Students from Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont and Downtown Denver Expeditionary School will “paint the town” in holiday colors from 9 a.m. to noon Friday on the 16th Street Mall median between Stout and Champa. A group of students, along with their teachers, will paint five pianos as part of the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District’s Your Keys to the City Program.
The pianos will be placed throughout the 16th Street Mall during Downtown Denver’s Grand Illumination celebration on Nov. 28 and will remain open and available to the public to enjoy until Dec. 30 (weather permitting).
In the winter of 2009, seven painted upright pianos appeared along the 16th Street Mall in Downtown Denver. Created by the Downtown Denver Partnership, Your Keys to the City was designed to encourage residents, employees and tourists in Downtown Denver to interact with their public spaces in new and spontaneous ways — while contributing to the vibrancy within the urban core. All pianos are donated to the program and painted by Colorado artists. Pianos are covered during inclement weather.
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