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6 Porch Notes tagged “public art,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Denver County

RiNo's Painted Warehouses: Denver's Open-Air Mural Gallery

In Denver's River North Art District, brick warehouses double as canvases for a self-guided mural walk that grows a little every year.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Adams County

Adams County puts public art directly onto its trails

Adams County builds public art into its trails — murals and wood carvings along the Clear Creek and South Platte River paths.

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History and culture - Pueblo County

The Pueblo Levee Murals: A Flood Wall That Became Miles of Paint

The concrete flood walls along Pueblo's Arkansas River carry a decades-long mural project that Guinness once recognized as the world's longest painting.

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History and culture - Delta County

Downtown Delta is a city of murals you can walk for free

Since the mid-1980s Delta has painted more than 20 large murals on downtown walls, turning a few blocks of Main Street into a free, self-guided walking tour of Western Slope history.

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History and culture - Mesa County

Art on the Corner: downtown Grand Junction's open-air sculptures

Since 1984, Grand Junction's Main Street has doubled as a free outdoor sculpture exhibit, the centerpiece of downtown's state-certified creative district.

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History and culture - Logan County

Sterling's carved 'living trees' are a free, walkable bit of local art

Sterling calls itself the City of Living Trees for the cottonwood sculptures carved by artist Bradford Rhea, several of which you can see on a self-guided downtown walk.

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