Changing Denver | What gets to be art on the Cherry Creek Trail?

The street artist iroquois makes a statement about the urban camping ban. Find more of their work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iroquois_/.

Welcome to SEASON 2 of Changing Denver!

On this premier episode, we pose a simple question: what gets to be art on the Cherry Creek Trail? Our search for an answer takes us into the archives of defunct Instagram accounts, the shadows of mixed-use developments, and up and down the Cherry Creek Trail more times than we can count.

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Adam Lichty’s Denver Street Heart project is still online at Instagram.

Here’s a link to the Westword article about him that we mention in the episode.

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You can listen to (and purchase) Olivia Blu’s album The Rebirth Bug on her Bandcamp page, and you can find out about her upcoming live performances on Facebook.

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Our theme song is “Minnow” by Felix Fast4ward.

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Thanks for listening!

: Pedro Barrios and Jaime Molina were the first local artists to participate in the Urban Arts Fund’s work along the Trail.

: The street artist iroquois makes a statement about the urban camping ban. Find more of their work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iroquois_/.

: Claudio Ethos and Alex Hornest immortalized Adam Lichty’s bike in their piece at 6th and Broadway.

: Brazilian artists Claudio Ethos and Alex Hornest have created two original works along the Cherry Creek Trail.

: Ethos and Hornest created this tug-of-war in 2014. It was the first city-sanctioned piece of art on the Trail.

: Gemma Danielle’s City of the Sun is now an award-winning tribute to Denver.