Sammy Lee
Project: Baoli Meeting and Action Center
Location: Santa Fe Dr. Denver
Baolis act as sites of a congregation. Inspired by the Indian historic step-well where people assemble to draw water or to cool down from the heat, this installation creates a space for people to gather and exchange ideas and lived experiences, acting as a liaison that connects Asian art, culture and social dialogue to Denver-based relevant issues.
Jessica Langley and Ben Kinsley
Project: The Yard
Location: Colorado Springs
Uplifting the local community through public arts, Langley and Kinsley install quarterly-annual pieces that challenge the spaces of private and public, institutional and non-corporate.
Maya Livio
Project: Thermopower
Location: City of Boulder
Bringing attention to the Colorado-native species of the pika and the effects of climate change on their survival, Livio combines scientific video research with environmental arts, combined with an original score by JP Merz.
Ann Cunningham
Project: Backyard Birder: Six Noisy Urban and Rural Birds Common Throughout North America - the exhibit
Location: Boulder, Colorado Springs & Denver
Multiple tactile sculptural pieces examining the natural history of six noisy, urban and rural birds common throughout North America. Each low relief picture will accurately depict one species, and will be accessible to both sighted and visually-impaired audiences.
Nathan Hall with Tristan McKay
Project: Toy Piano Suite for Colorado Landscapes
Location: Downtown Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, Plains Conservation Center (and other locations for education/workshop opportunities).
A collaboration between two musicians, taking a toy piano out into three distinct landscapes surrounding the Denver region: the mountains, the city, and the plains--to perform music written for those very spots, with a focus on the interactions between music and Colorado ecology.
Lares Feliciano
Project: DiaspoRican
Location: Northern Colorado
DiaspoRican is a multi-layered storytelling project that uses archival imagery, experimental animation, and oral history to explore the deeply personal and diverse stories that make up the Puerto Rican experience.
Nicholas Emery and Emilie Upczak
Project: Controlled Wild
Location: North Denver Globeville and Commerce City districts
A video installation visually exploring human industry, expansion, movement, and boundaries, as well as public and private land, wildlife, and wildlife crossing corridors in north Denver.
Lisa and Matt Bethancourt of Mouse and the Billionaire
Project: Pando
Location: ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder
An interactive graphic narrative experience for two people that is controlled by sensor enabled rocking chairs. The piece reflects on deep time by portraying the last 10,000 years of the life of Pando, an aspen colony which is one of the oldest and largest living organisms on earth.
Secret Love Collective
Project: Building Queer Community Through Art
Location: Downtown Denver
Through a series of art and costume-making workshops, the public is invited to gather and engage with one another and our art collective, in hopes of reaching LGBTQ+ youth and community members in particular, providing them a place to create art together and build friendships.
Ramón Bonilla of Illuminati DIA
Project: Tunnel Visions
Location: Downtown Denver
A campy examination of the future existence of humankind inspired by the lore surrounding Denver International Airport. Using supportive traditional and electronic media, the project encourages interaction through searching, connecting, sharing and play.
Victor J Escobedo
Project: Ojos En La Selva
Location: Denver
The multi-dimensional performance will use the manipulation of sound and space to illustrate the ebb and flow of consciousness and time, and is designed to be performed in venues and for audiences that are rarely exposed to theater or contemporary art.
