Artist Reception: Art on the High Line Canal Trail

ACC Art on the High Line Canal Trail (wooden birds hanging on a wooden fence)

Join us in celebrating Arapahoe Community College student artists and their temporary art installation along the High Line Canal Trail!

Museum of Outdoor Arts
Thursday, May 2 · 4 - 6pm MDT
High Line Canal Conservancy
4010 East Orchard Road Centennial, CO 80121

About this Event

Welcome to the Artist Reception: Art on the High Line Canal Trail event! Join us for an evening filled with beautiful art and talented artists. Explore the stunning, site-specific, artwork inspired by the scenic High Line Canal Trail. Enjoy complimentary ice cream, while viewing this new temporary art installation and learning more about it from conversations with the artists. Don't miss this opportunity to experience art in a unique outdoor setting. See you there!

Limited parking is available in the parking lot of the High Line Canal Conservancy.

ACC students walking the High Line Canal Trail next to the ACC art exhibit (wooden birds hanging from wooden fence rails)

About the Project

This site-specific Design and Build outreach installation, titled Flight of Daedalus, was created collaboratively by students from Arapahoe Community College in partnership with the High Line Canal Conservancy and the Museum of Outdoor Arts. This work was designed by Isabelle Tolar and produced and installed collaboratively by students from the 3D Design and Capstone courses in the ACC Art and Design Center located in downtown Littleton. Students drew silhouettes of native bird species that make the High Line region their home. Cut out of cedar and suspended in air, the cast shadows of these birds along the fence line is inspired by the movement of local pedestrians along the 71-mile canal.

ACC students hanging birds from fence rails on the High Line Canal Trail

Special thanks to Denver Water for providing access to the art installation site for this project. Funding for this project was provided by the Museum of Outdoor Arts with support from the SCFD, Colorado Creative Industries and the National Endowment for the Arts.

ACC students hanging birds from fence rails on the High Line Canal Trail

Design by: Isabelle Tolar

Participating Students: Connor Behrenbruch, Tiernan Cook, Shannon Corrie, Savanna Doiel, Sophia Flores, River Hetzel, Darja Jaceva, Nate Larson, Kelsey Lobb, Max McMann, Eun Mi Lam, Natalie Morris, Reece Pierce, Abby Rist, Riley Summers, Michele Swisher, Isabelle Tolar, Sarah Voelkelt, Jacey West, Jodee Whitehead, Natalia Wolanska

Faculty / Instructors: Katie Caron and Sarah McCormick

ACC students and faculty hanging birds from fence rails on the High Line Canal Trail

 

ACC students hanging birds from fence rails on the High Line Canal Trail

 

ACC students hanging birds from fence rails on the High Line Canal Trail

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