Horizon Drift
Rachel Hayes
Horizon Drift is a large-scale, textile-based public art installation by Tulsa artist Rachel Hayes, presented by the Biennial of the Americas with artistic direction by Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum. Designed specifically for Denver’s Plaza of the Americas, the work canopies the plaza with vibrant, handmade fabric panels that respond to Colorado’s colorscape. Their shifting colors, opacities, and textures interact with the surrounding architecture and natural light, transforming the space into a dynamic window to the city’s environment.
On View from May 16 – October 27, 2024
Featured Programming
With support from the Dynamic Downtown Denver Grant Program, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, and the Riverfront Park Community Foundation, the community celebrated the opening of Horizon Drift with the Party on the Plaza on May 17, 2024. The event brought together 20+ vendors and five artistic groups showcasing music and dance from across the Americas, welcoming over 650 attendees.
Opening Reception: May 16 2024, at the Plaza of the Americas (artist in attendance)
Mobile Video Making Workshop with SeriesFest – June 27, 2024
Salsa on the Plaza with Colorado Afro-Latin Dance & Art Collective – July 25, 2024
Natural Light and Color Photography Workshop with Colorado Photographic Arts Center – August 24, 2024
Translucent Paper Triangle Collages with Art Students League of Denver (ASLD) – September 26, 2024
Latin Jazz at the Plaza with Mistura Fina – October 24, 2024