There was a subtle chill and a hint of paint in the air early Sunday, September 14, as seventeen artists positioned themselves along the Cherry Creek Trail to paint new murals, turning beige brick into colorful designs, animals and original pieces.
Artists have been livening up the walls of the popular multimodal trail that spans more than forty miles through metro Denver for well over a decade. Back in 2009, Denver Arts & Venues created the Urban Arts Fund that commissioned murals in graffiti-prone areas, including what was then known as the Cherry Creek Bikepath. In 2018, more than sixty more murals were commissioned by the city’s Public Art program. Last year, local pop-surrealist chrishaven curated a crew of about thirty artists who painted murals on the part of the trail near Champa and Speer for a Denver Department of Parks & Recreation project.
Now Haven was back with over a dozen fresh and familiar faces for Cherry Creek Trail Wall Fest, a new Parks & Rec project.
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