DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRESENTS COLORADO: SEE THE NEW WEST LIKE A ...

Denver, CO April 21, 2008: Denver International Airport is pleased to announce its latest temporary art exhibit: Colorado: See the New West Like a Local. The exhibit features 78 artworks and writings highlighting the state from the people who know it best – the locals.

Last fall, DIA invited state residents to submit written statements or poems expressing what they
love about Colorado and why. Residents with diverse viewpoints, interpretations, and
backgrounds submitted more than 300 original statements and poems expressing their visions
of Colorado. Artists around the state interpreted the best of these submissions in many different
media.

A jury reviewed the 697 artworks submitted by 407 artists and chose the ones that are on
display at DIA. Jury members were: Sonnet Hanson, master teacher for modern and
contemporary art, Denver Art Museum; Pauline Herrera, communications and marketing
director, Denver Office of Cultural Affairs; Steve Klodt, acting director of publications, DIA; Grant
Pound, executive director, Colorado Art Ranch, and Chris Ransick, Denver poet laureate.
The exhibit is on display through January 2009, and will be seen by several million people
during that time, including delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August.
Colorado: See the New West Like a Local is located on the walkway leading from Jeppesen
Terminal to the Concourse A security-screening checkpoint, and is accessible for everyone’s
enjoyment.

For more information, visit www.flydenver.com/art, or call (303) 342-2521.