Denver boasts one of the “most innovative, exemplary” pieces of public art to debut last year, and Vail had another, according to the Americans for the Arts 2008 Public Art Year in Review.
“All Together Now,” a sculpture at 14th and Curtis streets, was among 45 pieces of public art in 29 U.S. cities lauded at the weekend Americans for the Arts convention in Philadelphia.
The sculpture, created by Miami artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, was joined on the list by Vail’s “Windmill Project 2007,” a sculpture by Patrick Marold, pictured at left.
The Denver sculpture, a portion of which is pictured above, stands 42 feet tall and was installed in July across the street from the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The $250,000 work was financed with public and private money.
Sage Hospitality Resources, the owner of the adjoining Curtis Hotel, held a national competition in 2006 before selecting Behar and Marquardt.
The Vail sculpture, consisting of 2,700 miniature windmills that for two months powered a light show along a golf course, was funded by $94,500 from real-estate transfer taxes.
“As (the) Year in Review selections illustrate, public art enhances our lives like nothing else can,” Americans for the Arts president Robert L. Lynch said in a statement Monday.
