"Light of Dawn" By Rafe Ropek
Year: 2021
Media: Stainless steel, Poly carbonate, LED's
Artist: Rafe Ropek
Location: Aurora Municipal Center west entrance
Description: The former Dawn Fountain has now become "Light of Dawn". To align with the city's conservation efforts the artist was given an opportunity to re-envision the art and bring new life to the sculpture. On one hour before sunrise, off during the day and on at sunset and off at 1am.
Video Description: LED lights illuminate the sculpture in a variety of colors and patterns.
"Nature's Tollgate" By Lisa Cameron Russell
"Nature's Tollgate"
Year: 2020
Media: Painted Stainless and Painted Steel
Artist: Lisa Cameron Russell
Location: Tollgate Crossing Neighborhood Park. J7FX+28 Aurora, Colorado 80016
Description: This artwork celebrates the community namesake, native vegetation and song birds while instilling a sense of pride and ownership in the park
“Canopy
Lights, Gardens & Play” by Koryn Rolstad
“Canopy Lights, Gardens & Play”
Year:
2020
Media:
Aluminum Metal and Acrylic
Artist:
Koryn Rolstad · Seattle, WA
Location:
Red-Tailed Hawk Park, Inclusive Playground, 23701 E. Hinsdale Way, Aurora, CO 80016
Description:
The goals of the public art at this site were to visually
unify the entire playground and to provide a variety of sensory experiences for
all playground users.
"Never Forgetting Our Heroes" By Austin Weishel
"Never Forgetting Our Heroes"
Year: 2020
Media: Bronze and Steel
Artist: Austin Weishel
Location: New Fire Station #5, 1141 Laredo St., Aurora, CO 80011
Description: This artwork honors the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11/2001 in the attack on the Twin Towers in Manhattan, New York. And it serves as a reminder of the dangerous and challenging work performed by our first responders.
Revival By Yulia Avgustinovich
“Revival"
Year: 2019
Media: Mural
Artist: Yulia Avgustinovich
Location: Aurora Fox Art Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO 80010
Description: The different movie and theater characters in the mural bring it to life, while at the same time revealing the intriguing story of this historic building.
Art in Motion By David Ocelotl Garcia
“Art in Motion” covers the upper façade of the People’s Building entrance. The vibrant mural portrays a community of artists engaged in the expression, manifestation and creation of different art mediums.
Year: 2019
Media: Mural
Artist: David Ocelotl Garcia
Located at 9995 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO 80010
Vintage Emotions By David Ocelotl Garcia
The mural tells the story of a cast of characters expressing a variety of emotions that an actor may convey during a theatrical performance. The mural is located on the North Side of the Vintage Theater building.
Year: 2019
Media: Mural
Artist: David Ocelotl Garcia
Located at 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, CO 80010
We are extremely excited about the incredible artwork at the new Central Recreation Center. The Central Recreation Center is home to one of the most prominent installations of integrated art in a U.S. recreation center. The artist team of David Griggs and Scott Parsons collaborated to produce the four part piece titled "Aspire." Meant to inspire wellness and wholeness, the facility's imagery in glass and shaped movements in the atrium spirals record the rhythmic movements of the human body in motion. Visit the central recreation center at
18150 E. Vassar Place in Aurora to view "Aspire" up close.
“Aspire”
Year: 2019
Media: Art glass and painted metal sculpture.
Artist: David Griggs and Scott Parsons
Location: Central Recreation Center, 18150 E. Vassar Place, Aurora, CO 80013
Description: “Aspire” is a celebration of human movement in four components, atrium art glass, aerial sculpture, gym art glass, and natatorium art glass. Approaching the building, the atrium art glass welcomes you, invites you to venture inside, and proclaims that you are entering a special place.
