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Downtown Denver New to Public Art Public Art Phonecasts New Additions Downtown Denver is alive with public art. Take a stroll down any street Want to learn more about some of the artworks and you will be amazed by the quantity and quality of art you encounter. you see in this guide? There are over 100 public artworks waiting to be seen, heard and Denver’s Public Art Program is offering Public Art experienced on the streets and in buildings and parks downtown. Phonecasts of our most popular artworks. From any Each work is a unique experience for the senses. phone, dial 1-877-336-2787 (1-877-DEN-ARTS) and Walk underneath the Dancers (23k) and dance to the original music the extension listed below to hear short interviews Stimuli The New Worlds of the Globeville Pool composed by artist Jonathan Borofsky to accompany the sculpture. Christopher Weed Your Name in Graffiti with the artists talking about their work. Look for Powder-coated steel Aerosol painted murals Pause along Curtis Street and observe the reactions of unsuspecting Head Start/Lowry Mile High Montessori Globeville Pool/Argo Park passersby as they activate Jim Green’s Soundwalk (25), or be still more phonecasts coming soon! Ulster Way & N. Unita Way Logan St & E. 47th Ave 2008 2008 and meditate on Sol LeWitt’s sublime Untitled (30) for the GSA Federal Courthouse. All you need are comfortable shoes and our guide for a day of fun and adventure in Downtown Denver. Dancers The Yearling Fault Shadows Mustang Jonathan Borofsky Donald Lipski Patrick Marold Luis Jiménez Fiberglass and steel Steel and fiberglass Steel and glass Cast fiberglass Denver Performing Arts Complex sculpture park Denver Public Library, Children’s Lawn Gates Tennis Center Penã Blvd at Denver International Airport Speer Blvd and Arapahoe St West 13th Ave & Broadway Cherry Creek Dr. North & E. Bayaud Ave 2008 2003 2003 2008 EXT. 1 EXT. 2 Denver’s Public Art Program installs dozens of new works every year. Since this guide was completed, five new artworks I See What You Mean Soundwalk Villa Park were installed. While these Lawrence Argent Jim Green Gary Sweeney new sites are not indicated on Composite materials Sound installation Painted steel Colorado Convention Center Curtis St, between 15th St & 16th St Federal Blvd & W. 8th Ave the map, you can experience on 14th St outside main entrance on northwest sidewalk 2008 2005 1992 them in person by visiting the EXT. 3 EXT. 4 addresses listed above. 38TH PLATTE ST WA TER ST REET 7TH ST VER RI GL TTE PLA OB H EVI SOUT LLE RD PA RK RK 15 AV R T EN EN IVE H V UE S E R RA BASSETT ST WE TT T A ST PL LITTLE RAVEN TLE LIT ST UTH C SO H CA E 2 R IN 0TH R ELITC Y H CIRCLE C ARK R S IN E S E T CT K CHESTNUT ST ARGO ST DELGANY ST N SP DE WEWATTA ST E ER BL WEWATTA ST DELGANY ST V D AU WYNKOOP ST 38TH RAR IA P ARKWA WALN Y UT WAZEE ST ST PLATTE ST WA TER ST REET 7TH ST VER 7TH 7TH G F TE RI GL T OB PLA I 53 EVI SOUTH J BALKE ST 15TH 14T LLE RD PA ST H 13 RK E AV 15 U D K H EN R T EN IVE H V UE S S E R RA BASSETT ST S WE TT T T A ST MARKET ST PL LITTLE RAVEN TLE T LIT ST PA UTH 54 C SO H 14 CA E 20 R IN RK R T EL Y ITC H H CIRCLE C ARK R S IN E S E T CT A K CHEST C NUT ST LARIMER ST VE 16TH ARGO ST DELGANY ST N N SP DE CU T WEW R AT 22 TIS TA ST UE E ST ER ND BL S WEWATTA ST DELGANY ST 52 WE V B A LAWRENCE ST T D ST ( S 48 FR AURAR WYNKOOP ST SP T IA P ARKWA E Y E 50 WA 15 E SH LNU ER T WAZEE ST S ST ARAPAHOE ST BL 16 49 UT V 20 17 7TH 7TH 18 D BLAKE ST 19T 15T T 14T ST T 17 T 18 LE) T H S H ST H H H H S CURTIS ST T MARKET ST T 38TH S PA S S T R T T 21 19 K A LARIMER ST VE 20 16TH S CU N R 22 TIS ST CHAMPA ST PLATTE ST UE 22 28 WA TER ST T ND H STREE WE ER LAWRENCE ST T 7T V 51 TE RI GL T OB ST LA ( P H EVI ST FR SOUT LLE RD SP Denver L 27 PA E RK E 15 AV E ER EN R T Downtown EN H H UE S IVE V S BL ARAPAHOE ST RA WE HU E R BASSETT ST TT T A ST PL LITTLE RAVEN TLE V 25 LIT Legend 20 29 17T ST 23 UTH C 18T TTLE D H SO 19T CA E 2 R IN STOUT ST 0TH T R ELITC Y A AN ST H CIRCLE H C A H S RK R H S H S IN CURTIS ST E S E T P ST ) CT K CHESTNUT ST 24 26 S M T B Union Station LI T 30 T ARGO ST DELGANY ST N SP DE WEWATTA ST C E Gates Triangle Sculpture Park C CHAMPA ST ER BL WEWATTA ST DELGANY ST OLF V D Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver 31 D AU CALIFORNIAWY SNKOOTP ST RAR E Centennial Park AX IA P TH ST ARKWA N ST STOUT ST WALN Y F Confluence Park PA UT WAZEE ST LI MA 37 AV ST N 34 G Fishback Park C 7TH OLF E 36 BALKE ST LA 15TH 14T 14TH CALIFORNIA ST ST H TH ST AX H Children’s Museum S S T MARKET ST KA 35 32 T MA AV 38 WE PA AY LTON ST RK LA E I Gates Crescent Park 14TH 33 A Y LARIMER ST VE KA 16TH AV WELTON ST CU N J City of Cuernavaca Park R 22 39 TIS ST UE ND S AV WES LAWRENCE ST T ST OADW ( OADW E E FR K Denver Skate Park SP T BR E E SH E ER ARAPAHOE ST 13TH BL L CommonsBR Park UT V 20 17 GLENARM PL 18 D 19T T T T LE) T H ST H H H H H 13TH CURTIS ST H S M Skyline Park AV S S T T E GLENARM PL T CHAMPA ST N TREMONT PL Denver Performing Arts Complex AV O AN ST STOUT ST Colorado Convention Center P LI C E OLF CALIFORNIA ST P Civic Center Park TH ST AX MA AV COURT PL LA E 14TH Q Denver Art Museum/Denver Public Library KA TREMONT PWELTLON ST AY 40 AV E OADW BR R Colorado History Museum ST41 CLEVELAND PL 13TH GLENARM PL EE AV E Regional Transportation District (RTD) OK TREMONT PL ER S Civic Center Station CH YENNE PL COURT PL 42 45 CHE T OCK ST 46 47 Coors Field NN R ST CLEVELAND PL EE BA OK U Pepsi Center O COURTER PL 43 CH CHEYENNE PL OCK ST N Elitch Gardens BAN P 44 ST Indicates a Public Place CLEVELAND PL EE Indicates Artwork Q 45g OK ER 45f Indicates Light Rail CH CHEYENIndicatesNE P aL Pedestrian Bridge OCK ST 45c 45e N 45a BAN 45d 45b ART PUBLIC Denver DDowntown platte valley 1 2 3 10 11 12 Winter Crossing A Life in Harmony with all Creation Wind Song Earth, Air, Fire and Water Aerial Common Ground Stephen Batura Maria Alquilar, Robert Mangold Nancy Lovendahl John Davis Barbara Grygutis Casein on wood panels Ken and Judith Williams Painted steel Colorado native sandstone Metal and concrete Stone Union Station passage way Tile, brick and clay mural Downtown Children’s Playground (four works) Denver Skatepark Commons Park 17th St & Wynkoop St 15th St viaduct, between Speer Blvd & Wynkoop St City of Cuernavaca Park Little Raven St & 20th St Little Raven St & 15th St 2002 (Collection of RTD) Little Raven St & Wynkoop St 1971 along park paths 2007 2001 1993 (see tour notes) I-25 & 20th St 1998 4 5 6 13 Leap of Faith Confluent People Cottonwood Leaf 222.5˚ Arc x5 Patty Ortiz Emanuel Martinez Andrew Dufford Bernar Venet Painted steel Mural African granite and bronze Steel Speer Blvd & Elitch Cir. Little Raven St Confluence Park Commons Park 1995 & Speer Blvd underpass 15th St & Little Raven St Little Raven St & 15th St (see tour notes) 1999 2004 2006 7 8 9 14 Mona Lisa Visions Born With This River River Glyph Pilgrimage Stefano Castronovo Robert Tully Andrew Dufford Zhang Huan Mural Stone Sandblasted concrete Cast concrete 15th St & Platte St Gates Crescent Park next to and lithochrome dye Millennium Bridge Plaza 1984 (Private Collection) Children’s Museum City of Cuernavaca Park 16th St & Little Raven St (see tour notes) West 23rd Ave & Water St on park paths 2001 (Collection of Denver Art 1997 I-25 & 20th St Museum) 1996 (see tour notes) Leap of Faith, Patty Ortiz tour notes 3 Walk north on Speer 4 Continue on Speer, 7 Take Platte River path 14 Cross over Milennium Blvd to Elitch Cir to take stairs down to Children’s Museum Bridge, follow 16th St Mall continue tour.