s heads. As people sit on the black bench, thought balloons, like those found in a comic book format, magically appear above their heads. At other times when two or more people sit on the bench a dialog starts up …

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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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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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