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15 Murals Celebrated Across Denver Schools

DENVER (CBS4) - Mayor Michael Hancock helped reveal one of 15 murals commissioned across Denver schools on Monday. It's part of a beautification project by LIFEWTR.

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One of 15 murals unveiled at Denver's Manual High School. (credit: CBS)

Four local artists, Pat Milbery, Michael Ortiz, Jason Graves, Meeg Conroy and John Hastings (RUMTUM), created the pieces of arts to help inspire creativity in children.

Those schools are:

Abraham Lincoln High School
Academy of Urban Learning
Bruce Randolph High School
Denver South High School
Denver Justice High School
Excel High School
George Washington High School
High Tech Early College
John F. Kennedy High School
Manual High School
North High School
RiseUp Community High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
West Early College
West Leadership Academy

Officials gathered at Manual High School for the official unveiling.

LIFEWTR hopes to reach 10 million students through art education programs and projects like this.

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