Denver Public Art tours are back for 2017 with new sites, additional architectural focuses and more tours offered than ever before.
New tour sites include Union Station, Denver International Airport and the Denver Public Library/Denver Art Museum campus.
“We are excited to have widened our scope in terms of the variety of public art tours we’re offering this season,” says Brendan Picker, administrator of the Denver Public Art Program. “Thanks to our dedicated docents, both new and returning, we have about 14 different tours this year, from the classic Cherry Creek Mural and the Downtown Denver Bicycle tours, to the newly added Union Station History and Public Art Tour.
The DIA tours are at noon on June 2, July 7 and Aug. 4. They will highlight some of the insider secrets and behind-the-scenes stories of the airport’s art collection, one of the largest in the country.
The Union Station tours are at 10 a.m. June 10 and 24; July 8 and 22 and Aug. 12 and 26. The tour explores the art in Union Station and some of the history of the building and its surrounding area.
The Denver Art Museum and Denver Public Library Campus Public Art and Architecture tours will be held at 10 a.m. June 11 and 25; July 9 and 23; and Aug. 13 and 27. The tours will cover a broad array of artworks near the Denver Public Library main branch and Denver Art Museum.
Two bicycle tours also are available: Cherry Creek Trail Urban Arts Fund Bike Tour at 3 p.m. July 16, Aug. 13 and Sept. 10; and Downtown Denver Public Art Bike Tour at 10 a.m. June 4 and Sept. 10.
Additional walking tours include:
• Colorado Convention Center Public Art Tour: Sundays, June 4 and 25, and July 16, 2 p.m.
• Burns Park Public Art Tour: Wednesday, July 12, 6 p.m.
• City Park Public Art Tour: Wednesdays, June 14 and July 19, 5:30 p.m.
• Commons Park Public Art Tour: Wednesday, June 21, 5:30 p.m.
• 14th Street Public Art Tour: Tuesdays, May 23, June 27, July 18, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m.
• Civic Center Public Art and History Tour: Wednesday, June 21 and Thursday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m.
• Ellie Caulkins Opera House and Denver Performing Arts Complex Public Art Tour: Sunday, June 4, Saturday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m., and Sundays, July 9 and Sept. 10, 11 a.m.
• RiNo – A Tour of Creative Businesses, Public Art and Murals: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19, 3
p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 19, 6 p.m.
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