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Street Murals Beautify Olde Town

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From the Arvada Press, September 16, 2021 By Ryan Dunn

Three artists worked to install murals on the streets of Olde Town Arvada beginning on Sept. 9, completing the murals by Sept. 15 in advance of the upcoming Jackalope Denver arts festival slated for Sept. 18 and 19.

Volunteers primed the streets on Sept. 8 and artists Chelsea Hart, Talia Parsell Swartz and Kailey Geary began on their murals the next day.

While the installation of the murals was timed to coincide with the Jackalope festival, Olde Town Business Improvement Director Joe Hengstler said that the goal is to keep the murals as part of the Olde Town landscape for the foreseeable future. Read entire article here