Glyph, Paula Castillo

PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: Design coordination, Materials research, Budget management, Engineering coordination and oversight, Fabricator bid process, Fabrication oversight, Installation oversight, Scheduling, Project close-out.

Paula Castillo was selected to create three iconic sculptures for the shared Denver Art Museum and Denver Central Library Campus in Denver, Colorado. The first sculpture in the series entitled Equis was installed in May 2024. The next sculpture in the series, entitled Glyph, is scheduled to be installed in September 2024 outside the entrance to the Denver Art Museum’s Ponti building at the corner of West 14th Ave. and Bannock Street. The design for Glyph is inspired by the Meso-American Xicalcoliuhqui and the Greek-key glyphs. The artist’s creative variation of Xicalcoliuhqui is sited across the street from the community-oriented neoclassical Civic Center Park, creating a perfect opportunity to rethink what it means to belong and to be a healthy American community in the 21st century.

The final sculpture of the series entitled Trestle will be installed on the plinth at 12th and Acoma facing the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building.

Digital renderings courtesy of Paula Castillo and fabrication images courtesy of Elmendorf Geurts.