Stroll Main Street and interact with art and sculptures that line the sidewalk. For a small Colorado town, Lyons boasts the most sculptures per square feet in one main street area. The Lyons Arts and Humanities Council is a group that is instrumental in helping to promote art in downtown Lyons and its ar
There are several pieces of permanent public art, including sculptures made of local sandstone, such as giant eggs, flower containers, a fountain, a small performance stage, and more. In 2008 and 2009, the town renovated its two main streets to include sandstone sidewalks and features, floral decorations, seating areas and sculptures. It won a Governor’s Award for Downtown Excellence in 2010. As a public community art project, a mural depicting life in Lyons, called “Lyons Past, Present and Future”, was placed on the outdoor wall of the Visitor Center in June 2003. At that time, the group gave itself the name Confluence Community Arts (CoCoA). It is mainly run by Cathy Rivers and Priscalla Cohan, who have gone on to start a second project, called The Clarifier Project, which involves the community painting tiles to decorate the old circular cement building next to St. Vrain Creek.
Notable cultural arts residents include artist Barbara Stone, poet George Moore, author Ann Ripley, writer/photographer Kathleen Spring, sculptors John King and Bruce Campbell, and artist Candace Shepard, who reside in the Lyons area.