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Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for a new Public Art Project at Denver County Jail
Mar 24 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for a new Public Art Project for the Denver County Jail visitors’ room.
Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for Two New Denver Public Art Projects: A Total of $45,000 in Commissions Available
Feb 10 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for two new Denver Public Art projects: Inspiration Point Park and Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) Education Center in Montbello.
Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for Three New Denver Public Art Projects
Nov 17 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for three new Denver Public Art projects for the Denver Central 70 Cover Park.
Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for Four New Denver Public Art Projects
Oct 19 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for four new Denver Public Art projects: City Park – Nature Play, Ruby Hill Park, Fairfax Park and Sloan’s Lake Park.
Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for Two New Denver Public Art Projects: $47,000 Available
Sep 19 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for two new Denver Public Art projects: Schlessman Family Library and Bear Valley Park.
Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for Three New Denver Public Art Projects A Total of $169,000 in Commissions Available
Jul 28 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for three new Denver Public Art projects: The Urban Farm, Federal Boulevard and 25th Avenue, and Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center.
Denver Arts & Venues Requests Qualifications for Three New Denver Public Art Projects
Jun 14 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is now accepting qualifications for three new Denver Public Art projects: Bible Park Playground ($20,000), Larimer Bridge – Connecting Auraria ($55,000) and Wastewater Management Building ($55,000).
Denver Arts & Venues Announces Denver Public Art Summer Tours
May 19 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is excited to announce our Denver Public Art summer tours, bringing back favorites and expanding the series to include several new tours.
Denver Arts & Venues announces DenverPublicArt.org contest
Apr 21 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is pleased to announce the re-launch of the DenverPublicArt.org contests, encouraging exploration of the interactive website. Contestants can earn points on the website in several ways including creating a profile, saving favorite artworks, checking in at an artwork, sharing artworks and more. Points will be tallied on the DenverPublicArt.org website May 1 through May 31, and one winner and two runners-up will be selected. The website user with the most points at the end of the month will win two eight-inch replicas of “I See What You Mean” (colloquially known as the Big Blue Bear at Colorado Convention Center), a copy of “Beyond Blue: Denver’s Public Art Collection” (a 171-page print guide to the Denver Public Art collection), a private tour for two at Demiurge Design (a Denver-based sculptural and architectural design and fabrication firm), and a meet and greet with the Demiurge team. Two runners-up will each receive a replica of “I See What You Mean.”
New Urban Arts Fund Mural - Four Harmonious Friends - at Denver Public Library Hampden Branch
Apr 7 - Denver Public Art
On April 9, 2022 Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Denver Arts & Venues, Denver Public Library, Councilwoman Kendra Black, and artist Tsogo Mijid presented "Four Harmonious Friends," a new Urban Arts Fund mural at Denver Public Library, Hampden Branch and acknowledged the students involved in the mural’s creation.
Denver Arts & Venues seeking artists for $700,000 16th Street Mall Public Art Commission
Sep 21 - Denver Public Art
The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create original public artworks for the renovation of Denver's 16th Street Mall.
Denverites are invited to interact with Denver Public Art’s two newest pieces
Jun 23 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is pleased to announce the completion of two new pieces in the Denver Public Art collection, one at Denver Performing Arts Complex and the other at Green Valley Ranch Town Center Park.
Denver Public Art welcomes three new additions to its collection
May 13 - Denver Public Art
Denver Arts & Venues is pleased to announce the completion of three new pieces in the Denver Public Art collection — two at Denver Public Libraries, “A Life Cycle Story” at the Smiley Branch, and “Time is a Friend of the Future, Not an Enemy of the Past” at the Byers Branch. The third, “Que Viva Paco,” is installed at Paco Sanchez Park
Denver Public Art seeks qualified artists for Colorado Convention Center Expansion Project
Apr 21 - Denver Public Art
The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create an original public artwork for the Colorado Convention Center Expansion Project. The new artwork will be part of the Colorado Convention Center's current collection of 31 public artworks including: "Indeterminate Line" by Bernar Venet and the iconic "I See What You Mean," a.k.a. The Big Blue Bear, by Lawrence Argent.
Denver Public Art calls for qualified artists for project at the Denver District 5 Police Substation and new 911 Call Center in the Montbello neighborhood
Mar 8 - Denver Public Art
The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create an original public artwork for the Denver District 5 Police Substation and new 911 Call Center located at 12025 E. 45th Ave. in the Montbello neighborhood in Denver. A selection panel has identified the exterior entry plaza for potential art opportunities and will select one artist or artist team for the allocated total budget of approximately $250,000.