Public Art In Denver - Prairie Dogs And One-Room Schoolhouse

by: Bill Egnor AKA Something The Dog Said

Sat Apr 17, 2010 at 13:20:45 PM MDT

This week we have a little bit of little seen public art. It is stashed away behind my local grocery store and in front of the Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center. It is called Prairie Dogs and One-Room School House, by sculptor Judith Stewart.

I go back and forth on this piece. Prairie Dogs are ubiquitous out here in Colorado. While they are an important part of the prairie ecosystem they are also rodents and will take over any field that is not in use, including in the cities. One of the things that keeps them in check is that they carry fleas that also carry the Black Plague.  From time to time they will be devastated by the plague, which keeps their numbers down, but it also makes them a minor hazard to humans (minor because the plague is easily controlled by antibiotics).  

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by: Fong

Tue Mar 23, 2010 at 23:50:47 PM MDT

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Denver Public Art - "Talking Sidewalk"

by: Bill Egnor AKA Something The Dog Said

Sat Mar 20, 2010 at 10:40:12 AM MDT

Happy Saturday Everyone! From looking at the picture with this post you have to be thinking that I have lost my mind. How in the world can a grate in the sidewalk be art? Well, from a visual point of view you are exactly correct, but this is not just any grate.

Along Curtis Street in Denver, between the Performing Arts Center and the 16th Street Mall is one of my all time favorite pieces of public art. As you walk along you will start to hear sounds coming from below the street. You might hear lions roaring or pigs grunting or trains or even tap-dancing. All of this is the work of artist Jim Green and it is called "Talking Sidewalk.