Public-arts group asks Aspen to let murals replace blank construction barriers

Mar 10, 2026

Buckhorn Public Arts proposed requiring or encouraging artful 'beautification' wraps on construction noise barriers in commercial areas, offering to curate work and asking the city to amend code that currently limits barrier graphics.

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Tim Sack, executive director of Buckhorn Public Arts, told the council the organization has spent four years adding art to Cooper Mall construction wraps and would like to see similar treatments required or encouraged in the commercial core and on Mount Chalet.

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