Community Participation Needed!
Help us create art for the four-mile walking and biking art and architecture loop by making temporary public art!
For more information, please get in touch with staff at 303-344-0481.
About the Art Project:
High school students and recent graduating seniors are invited to join this free workshop to learn how to make outdoor murals on a flat surface. Students will be offered a $100 stipend for participating. Participation is limited to 15 artists.
During a three-day workshop, lead artist Yazz Atmore will work with the students to develop design ideas for a site-specific ground mural and work with students to sketch designs and prepare for painting outdoors. Once the designs are ready, Yazz will lead the artists in painting sessions at the park.
The artwork will be installed on the west side of Great Lawn Park near the sundial sculpture at E. 6th Avenue and Uinta Street for three months or more (weather depending) and honored with an official ribbon cutting in late summer (date to be announced). We will offer guided and self-guided tours of the Lowry Art + Architecture Loop for the community to enjoy and get some exercise while enjoying our creative community!
About Lead Artist:
Yazz Atmore is just a scattered-brain barefoot babe who likes to dance with words, play in the spirit world and dabble in art magic. Having created her own degree from Metropolitan State University, Yazz obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Supporting High-Risk Youth through the Arts.
Yazz is a community organizer, creator, and educator in Denver, Colorado. She continues to mentor and create with young artists as they explore their lives, stories, and passions through the beauty of art. Constantly inspired by the youth + community she works with, Yazz continues to develop and deepen her own artistry as an analog collagist and muralist. Her art explores and dabbles in the themes of spirituality, ancient and ancestral wisdom, nature, and afro-futurism through storytelling, collating, and the building/ re-building of worlds. Her work is also heavily influenced by her spiritual journey as she loves exploring the spirit world with God, Ancestors & her Spirit Team. As an expressionist intuitive mixed media artist, she creates breathtaking hand-cut collages and digital works using bright bold colors, metallic paints, and gold leaf.
SIGN UP TODAY! Registration closes July 5, 5:00 p.m.
Eligibility:
+ Incoming 9th – 12th Grade and recent graduating seniors.
+ Priority will be given to students living, working, or going to school in Lowry, and students outside of Lowry will be offered a space first come, first served.
Workshop Details:
Dates: Monday, July 10; Tuesday, July 11; and Wednesday, July 12
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: The Lowry Foundation, Eisenhower Chapel, 293 Roslyn Street, Denver
Painting Onsite Details:
Dates: Monday, July 17; Tuesday, July 18; and Wednesday, July 19 (weather depending)
Time: The painting time will be confirmed as weather depending. If it’s hot during the day, the group will paint in the morning or evening.
SIGN UP TODAY! Registration closes July 5, 5:00 p.m.
About The Lowry Foundation
The Lowry Foundation preserves and celebrates the legacy and spirit of Lowry. We accomplish this through community programs to create social connections, celebrate ethnic and cultural diversity, honor legacy, promote our business community, and take care of our architectural and public art assets. We offer architecture and public art tours, community service volunteer activities, and support local non-profits and community groups. We operate a community center in the historic Eisenhower Chapel offering community activities such as concerts, film nights, speaker series, and community meeting space. We own 18 public artworks and the historic Eisenhower Chapel, which is a Denver Historic Landmark.
The trail is funded by a grant from Arts & Venues Denver/City and County of Denver, Clark’s Market 2023 Star Partnership, and an in-kind partnership with the Museum of Outdoor Arts.
This project is part of the City and County of Denver’s P.S. You Are Here grant program, a neighborhood beautification program for community by community.
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