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 …

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