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There is amazing public art to experience and enjoy throughout the Pikes Peak region. From Art on the Streets in downtown Colorado Springs, to ARTSites in Monument, to Arts on the Avenue in Manitou Springs, there's something for everyone!

Please use the "search" function in the right column to find local public art by keyword, name, type, medium, location, and/or collection.

Double Bench III (Basics)

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

“Double Bench III (Basics)” was created by Matthias Neumann. Initially conceived as part of an installation for the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania, Neumann’s Basics series explores abstracted notions of form, space...

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Double Eagle

Date created: c. 2000

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

James (Jim) McCain’s work, usually carved in wood and sometimes also cast in bronze, has an abstract quality to it. In Double Eagle the two forms are fused as one in a simplified composition, depicting something greater than a literal portrayal...

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East Coast Deli Skylines

Date created: 2005

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

This series of scenes of skylines from eight eastern cities was painted on the front patio walls of the East Coast Deli restaurant in 2005 by R. C. Weeks as an homage to the name of the restaurant. See the below photos for details

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Ecumenical Social Ministries

Date created: 2010

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

This mural was painted in 2010 by Kim Polomka on the wall of the Ecumenical Social Ministries (ESM) building. The mural shows actual ESM clients receiving nurturing services and food. It is an homage to both the clients and services that ESM...

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Eden Salon Exterior

Date created: 2013

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Spray Paint/Graffiti Art

This graffiti art wall was painted in 2013 by Drake “Drastik” Gann, Richy “Enks” Billion, and friends and includes the west and north walls of the Eden Salon building on Kiowa street downtown. The wall includes tags for Drastik on the left...

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Eden Salon Interior

Date created: 2013

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Spray Paint/Graffiti Art

This graffiti art wall was painted in 2013 in the 2nd floor interior of the Eden Salon building on Kiowa street downtown by the graffiti artist Focus who was a barber using that space at the time. See additional photos below for details. (Source:...

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Egghead (Humpty Dumpty)

Date created: 2012

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

Artist: Kimber Fiebiger Bronze sculpture with color patina. Humanized egg figure reading a book.

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End of an Era

Date created: c. 1960

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptor George Lundeen, a highly decorated, award winning artist, has lived and worked in Loveland, Colorado since the mid-70s. A Fulbright scholar, he studied art at the Academia de Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. End of an Era depicts a skier from...

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Energy Resource Center

Date created: 2017

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Found Objects ; Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

This mural, on the east wall of the Energy Resource Center (ERC) building, was created in 2017, as a joint effort of Fuse, Concrete Couch, and approximately 70 community volunteers including a large group of students from Air Academy High School, to...

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Eric Fetsch--Seasons 4

Category: Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

Medium(s): Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

My watercolors feature vibrant colors that capture some of the natural beauty that is the signature of Colorado Springs.

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eXe

Date created: 2014

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Concrete ; Stainless Steel

Artist: Michael Shewmaker Mirror polished stainless steel sculpture mounted on a black painted concrete base. Shape in the letter "X" with rounded ends.

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FAC Theater Lounge - Downstairs

Date created: 1936 (restored in 1985)

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

This mural was painted in 1936 by Archie Musick on the walls of the downstairs lounge in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. It was restored in 1985 by Mary Ann Bransby. Musick, an instructor at the Broadmoor Art Academy, "creates an airy mural...

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Fannie Mae Duncan

Category: Memorials/Tributes ; Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

A committee of local community members worked for several years to celebrate the life and work of local legend, Fannie Mae Duncan. Fannie Mae was the owner and driving force behind the Cotton Club, an integrated jazz nightclub that thrived in...

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Figures Symbolizing the Arts

Date created: 1936 (restored in 1986)

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Fresco

This series of five different aspects of the arts, from left to right: sculpture, theatre, dance, music and painting, was painted by Boardman Robinson in 1936 over the entrance to the newly constructed Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Robinson...

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Fine Arts Center 75th Anniversary Mural

Date created: 2010-2012

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

This mural, commissioned to celebrate the Fine Arts Center's 75th anniversary in 2012, was painted by Eric Bransby who was assisted by Trevor Thomas. Since 1936, mural art has been an integral part of the FAC experience. There are murals by some of...

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Fire in my Sol

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

Fire in my Sol is a piece by Mauricio Ramirez of Berwyn, IL. Says Ramirez: “I create artwork that crosses borders and boundaries. … My more personal artwork is a contribution to the community: frequently a cultural icon that transcends rich,...

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Follow the Setting Sun

Date created: 2005

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

This stainless steel pyramid, developed and funded by the El Paso County Pioneers Association, was originally envisioned to be something quite different and traditional. Early conceptions of a piece for this site intended to portray a family poised...

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From U to You

Artist: Hootnannie

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

Artist Statement: The bold and colorful works of Annie Hong, aka Hootnannie (they/she), have been featured throughout the United States and South Korea. With painting as their primary medium, their insatiable curiosity towards all that is visual and...

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Fuji Arch - Sister City Monument

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

The torii gate, shrine, and crisscrossed bridge were a gift to Colorado Springs from the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate that marks the entrance to a sacred space. The structures were presented to the city in...

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Fujiyoshida (Bird Bath)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Cement ; Stone

Cement cylinder that contains water. The outside is textured with small pebbles/ rocks. It sits on a cement square.

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Fujiyoshida (Bird House)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Wooden painted gray and red birdhouse. The red roof has the traditional Japanese look with deep eaves covered in shingles. On all four sides there is transparent plastic with white wooden sticks creating a grid over it. It is mounted on a gray...

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Fujiyoshida (Sign)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Stone ; Wood

Brown wooden structure with blue sign in center. Shingled triangular roof with red cylinders hanging off the edge. Red poles on either side of the sign. The sign has white lettering and a photograph of a mountain and a Japanese building. On the PL...

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Fujiyoshida (Wood Pathway)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Stone ; Wood

Red, wooden, staggered, lifted pathway/ bridge. There are cylindrical perpendicular poles that hold up the wooden planks. On either side of the planks there is rope that twists around the supporting poles. Underneath there is a sea of small rocks...

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Galloping Horses

Date created: 1990

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.)

This 15' high by 40' long mural was painting in 1993 by Santiago Perez. Santiago, who was on active duty with the Air Force at the time, was stationed at Falcon AFB from 1988 to 1994. He used this building and the adjacent building as his art...

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