'The murals weren’t just about defining the neighborhood — they were about giving a sense of pride to the neighborhood,”
Kevin Vraiis bringing four new murals from ten artists to the East Colfax neighborhood in Aurora September 2 through September 16, culminating with a neighborhood block party that will include music, dance, food and brews on the final day.
Beginning as an experiment by artist/philanthropist Aaron Vega to “create a visual boundary for the art district in Aurora,” Colfax Canvas is now going into its fourth year. As the total mural count for the neighborhood rises to 33 pending this year’s additions, finding a blank wall in the neighborhood, according to Vega, is becoming increasingly difficult., a nonprofit art hub owned and operated by the City of Aurora, after moving to Colorado from New York over six years ago.
Seeking a visual reminder of the neighborhood’s significance, in 2020 Vega partnered with the popular Denver muralistto pull off the first year of Colfax Canvas. Vega was delighted to see how the murals not only brightened the walls of surrounding businesses, but also the faces of those living in and visiting the neighborhood.
“Pretty quickly, it became clear that the murals weren’t just about defining the neighborhood — they were about giving a sense of pride to the neighborhood,” Vega notes. Muralists RubeZilla and AGPNT collaborated on a mural based on the owner of the business, who lost her husband.In the festival’s second year, the process was subject to change: Instead of collaborating with a lead artist, Vega set out to make the participating artists more representative of the community they were serving.
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