Horizon Drift is a newly commissioned, textile-based public art installation by Tulsa artist Rachel Hayes. This temporary installation will open at Plaza of the Americas on May 17, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a FREE Party on the Plaza open to the public. The event includes art kits for kids and families, food, music, and local vendors.
Bring the whole family, gather your friends, and unite with fellow Denverites who share a passion for our city and the rich tapestry of the Americas.
Performance Schedule:
4:00 p.m. Soldetropico
4:40 p.m. ArtistiCO
5:00 p.m. Evelyn Soto
6:00 p.m. Soldetropico
7:30 p.m. UCA Colorado Capoeira
8:00 p.m. Ginga
Taste of the Americas:
- Anduba (Brazil)
- Besitos Chamoy (Denver)
- Bruna’s Brazilian Cheese (Brazil)
- Cachai Chilean Food (Chile)
- Chupacabra Paletas (Mexico)
- Cultura Chocolate (Mexico)
- Dos Santos Pasteis (Brazil)
- Frescos Naturales (Guatemala)
- Fritay Haitian (Haiti)
- Gallo Pinto Latin Roots (Costa Rica)
- GemPunk (Denver)
- Green Belly (Guatemala)
- Integrity Juice (Denver)
- Joanna’s Juices (Caribbean)
- Lazo Empanadas (Argentina)
- Padoca Brazilian Bakery (Brazil)
- Tejon Food Company (Mexico)
- Tlaquesalsa (Mexico)
- XicanoTribe (Mexico)
Following the opening, the installation will be on view outdoors, 24/7 through October 27, 2024.
Designed specifically for the Plaza of the Americas and in response to Colorado’s colorscape, Horizon Drift will canopy the Plaza with a series of large, vibrant, and handmade textile panels that attach to and play off the space’s surrounding structures.
Made from radially-oriented fabrics intentionally chosen by the artist for their durability and the ways in which their colors, opacities, and textures invoke and interact with the dynamic lighting and palette of Denver, these suspended panels will serve as windows to the city’s ever-ephemeral environmental conditions.
1550 Wewatta St., Denver.