Colorado River
Colorado River

Colorado River

Denver Public Art 1%


2015.11.1
Wopo Holup was commissioned to create a series of sculptural pieces to grace the west wall of the Westin Conference Center pre-function area. The work represents ten continuous sections of the Colorado River running from Grand Lake in the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California. Along the way it runs through five states forming Lake Powell, Lake Mead and irrigated lands such as Imperial Valley. The work was cut from aluminum and hand-covered in 24-carat gold leaf.

Mandy Vink (public art project manager)
Kendall Peterson (public art project manager)
Mayor Michael Hancock (mayor)
Chandler Romeo (commissioner)
David Dadone (pac member)
Maria Elena Buszek (arts professional)
Georgina Kobler (arts professional)
Brent Mather - Gensler (design team representative)
John Ackerman DIA—Deputy Manager of Aviation, Commercial (community representative)
Reggie Norman - DEN (community representative)
Rosalind "Bee" Harris (community representative)
Jeff Vecchiarelli - Starwood Hotels (community representative)
Heather Patterson (semi-finalist)
Yoshi Saito (semi-finalist)
Wopo Holup (semi-finalist)
Wopo Holup (artist)