Denver awards $65,500 in P.S. You Are Here public art grants
Denver can look forward to eight new pieces of public art thanks to the creativity of local artists and $65,000 in grants from P.S. You Are Here.
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You can now submit your music to play in tiny magic doors in Denver trees
"People don't need to hear pop music, they need to hear what's happening in their neighborhood," said artist Nikki Pike, who has put up now five singing portals in five Denver parks.
Artist Shantell Martin transforms downtown Denver’s walkways with black-and-white drawings
Shantell Martin is working with the Denver Theatre District to create her largest installation to date, which covers the walkways along 14th Street.
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A guide to Denver’s Latino public art, in time for Hispanic Heritage Month
We took a look at Denver public art produced by Hispanic, Latino and Chicano artists and asked what it means to be represented in the city's artistic life.
Lonnie Hanzon and the “Shrine to Humanity” will offer Civic Center sanctuary at Denver PrideFest
"It's for everyone," Hanzon said, "All religions, all faiths, all colors, all shapes."
LOOK: This Denver photographer has created tiny universes inside the Curtis Hotel’s elevators
Even non-guests can step inside Brokering's oddly-shaped galleries, though you'll need a key to rise above the third floor.
What’s a giant bear worth? The price tags of everything in Denver’s $35 million art collection
This is what happens when Denver hands out millions of dollars and invites artists to have a field day.
Snow’s gone, sprinklers on, but first read Denver’s rules for lawns
Summer is coming to kill your grass.
LOOK: Alexandre Orion’s Cherry Creek Trail mural smiles again after vandalism
The perspective-bending portraits of Native American children along the Cherry Creek Trail have officially been restored to their former glory.
LOOK: This giant wooden hand in the Maven Hotel means LoDo’s Dairy Block is nearing completion
Colorado artist Andrew Ramiro Tirado hung a massive hand made of found wood today in the lobby of the yet-unopened Maven Hotel.
Somebody is vandalizing Denver’s murals. “Something’s happening. It’s a new thing.”
"Usually, they want a blank canvas," Chavez said of taggers. "Something's happening. It's a new thing."
Odd Spots: The Articulated Wall, better known as the I-25 french fries
How now! What's that yellow beacon on the horizon?
Real estate reads: disappearing lawns, Littleton considers ditching urban renewal and more
What happened to lawns? They got eaten by houses.
Is DIA pretty enough though? Let’s objectify
The reviews range from "handsome, if unexceptional" to "lifeless melancholia."
Denver’s big blue bear has a sibling in China
The creator of the 40-foot-tall sculpture, Lawrence Argent, who teaches at the University of Denver, is pretty prolific in the world of giant public art.