Satellite Saturdays: Summer ArtPark Program
“Pinata Party” with Koko Bayer
WHEN
Saturday, June 17, 12-4pm MST
WHERE
RiNo ArtPark - 1900 35th St, Denver, CO 80216
WHAT
Join us every month this summer at RiNo ArtPark for drop-in activities and to meet our satellite studio artists. Enjoy food trucks, live music, performances by Slam Nuba, and interactive workshops!
For the June event, experience an activity guided by local legend and Hope Heart muralist Koko Bayer!
Koko was the artist responsible for the iconic Rhino Piñata that sits in the River North Arts District offices.
Koko will facilitate a piñata making workshop where you will receive materials to build your own mini piñata!
About Koko Bayer
She/Her
Wheat paste mural by Koko Bayer
Denver-based artist Koko Bayer focuses on making art in public spaces. Since 2015, she has installed thousands of temporary outdoor works for her Temporary Structures Project, a collaboration with grandfather Herbert Bayer’s groundbreaking art.
She is a member of the leadership team for Babe Walls, a non-profit that produces mural/mentoring events for womxn and non-binary artists.
In April 2020, Koko started #ProjectSpreadHope, a series of murals to inspire positivity during the pandemic. Over the past three years, she has installed hundreds of large Pink Lemonade Heart and Rainbow heart murals throughout Colorado, as well as in New York, Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Miami.
The #RainbowHeartProject began in June of 2020 as a response to Pride celebrations being canceled.
The first temporary murals went up outside LGBTQ + spaces, and hundreds more have gone up in public places, schools, hospitals, and shelters. This past December, she did a 24x32 foot Rainbow Love mural dedicated to the victims of the Club Q mass shooting for the Wynwood Mural Fest during Art Basel Miami 2022.
Her work has been featured in several mural festivals, including RiNo Chrush Walls 2016-2020, StreetWise Art 2019/2020, BabeWalls 2020/2021/2022, Rocky Mountain Walls, Colorcon, and B-Line Chicago and most recently, Wynwood Mural Fest 2022. Recent solo exhibitions include “Pink Lemonade Hope” in the Freyer–Newman Center at the Denver Botanic Gardens and “Souvenirs” and “Hope Shop” at Dateline Gallery.
