Special Event: Clayton Unveils Artist Collaboration
Artist Lio-Bravo Bumbakini // @liobumba. Photo by Les Baker - Planet 5 Productions
Clayton, the first-of-its-kind, members club and hotel under development in Cherry Creek North, hosted a “live artists in the streets” large-scale Artist Collaboration and Creative Installation at the end of August featuring pop art, graffiti and realism at their construction site in Cherry Creek North to introduce Clayton as Denver’s hub of diverse creative culture and talent. The eight artists will be helping to raise up to $5,000 for BirdSeed Collective, a local nonprofit making a positive impact through creative programs dedicated to educating and enabling Denver’s disadvantaged and under-resourced communities.
Clayton collaborated with eight local artists who represent diversity and progress in Denver’s street art community to bring a range of unique artworks to the exterior of Clayton’s building. There are now eight large-scale “canvases” (each 14 x 6 feet) which will remain up until March 2021. With each Instagram photo posted of the artist installation and tagged using @claytonmembersclub #claytoncreates up until Oct. 1, Clayton will donate $1 up to $5,000 to BirdSeed Collective
Art by Jameson LaDopa
Art by Seymon Gurule
“With the introduction of Clayton to the Denver community, we wanted to create an interactive installation for public engagement which best expresses the ethos of the Clayton community - creativity, collaboration and inspiration,” said Dana Sass, director of membership of Clayton. “Denver is a hub of diverse creative culture with individuals striving to make lasting impacts and continuously evolve Denver’s growing creative environment — we at Clayton are here to celebrate and support them.”
Clayton, an Aparium Hotel Group brand, will open its doors in March 2021 with a distinguished community of established and developing creative, social and business leaders who have a common interest in giving back to the larger Denver community and beyond.
Artist Seymon Gurule //@ozjuahsepia
The eight artists collaborating on this project will be part of Clayton’s Member community of Creative Collaborator Members. Clayton’s Founding Members upcoming party will consist of a fundraising opportunity in the form of a live auction, where 50 percent of the sale from each piece of art will go to the artist as their commission, and 50 percent of the sale will be donated to an organization or cause of the artist’s choice, in order to uphold Clayton’s values to support and give back. Each artist, along with their artwork, will be featured in a beautiful, artfully constructed coffee table book “Clayton – The Book” which will be gifted to Founding Members.
The eight artists included in the project are:
Sasha Alexander // @sasha.the.kid
Jameson LaDopa // @banneddesign
Julio Alejandro & Danielle Cunningham // @julioalejandro.9 /@thenowfuture
DINKC (Laedan Galicia) // @dinkc
Lio Bumba // @liobumba
Cyanne Stonesmith // @cyannestonesmith
Noah Baker // @Tukeone
Seymon Gurule // @ozjuahsepia
Artist Scott Young also created a neon light installation layered over the eight featured artist boards.
Clayton Members Club: @claytonmembersclub // hello@claytondenver.com