The RAW Project Returns to Denver

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 6:38 a.m.

Kenzie Bruce Mr. June's abstract mural at Garden Place Academy was a RAW project this year. 1/17

Kenzie Bruce The entrance to Cheltenham is now more inviting. 2/17

Kenzie Bruce Shepard Fairey kicked off the RAW Project's second year in Denver with this mural at Cheltenham, which he painted when he was in town for Crush Walls 2018. 3/17

Kenzie Bruce Boxes of spray paint line the floor in a room at Cheltenham Elementary. 4/17

Kenzie Bruce Paola Delfín works on her wall at Cheltenham; her mural included three students from the school and its principal. Delfín returned to the RAW Project again in 2018 after completing a mural at Eagleton Elementary last year. 5/17

Kenzie Bruce Jazz Guetta is another returning artist. 6/17

Kenzie Bruce BirdO's mural at Cheltenham. 7/17

Kenzie Bruce Amanda Valdes' mural near the entrance of Cheltenham Elementary. 8/17

Kenzie Bruce FL Mngo's work inside Cheltenham. 9/17

Kenzie Bruce Seventh- and eighth-graders sit in front of a mural at Cheltenham. 10/17

Kenzie Bruce Luis Berros titled his mural "Reading Is a Superpower." 11/17

Kenzie Bruce A mural by Dale Grimshaw, left, and one by Santiago Rubino. 12/17

Kenzie Bruce Belove's mural on the second level of Garden Place Academy. 13/17

Kenzie Bruce Patrick Kane McGregor works on a mural of his beloved bulldog, Boug, at Cheltenham. 14/17

Kenzie Bruce Eighth-grader Tedy Johnson helps McGregor paint part of the frame; Johnson went to Cheltenham in fourth and fifth grade. 15/17

Kenzie Bruce Trek6's mural at Cheltenham. 16/17

Kenzie Bruce A collaborative mural between Fin Dac (left) and Kevin Ledo at Cheltenham. 17/17

The RAW Project Returns to Denver

The RAW Project returned to Denver in September, offering a lesson in the impact of art. The Re-Imagining the Arts Wynwood (RAW) Project got its start in Miami's Wynwood Arts District in 2014; it became Re-Imagining the Arts Worldwide in 2017, the year that renowned artists from the U.S. and abroad came to town, making art at underserved schools. On Friday, October 5, Cheltenham Elementary will host a First Friday art walk, where students will discuss the new murals at their school.

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