Denver's public art program ensures that all capital improvements that cost more than $1 million have 1 percent of their of budgets set aside for an art project. The art collection grows by about 10 pieces each year. Here are some public artworks you might enjoy:
“Iridescent Cloud” by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan (2013)
Location: Outside plaza at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Best New Public Art Denver 2014
" The piece is a canopy of sorts. As the sun passes over — or when artificial light hits them at night — the prisms sparkle with iridescent reflections."
“National Velvet” by John McEnroe (2008)
Location:16th Street pedestrian bridge over I-25
This red fiberglass piece has a lot of people guessing what this is supposed to represent. Choose from the following choices:
A. Kidney beans
B. Tower of Power
C. Wet Salami
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