>> ART ON THE STREETS IS BACK AGAIN AND POPULATING DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS WITH NEW TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS THAT RANGE FROM SCULPTURES TO MURALS THE PROGRAM AROUND FOR
MORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY AIMS TO MAKE ART ACCESSIBLE AND CREATE AN ENGAGING AND EVER CHANGING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT FIVE'S JON MCMICHAEL HAS THE STORY.
>> IT'S THE 26TH ANNUAL ART ON THE STREETS, WHICH MEANS WE ARE INSTALLING 13 NEW ARTWORK ALL AROUND THE DOWNTOWN CREATIVE DISTRICT. THIS IS HOPEFUL. COLORADO BUTTERFLIES
SUNKIST AFTER THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL NAME OF PIKES PEAK WHICH IS THOMAS.
>> THE COURT CULTURE THAT HAS LIKE FACETED PARAMETRIC EDGES.
THAT HASN'T SLOWED IN THE FACT THAT ALIGNED WITH THE NEW YEAR THIS YEAR, DOWNTOWN VENTURES RECEIVED OVER 100 ARTISTS APPLICATION ENDED UP WITH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF REGIONAL
ARTISTS. I LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN IN COLORADO FOR, YOU HAVE BEEN IN COLORADO SPRINGS SINCE 2019. WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN MANITOU, MY GRAND WOULD TAKE ME ON THE
BUS DOWNTOWN EVERY YEAR FOR ART ON THE STREETS. WE DO THE WHOLE SCULPTURE WALK AND LOOK AT THEM ALL. SO PRETTY AMAZING THAT I'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO IT
NOW. AND IN THE SAME VEIN, VOICES FROM OUR COMMUNITY ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING, ADDING THEIR THOUGHTS TO A COLLABORATIVE. HE'S A MURAL PAINTED BY DENVER ARTIST
JASMINE HOMES FEATURING A POEM BY PIKES PEAK POET LAUREATE ASHLEY NEELY'S. WE INTERVIEWED 12 FOLKS ACROSS COLORADO SPRINGS DOWN FROM AGE 9 ALL THE WAY UP TO 80 PLUS FROM
VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS IDENTITIES. AND I TOOK ALL THAT INFORMATION AND CREATED AN ORIGINAL POEM THAT PART OF IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED ON THIS WALL AND SOME OF THOSE
INTERVIEWEES ARE MAKING IT INTO THE ARE ANTICIPATING WAS REALLY COLORFUL.
>> BRIGHTLY LIKE SUNSHINE, LAW TO COMMEMORATE ART. AND IT USED REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT COLORADO SPRINGS IS DIVERSE AND BEAUTIFUL AND THE GOAL OF THE YEARLY ROTATING
ROSTER OF OUR WORKS HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
>> TO ENGAGE. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT A CREATIVE DISTRICT IT'S A PLACE THAT'S VIBRANT AND FULL OF COLOR AND HAS A SENSE OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM.
>> SO IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR YOU TO SHOP AND DINE, BUT IT'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEIR THEY WANT TO BE AROUND THAT ENERGY AND CREATIVITY. PUBLIC ART AND
PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THAT UNIFIED. THE CITY JUST DOES SO MUCH FOR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK OUR NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE ARE IS LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE SHOULD
BE FOR EVERYONE. I LOVE THAT ARE ON THE STREETS. REALLY HIGHLIGHT COMMUNITY SPACES.
NOT ONLY IS IT PRETTY BUT LIKE IT BINDS COMMUNITY. IT GIVES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SENSE OF KIND OF PIVOT, IAN WHOLE, I THINK IDEALLY IT CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND GET A
SENSE ABILITY TO A SPACE THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE. AND I THINK THAT THAT CAN BE REALLY HEALTHY AND OFFER SOMETHING TO COMMUNITY. ULTIMATELY PUBLIC ARE IN OUR IN GENERAL. IT
KEEPS US ALL.
>> JOHN MICHAEL, WITH THAT REPORT, DOWNTOWN VENTURES IS A CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT AFFILIATE OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. PLANNING A PUBLIC LAUNCH OF THIS YEAR'S ART OF
THE STREETS ON JUNE 7TH.
THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY.