The City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places (APP) program worked with local artists to create over 50 murals throughout Fort Collins in 2020. APP hired artists to create murals on transformer cabinets, pianos, concrete barriers, and walls that inspire the community and kept us connected.
Mural on City Transformer Cabinet. Andy Dufford and Chevo Studios installed In Praise of the Poudre columns at the northwest corner of Willow and Linden Streets as part of the Willow Streetscape Project. Four hand-carved granite columns feature carvings of the plants, animals, insects, and landforms found around, within, and below the Cache la Poudre River.
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Joe McGrane added five complementary concrete and mosaic benches to his Butterfly Bouquet sculpture located at the Butterfly Pavilion at the Gardens on Spring Creek. Thanks to support of the Poudre Heritage Alliance, Downtown Development Authority and other community donors, John Davis installed the Heritage Gateway sculpture along the Poudre Trail in the Poudre River Whitewater Park.
Since 2002, APP has worked with the City of Fort Collins Engineering and Streets Departments to incorporate granite pavers sand-blasted with drawings by community youth, aged from 3 to 18, into City sidewalks.
In 2020, APP also added a selection of self-guided art tours to its website, fcgov.com/artspublic. Keep up to date with the program on the website and on Instagram @focoart. You can also find all the public art in the APP collection on the City’s GIS mapping system fc-gov.com/gis/maps.php.