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Every sculpture and work of art you discover Executive Order under Mayor Federico Peña. The order, or galleries, but rather in our local recreation centers, will provoke questions and invite contemplation, but some enacted into Ordinance by Mayor Wellington E. Webb, directs swimming pools, fire and police stations, libraries, parks that 1% of any capital improvement project over $1 million and public buildings through Denver’s Public Art Program. artwork is particularly engaging for children. To discover these undertaken by the City be set aside for the inclusion of art New works of public art are created each year. This guide pieces, look for the PINK DOTS within this guide. in the design and construction of these projects. Over the provides 250 color photos of these and other Denver artworks, past 20 years, the City has installed more than 150 works of plus maps to guide you through the collection. Pack a picnic By “connecting the dots” you can create your own Children’s Art art under this program. These works, along with historic and and spend a weekend discovering Denver’s amazing Public Tour—fun for the whole family! donated works of art, make up the City’s Public Art Collection. Art Collection! The artworks acquired through the Public Art Program are Public art can be found in every Denver neighborhood. Some Kids Art – Denver: Kids Art – Downtown Denver: selected through a public process that includes citizens, highlights include the two monumental bronze relief panels Metal Flowers (6) Wind Song (3) artists and design professionals. Each public art project on the façade of the Blair Caldwell African American Research Beatrix Potter Cottonwood Leaf (6) is specific to its location and each selection panel is unique. Library (21) and the endearing Wynken, Blynken and Nod Panel members are charged with identifying works that speak sculpture at Washington Park (35). Don’t miss the amusing Characters (12b) Vision Born by the River (8) to a location, group of people or time in history. Each selection friezes above the entrance to South High School — gargoyles Decker Library Murals (28) Aerial (11) panel is asked to select works that represent Denver and leaning over students taking tests (36) — and make a stop Untitled (30) Man and Woman (23f) identify artists that can create works of art that engage at Burns Park (50) to view some of Denver’s most original Wynken, Blynken Dancers (23k) the viewer, inform the visitor and add vitality to Denver’s and best-known artworks. and Nod (35) Soundwalk (25) cultural landscape. Children’s Fountain (39f) I See What You Mean (36a) Take time to revisit the artworks throughout the year during Life of the Mind (65) Laughing Escalator (36e) This guide is a tour of public art in the City and County of different seasons, times of day and weather conditions and Denver. It is divided into two sections: Denver and Downtown observe how the art changes. Have fun on the tour and don’t Prairie Dogs and One-Room The Yearling (44b) Denver. Information about the City’s entire Public Art Collection forget to bring your camera! School House (66) and opportunities for involvement in the public art process is available by visiting www.denvergov.org/publicart or calling 720-865-4313. Denver’s Public Art Program is administered by the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and overseen by the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs. The Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs is a citizen group appointed by the Mayor to advise the City on arts and cultural issues. ART PUBLIC DDenver berkeley park 1 Tennyson Street and 46th Avenue 6 7 8 a. Berkeley Park: Past b. Clear Concept c. Portrait of William Scheitler Metal Flowers Aqua Portal Swimming Under the Tree and Present Sherry Allen Steven Altman Unknown Artist Don Lawler and Meg White and Autumn Leaves Randi Eyre Mural Oil on canvas Metal Limestone Shan Shan Sheng Mural William Scheitler Recreation William Scheitler Recreation Chaffee Park Ashland Recreation Center Cold-cast glass and stainless William Scheitler Recreation Center game room Center reception area W. 44th Ave & Tejon St Fife Ct & W. Dunkeld Pl. steel wire Center pool 1994 2003 1991 2004 Rude Recreation Center 1993 2855 W. Holden Pl. 2004 (see tour notes) 2 3 4 The Denver Juntos/ Together Personal Icons Kristine Smock Tony Ortega Barry Rose richard t. castro human Sloan’s Lake Park Hand-set porcelain tile mural Bronze tiles 9 Steel Lakewood Dry Gulch Park Ross-Barnum Library services building 17th Ave & Newton St Perry St & 10th Ave Lowell Blvd & W. 1st Ave West 12th Avenue and Federal Boulevard 2005 1991 1992 5 Westwood Renaissance a. Family Pillar b.The Flag c.Brown Flowers, Daniel Salazar Lisa Kaslow Jill Burkee and Giancarlo Biagi the Mestizo People Digital photomural Painted steel Bronze relief Carlota Espinoza Westwood Community Center Outside front entrance Hallway to lobby Mural W.