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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.

General William Jackson Palmer

Date created: 1929

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Some say General Palmer is a traffic hazard. But sitting atop his horse Diablo at the busy downtown intersection of Platte and Nevada Avenues is just where the General would want to be. According to members of the General William Jackson Palmer...

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Giddings & Co.

Date created: 2008

Category: Mural

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

This mural was completed in 2008 by Kim Polomka. It was commissioned by Watson Realty who then owned the Giddings’ building. Edwin Giddings moved to Colorado in 1868 seeking a cure for tuberculosis. In 1874 he and his wife Hester started a dry...

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Godec's Photo Supply - Camera and Lens

Date created: 2014

Category: Mural

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

Douglas Rouse painted this mural in 2014 on the north and west sides of the Godec's Photo Supply store. The North wall (see the below photos for details) shows the side of an old expandable photo camera and the west wall shows the front lens of that...

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Goldilox

Date created: 1929

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Oil on Canvas

This oil on canvas mural was painted in 1929 by Leone C. Bradbury and depicts Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The dedication plaque for this mural reads: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and the older “The Story of the Three Bears” are...

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Great Fall (Humpty Dumpty)

Date created: 2012

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

Artist: Kimber Fiebiger Bronze sculpure with color patina. Figure is a humanized egg figure hanging upside down.

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Grizz II

Date created: c. 2000

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Grizz II is constructed of steel and has been a guest at the intersection of Cascade and Pikes Peak Avenues since 2000. Much friendlier than his live counterpart, he is now a permanent resident of downtown, thanks to the 2011 Community Ventures...

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Guardian

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Steel

Artist: Matthew Carlson of Greensboro, NC Artist statement: Raising a son with autism, I have experienced how the physical and philosophical structures of our society interfere with the lives of marginalized groups: the poor, the disabled, the...

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H.D. (Humpty Dumpty)

Date created: c. 2004

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Bronze H.D. sits outside of the Pikes Peak Center located on Cascade Avenue. He does in fact sit on a wall--one low enough to allow children of all ages to sidle up to him. Award winning Minneapolis artist Kimber Fiebiger clothed him in a metallic...

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Hank the Cowboy

Date created: 1997

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Hank was commissioned by the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Association and donated to the city in 1997, with the support of the El Pomar Foundation, the Anna Keesling Ackerman Trust, and the Gazette. He stands in the median on Pikes Peak Avenue between...

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Hard Rock Miners

Date created: 1934

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Oil on Canvas

This New Deal mural on the east wall on the City Auditorium foyer was painted in 1934 by Archie Musick and was funded by the Public Works of Art Project (PWPA), one of many federal government programs often referred to as Depression Era WPA...

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Heartmouth

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Aluminum ; Fired Pigment

This piece is no longer on display. Artist statement: As a working artist and lifelong resident of Colorado Springs, Pard Morrison feels great civic pride in seeing his hometown develop an outstanding collection of public art. It’s a special...

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History of Transportation in the Pikes Peak Region

Date created: 2002

Category: Mural

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

This mural 75' long mural was created by Steve Wood in 2002 and is a second version of the same topic and it's second location. The original mural was painted in 1991 on the west cement wall of the city transit center, 127 E. Kiowa. as an...

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Homage to the Burns Theater

Date created: 2010

Category: Mural

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

This mural was painted in 2010 by Kim Polomka and funded by the owner of the building and arts supporter Chuck Murphy and includes a shamrock, his personal good luck symbol. The Burns Theater, located a block to the west, was built with Cripple...

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Hoodoos

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Resin

Hoodoos is a piece by Joan Benefiel of Brooklyn, NY. Benefiel finds joy in studying and highlighting human gesture in her work, noting how body language bridges gaps in communication sometimes left open by spoken language, or generational and...

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I Can See Clearly Now

Date created: 2015

Category: Mural

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

The owners of the Boulder Street Gallery asked Jack Malloch to paint this mural on their alley wall (the west wall of the building) in 2015 to aesthetically enhance the view of their building from the alley. They chose one of Jack’s paintings that...

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I have been dreaming to be a tree

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Steel ; Wire

"I have been dreaming to be a tree" was created by Byeong Doo Moon. The “deer” motif has been central to the work of Korean artist Byeong Doo Moon for the past ten years, winning various awards in Korea and in Australia’s celebrated Sculpture...

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I'm Dreaming with My Brain Awake

Category: Architectural Landscaping

Influenced by Southwest themes and landscape, "I'm Dreaming with My Brain Awake" translates Sandy Friedman's sculptural ceramic forms into a large-scale steel work. A variety of elements assembled as a totem represent Colorado motifs such as...

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Independent Newspaper Sign

Date created: 2015

Category: Mosaics/Wall Reliefs ; Mural

Medium(s): Ceramic Tile

This free standing mosaic mural was completed in 2015 by Jerry Lapham and is an artistic rendering of the Independent Newspaper's logo (a stylized letter "I") in front of their office building.

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Indoor Cycling

Category: Mural

LeRoy Neiman’s brilliantly colored renditions of sporting events made him one of America’s most popular 20th-century artists. He was the official artist of the Olympiad through five Olympiads, becoming the athletic world’s most renowned...

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Ingemar Stenmark 1980

Category: Mural

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InterSection Signal Box @ Cascade & Bijou

Category: Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

Medium(s): Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

InterSection is a public art program featuring work by local artists at various intersections throughout the city center. This piece of public art is located on the corner of Cascade Ave. and Bijou St. in Downtown Colorado Springs. This piece was...

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Intersection Signal Box Art @ Nevada & Weber

Category: Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

Medium(s): Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

InterSection is a public art program featuring work by local artists at various intersections throughout the city center. This piece of public art is located on Colorado Ave. between Nevada Ave. and Weber St. This piece was designed by Madalyn...

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InterSection Signal Box Art @ Weber & Bijou

Category: Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

Medium(s): Wrapped Traffic Signal Box

InterSection is a public art program featuring work by local artists at various intersections throughout the city center. This piece of public art is located at the intersection of Weber St. and Bijou St. in Downtown Colorado Springs. This piece was...

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Invasion, Colorado

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Fiberglass ; Wood

Artist: Chico Santos of Londrina, Brazil Year: 2016 Santos’ works are site-specific, meaning they become something new every time they are installed. He says he came to Colorado expecting to make one kind of sculpture, but the...

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