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Pianos About Town
Local Artist Pursuing Aerospace Engineering Paints Piano in Fort Collins
Fort Collins resident Emily Ku has rekindled her passion for art while pursuing her career aspirations in aerospace engineering. Recently, Ku was selected to participate in…
Moving is hard. Moving across states as a young adult is even harder. Rebekah Lwanga, a 19-year-old self-taught artist, moved to Colorado from Southern California at…
Pianos About Town, a program that brings local art and spontaneous music to the streets of Fort Collins, is excited to announce the artists selected to…
Pianos About Town Program Seeks Artists to Paint Pianos
What is Pianos About Town? Pianos About Town is an interactive public art program in Fort Collins, Colorado. Community members watch as local artists transform donated…
Painting a piano is personal for Fort Collins artist and teacher Natalia Popham. Natalia is painting a piano through Pianos About Town, a program that brings…
Art and music are a big deal in the Gonzales family. At a young age, Angel Gonzales started creating art through the encouragement of her father,…
Chelsea Romaniello comes from a long line of quilters; and her family’s quilt designs are taking on a new life as part of Pianos About Town,…
Cheng Li learned to play piano as a young child. “I remember riding my little sky-blue bike down to my piano teacher’s house for my weekly…
What do skateboards, graffiti art, and painted pianos have in common? For Fort Collins artist Evan Scott, they are all about community and belonging. “The community…
Colorado Artist Paints a Piano in Drag
A Colorado artist is painting a piano in drag in celebration of Pride Month. Kris Mendonça (he/him/his) is a Brazilian multimedia artist based in Fort Collins,…