Eye-sore to Eye-catching, BSC Dumpster Murals at Columbine Homes
BirdSeed Collective just wrapped up the dumpster mural project at Columbine Homes in the Valverde neighborhood in Southwest Denver. About 20 local artists were commissioned to design and paint custom murals on the streetside dumpsters. Located in the front of homes, unpainted receptacles attract grime and graffiti and are an eye-sore to an otherwise mostly well-maintained community. As well, so little public art exists in the area, making the dumpster sides a prime opportunity to beautify the neighborhood, while potentially deterring crime and improving the sociopsychological effects of living in subsidized housing. The project was funded by a generous Denver Arts & Venues - Create Denver - PS You Are Here grant of $7500, matched by BirdSeed Collective mostly in in-kind time donations and supplies. Along with the Quigg Newton Housing Development in 2017 and Sun Valley Housing Development in 2016, this is the third dumpster mural project BSC has organized and implemented.
Photos by Raymundo Muñoz
Moe Gram Moe Gram DSC_0157 Moe Gram Max Kauffman DSC_0159 DSC_0161 DSC_0160 DSC_0162 DSC_0163 DSC_0188 DSC_0187 DSC_0184 Thomas Scharfenberg Mike Graves DSC_0181 DSC_0180 DSC_0179 DSC_0178 DSC_0176 Markham Maes DSC_0174 Nack DSC_0172 DSC_0171 DSC_0170 Chris Haven Chris Haven Drew Austin DSC_0166
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