Tag: Public Art
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Mural honoring Colorado Springs leaders takes shape
At an underpass near the busy intersection of Fountain Boulevard and Circle Drive, names and faces are being immortalized in clay, one ceramic tile at a time. Some hold the transposed photos and quotes of well-known community leaders, elders, educators and mentors. Among them are Connie Benavidez, founder of Mexican dance group Ballet Folklórico de…
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Who are those folks immortalized by all the city’s statues? Meet the cowboys, philanthropists, builders, miners and the ‘Pumpkin Man’
Perhaps as you’ve walked downtown or stopped at a red light while you were driving you’ve had that moment to wonder exactly who was that person memorialized with a statue in a median, outside a building, in a park or sculpted just gazing west toward Pikes Peak. What did they do? The people in the…
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PIKES PICK: See favorite local art at the airport
Some of the public art enjoyed throughout downtown can now be seen at the Colorado Springs Airport. Sculptures from previous Art on the Streets will be near airport entrances, and see if you can spot new, rotating indoor terminal exhibits. – Linda Navarro, The Gazette