About the Mural
Denver-based painter and muralist Chelsea Hart was selected to create a new mural for the Sie Welcome Center entitled Denver Dreams. The selection followed a request for proposals process calling for submissions to create a large-scale mural telling a story of the Denver metro area.
Working with the community, Hart has created a series of “Dream Boxes” for Denverites to anonymously submit their dreams of the city. The collected dreams will be used by the artist to develop a design for the mural. As Hart states, the final mural design will “tell the story of our residents on a deep, creative, and inspirational level.”
Find the Dream Boxes at the Denver Art Museum or in the Metro Area through the month of September 2024 to share your dream. The in-community schedule is as follows:
- September 3-16 (The Center on Colfax, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Museo de las Americas, and Mariposa Senior Center)
- September 16-23 (Denver Public Library: Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library and Denver Public Library: Woodbury Branch Library)
- September 16-30 (Emmanuel Gallery on Auraria Campus and Focus Points Family Resource Center)
- September 23-30 (Denver Public Library: Hampden Branch Library and Re:Vision)
Past Murals
Denver-based artists Emily Hope Dobkin and Olive Moya were selected to create the first mural on the main level of the Martin Building, entitled I Invent It, My Hands Draw a Cloud. The mural was on view from 2020 to 2024.
The selection followed a request for proposals process calling for submissions to create a large-scale mural telling a story of the Denver metro area’s creative scene. The piece served as a beacon of welcoming to students, families, and visitors of all ages.
According to the artists, the large idea behind the piece, nestled in a 12-foot by 28-foot space in the museum’s main Duncan Hall, was focused on the comfort of belonging under the same sky. The artists wanted the mural to evoke a sensation similar to astronauts viewing the earth from space and feeling united in humanity’s existence on this planet, with the clouds as a haven of acceptance and solidarity. Photographs for I Invent It, My Hands Draw a Cloud were sourced from the community to show differing perspectives of the shared sky. The bond of the collective was demonstrated through these contributions of individual experience.
