About the Project

The Athmar Park Branch Library received a grant from the Urban Arts Fund and has created an anti-graffiti-vandalism project this summer! The project is a graffiti art mural that says "Athmar Park Library" and features drawings based on the theme, "Knowledge is Power." Athmar Park neighborhood youth in grades 5 through 12 have created the mural themselves and have documented their experience with photos and video. The mural is hung on the south-facing wall of the Athmar Park Library as a permanent art installation!

Special thanks to Your Name In Graffiti, who helped with the mural, and Dona Laurita from Think 360 Arts, who brought innovative photography to the project!

Project Photos:

Can't see the art? Check it out on our Flickr page!

Project Documentary

Documentary of the Urban Arts Fund Mural Project at Athmar Park Branch Library from The Denver Public Library on Vimeo.

For more information about the project, please contact Kristin Grabarek (kgrabarek@denverlibrary.org) or Kristen Monroe (kmonroe@denverlibrary.org).

The Denver Urban Arts Fund is an outgrowth of the Graffiti Task Force recommendations. The recommendations support the role of prevention as an important component – along with abatement and enforcement – of reducing graffiti vandalism in Denver. Learn more about it at denvergov.org/doca.

Pauline Robinson and Valdez-Perry also received Urban Arts Grants.