Downtown Denver

Downtown Denver is alive with public art. Take a stroll down any street and you will be amazed by the quantity and quality of art you encounter.

There are over 100 public artworks waiting to be seen, heard and experienced on the streets and in buildings and parks downtown. Each work is a unique experience for the senses.

Walk underneath the Dancers (23k) and dance to the original music composed by artist Jonathan Borofsky to accompany the sculpture. Pause along Curtis Street and observe the reactions of unsuspecting passersby as they activate Jim Green’s Soundwalk (25), or be still 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.

Public Art

New to Public ArtPhonecasts New Additions

Stimuli Christopher WeedPowder-coated steelHead Start/Lowry Mile High MontessoriUlster Way & N. Unita Way 2008

The New Worlds of the Globeville Pool Your Name in GraffitiAerosol painted muralsGlobeville Pool/Argo Park Logan St & E. 47th Ave 2008

Fault Shadows Patrick MaroldSteel and glassGates Tennis CenterCherry Creek Dr. North & E. Bayaud Ave2008

Mustang Luis JiménezCast fiberglassPenã Blvd at Denver International Airport2008

DancersJonathan BorofskyFiberglass and steelDenver Performing Arts Complex sculpture park Speer Blvd and Arapahoe St2003EXT. 1

The YearlingDonald LipskiSteel and fiberglassDenver Public Library, Children’s LawnWest 13th Ave & Broadway 2003EXT. 2

I See What You MeanLawrence ArgentComposite materialsColorado Convention Centeron 14th St outside main entrance 2005EXT. 3

SoundwalkJim GreenSound installationCurtis St, between 15th St & 16th St on northwest sidewalk1992EXT. 4

Want to learn more about some of the artworks you see in this guide?

Denver’s Public Art Program is offering Public Art Phonecasts of our most popular artworks. From any phone, dial 1-877-336-2787 (1-877-DEN-ARTS) and the extension listed below to hear short interviews with the artists talking about their work. Look for more phonecasts coming soon!

Villa ParkGary SweeneyPainted steelFederal Blvd & W. 8th Ave2008

Denver’s Public Art Program installs dozens of new works every year. Since this guide was completed, five new artworks were installed. While these new sites are not indicated on the map, you can experience them in person by visiting the addresses listed above.

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Wind Song Robert MangoldPainted steel Downtown Children’s Playground Speer Blvd & Wynkoop St1971(see tour notes)

A Life in Harmony with all CreationMaria Alquilar, Ken and Judith WilliamsTile, brick and clay mural 15th St viaduct, between Little Raven St & Wynkoop St1993

Confluent People Emanuel MartinezMuralLittle Raven St & Speer Blvd underpass1999

Cottonwood LeafAndrew DuffordAfrican granite and bronzeConfluence Park15th St & Little Raven St2004

Winter Crossing Stephen BaturaCasein on wood panelsUnion Station passage way 17th St & Wynkoop St 2002 (Collection of RTD)

Leap of Faith Patty OrtizPainted steelSpeer Blvd & Elitch Cir.1995 (see tour notes)

Mona Lisa Stefano CastronovoMural15th St & Platte St1984 (Private Collection) (see tour notes)

Visions Born With This RiverRobert TullyStoneGates Crescent Park next to Children’s Museum West 23rd Ave & Water St1997

River GlyphAndrew DuffordSandblasted concrete and lithochrome dyeCity of Cuernavaca Park on park pathsI-25 & 20th St1996

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Aerial John Davis Metal and concrete Denver Skatepark Little Raven St & 20th St 2007

Common GroundBarbara GrygutisStone Commons ParkLittle Raven St & 15th St2001

Earth, Air, Fire and Water Nancy LovendahlColorado native sandstone (four works)City of Cuernavaca Park along park paths I-25 & 20th St1998

222.5˚ Arc x5 Bernar VenetSteelCommons Park Little Raven St & 15th St2006

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Continue on Speer, take stairs down to Little Raven St and continue tour.

4 Take Platte River path to Children’s Museum and continue tour.

7 Cross over Milennium Bridge, follow 16th St Mall to Wazee St, make a right and continue tour.

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PilgrimageZhang HuanCast concreteMillennium Bridge Plaza16th St & Little Raven St2001 (Collection of Denver Art Museum)(see tour notes)

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LegendWilliam BurgessPainted steel 16th St Mall between Wazee St & Blake St 1995

Jade SpireKevin OehlerBronze 17th St & Blake St1990

Pinhorn Statue and Drinking FountainClara Soanson DiemanBronze Larimer Square breezeway14th St & Larimer St1924

Union Spire Kevin OehlerPainted steel 14th St & Wazee St1991

Chess TablesDoug Eichelberger & Susan WickCast concrete and ceramic tile 16th St Mall, between Arapahoe St & Curtis St 1992 (Collection of Downtown Denver Business Improvement District)

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b. Maria Mosina and Igor VassineJohn DeAndrea Bronze, polychromed in oil Ellie Caulkins Opera House lobby 2006

g. Monumental IntentionsMarcus AkinlanaVenetian mosaic tile muralDenver Performing Arts Complex parking garage elevators1997

f. Man and WomanFernando BoteroBronze Denver Performing Arts Complex galleria1998

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CreekfrontBarry RoseCeramic tile panels on bollards Speer Blvd & Larimer St at entrances to Cherry Creek path1992

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Petros Bill GianPainted steel Creekfront PlazaSpeer Blvd & Larimer St on Cherry Creek path1993

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King and QueenBrian SwansonMetal Market St Bus Station 16th St & Market St 2001 (Collection of RTD)

a. Twi-Light John PowellLight installation Denver Performing Arts Complex parking garage1997

h. Ode to the West Wind George WoodmanCeramic tile muralBuell Theatre mezzanine 1991

c. RehearsalStephen Batura Acrylic Ellie Caulkins Opera House on lobby’s west wall over bar 2006

d. Antique Gold and Aquamarine Chandelier Dale Chihuly Glass Ellie Caulkins Opera House lobby 2006

e. White Moon on Green Herbert Bayer Total of 10 different wool tapestries in multiple locations Ellie Caulkins Opera House 1961 (on loan from Jamie White and Andrew Sirotnak)

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Indian Memories Allen TrueMultiple muralsColorado National Bank building lobby17th St & Champa St1923 (Private Collection)

SoundwalkJim GreenSound installationCurtis St, between 15th St & 16th St on northwest sidewalk1992

Soft Landing Kenneth SnelsonSteel and metal cableSeventeenth Street Plaza17th St & Lawrence St1982 (Private Collection)

ContinuumClay WrightAcrylic 20th Street Recreation Center20th St & Curtis St1994

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UntitledAllen TrueMultiple muralsQwest Building atrium 14th St & Curtis St1928 – 1929 (Collection of Qwest)

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Promenade Ann Weber Bronze Skyline Park18th St & Arapahoe St 2006

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Infinite Energy, Victor M. Contreras

j. Infinite EnergyVictor M. Contreras Bronze Denver Performing Arts Complex galleria1980

k. Dancers Jonathan BorofskyFiberglass and steelDenver Performing Arts Complex sculpture park2003

All Together Now, Robert Behar and Rosario Manquart

i. The Burmese NubulaVance KirklandOil, water and gold on linenBoettcher Concert Hall lobby 1961

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l. All Together NowRobert Behar and Rosario ManquartPainted aluminum14th St and Curtis St2007 (Collection of Denver Urban Renewal Authority)

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a. Field Report Robin AultAcrylic and goucheOutside main ballroom2005

b. Untitled Steven AltmanAcrylicLobby2005

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d. O’ Truth of Earth Joseph KosuthStainless steel and stoneCircling exterior of hotel2005

c. Forgotten Landscape Shannon KellyVideoPorte cochere2005

e. Lobby Elevators Video InstallationsScott Engel, Steve Fitch, Frank Gohlke, Jefferey Hersch, Gary Huibrgtse, Michael Mancarella,Kevin O’Connell, Eric Paddock,Daniel Perales, Lyn Smith, William Sutton and William WylieInterior of 12 elevators2005

Untitled Sol LeWittGray slate on black graniteSouth façade of GSA Federal Courthouse 19th St & Champa St 2003 (Collection of GSA )

Federal ServicesEdgar BrittonBronze U.S. 10th Circuit of Appeals Court18th St & Stout St 1965 (Collection of GSA )

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Beaumont FountainWilliam JosephBronze 19th St & Welton St1975

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Sign PostSara Jane Maclennan38 bronze plaques 17th St sidewalks from Larimer St to Broadway1997

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Colorado VacationlandGary SweeneyPhotographic installation Northwest corner of 16th St Mall & California St1991

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hyatt regency denver at colorado convention center 15th Street and California Street

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j. Indeterminate LineBernar VenetCOR-TEN™ steelCorner of Speer Blvd & Stout St2004

i. Wood Water Rock Trine BumillerOil on wood panelsAmphitheatre lobby2004

Model State: A Local Cosmology, John McEnroe

a. I See What You MeanLawrence ArgentComposite materialsOn 14th St outside main entrance 2005

b. Stone Garden Jonathan BonnerGranite14th St & Welton St 2005

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c. Colorado Panorama: A People’s HistoryBarbara Jo RevellePhotographic tile mural Welton St passenger drop-off 1991

d. Tail Spin Erick C. JohnsonMetal14th St side lobby 1991 (reinstalled 2004)

e. Laughing Escalator Jim GreenSound installation14th St side lobby2004

f. Model State: A Local CosmologyJohn McEnroeFiberglass and polyester resin14th St side lobby on exhibition level2004

g. Ancient ColoradoKirk Johnson and Jan Vriesen Acrylic on canvas Pre-function hallway 2005

h. Colorado Pioneers William MatthewsWatercolorAuditorium lobby2004

k. Doing the Denver Dance Dwight AtkinsonMetal and lightsRTD Light Rail Station2007 (Collection of RTD)

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UntitledGerald CrossColored plexiglas and steel Northwest corner of Speer Blvd & Colfax Ave 1975

Taking the Heat Joseph A. CirpriBronze Fire Station #1West Colfax Ave & Speer Blvd1989

Untitled (one of two)Robert Mangold Steel West Colfax Ave & Welton St 1975 (see tour notes)

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b. Building BlocksRobert MuraseStone and marbleMacintosh Plaza2003

c. Civic Source PointLarry KirklandAluminum and diachronic glassAtrium2003

e. WorkersDarrell Anderson Ceramic muralFirst floor elevator hall2003

f. Antiquities RevisitedSue Quinlan Wood carvingSecond floor elevator hall2003

h. Civic CenterizedSteven AltmanAcrylic on canvasFourth floor elevator hall2003

i. ConstructionDarrell Anderson Painted ceramicFifth floor elevator hall2003

a. East 2 West Source PointLarry KirklandCarrara marble, cast bronze and gold leafOutdoor plaza2003

d. ToolsDonald LipskiTools and office furniture Atrium wall2003

g. Whole LifeBonnie Lhotka HolographThird floor elevator hall2003

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Municipal Building located at 14th St and Colfax Ave to continue tour.

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k. South GatewayScott Greenig Acrylic on canvasSeventh floor elevator hall2003

l. Inter Spirit of the Created Colorado VisionNathaniel Bustion Oil embossed collographEighth floor elevator hall2003

n. Civic Center Floating IslandJim Colbert Oil on canvas10th floor elevator hall2003

o. Grand Poobah and Office Fairy Cut Through Red TapeDaniel Salazar Photo collage11th floor elevator hall2003

j. Ascent Bill Starke Cast metalSixth floor elevator hall2003

m. The EnsembleOyedele Oginga Wood reliefNinth floor elevator hall2003

p. Canyon WallsJudith Trager Fiber12th floor elevator hall2003

a. 20th Century PerspectivesSusan CooperOil on sculpted woodSecond floor rotunda1993

b. Frontier TrailAllen TrueMuralSecond floor 1950

c. Miner’s CourtAllen TrueMuralSecond floor 1950

d. Saco DeBoerEd DwightBronze Third floor 1995

e. Mayor Robert SpeerThomas Jay WarrenBronzeThird floor 1995

f. American Indian Orpheus and the AnimalsGladys Caldwell Fisher StoneFourth floor 1934

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a. Town Where the West Went WildSteven F. MorathMural Main lobby1989

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b. Calculated RiskErick C. JohnsonMetalOutside entry way rotunda1989

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a. Lau TzuMark di SuveroPainted steel Acoma Plaza1995 (Collection of Denver Art Museum)

b. Big Sweep Coosje van Bruggen and Claes OldenbergPainted aluminumSouth side of 13th Ave 2006 (Collection of Denver Art Museum)

c. Scottish Angus Cow and Calf Dan OstermillerBronzeSouth side of Hamilton Building on 12th Ave2001 (installed 2006; Collection of Denver Art Museum)Photo by Bryana Sylvester

d. UntitledBeverly PepperAggregateEast of Hamilton Building 2006 (Collection of Denver Art Museum)

e. Wheel Edgar Heap of BIrds HOCK E AYE VIPorcelain enamel over steelAcoma Plaza2005 (Collection of Denver Art Museum)

Big Sweep, Coosjevan Bruggen and Claes Oldenberg

f. ‘ENGI’Tatsuo MiyajimaMirrors and LEDs Atrium of Hamilton Building 2006Photo by Kristina Johnson

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a. The TrapperAllen True MuralGreek Amphitheatre west archway1920

b. The ProspectorAllen True MuralGreek Amphitheatre east archway1920

d. On the War TrailAlexander Phimister ProctorBronzePromenade1922

e. Christopher Columbus, Discoverer of AmericaWilliam F. Joseph Bronze Promenade1970

Pioneer FountainFrederick MacMonniesBronze Broadway and Colfax Ave 1911

WelcomeDouglas Kornfeld Handmade ceramic tilesDenver Civic Center Bus StationE. 16th Ave and Broadway2002 (Collection of RTD)

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c. Bronco BusterAlexander Phimister ProctorBronze Promenade1920

g. Untitled (two 0f two)Robert Mangold SteelNortheast side of park 1975

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f. Sea Lions FountainRobert Garrison BronzeNorth side of park1922

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a. A Rolling Historical LandscapeEdward J. RuschaMural on multiple wood panelsSchlessman Hall 1996

b. The YearlingDonald LipskiSteel and fiberglassChildren’s Lawn2003

c. At the Library Barry RoseCeramicBroadway entrance1981

Pioneer Fountain, Frederick MacMonnies

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The Evolution of the Ball Lonnie HanzonCeramic and steelCoors Field west entranceWynkoop St & 20th Ave1995

Bottom of the Ninth Erick C. JohnsonNeonCoors Field Sandlot Brewery Blake St & 22nd Ave1995

Platte Valley Time Vanes David GriggsSix painted fabricated steel vanes23rd St viaduct on outbound 23rd St & inbound 22nd St 1995

Big Wheel Ed CarpenterSteel and concreteBroadway viaduct & 29th St on top of pump house 1997

Camino Michael Clapper Limestone and stainless steelMunicipal Services Complex Park Ave West & Globeville St 2005

Seven SistersDavid GriggsPainted fabricated steel Elitch Gardens/Pepsi Center Light Rail Station 2002 (Collection of RTD)

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Hope TrellisEmmett CulliganSandstone and steel Eddie Maestas ParkIntersection of Broadway, Lawrence St & Park Ave West2006

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