The Denver Botanical Gardens on York Street is currently hosting over 20 different works by world renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly. The exhibit will continue to be on display until Nov. 30. Tickets must be purchased to enter. Adult tickets cost $15.00, senior tickets are $12.00 and child tickets are $9.00.

Chihuly has had his works placed all over the world, from Italy to Japan to the Bahamas. He started working with glass as an art form while he was studying interior design at the University of Washington. After Chihuly graduated in 1965 he continued to study glass art at the University of Wisconsin and the Rhode Island School of Design, where he would launch a glass program and later teach for over a decade. Chihuly went on to co-found the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington in 1971.

The Denver Botanical Gardens has Chihuly’s work placed throughout the entire facility, intertwined with the setting as if they had been there all along. There are lights around the pieces so that they will glow after dark, and guests are encouraged to come to the exhibit once the sun has set. Chihuly had a brief exhibit at the Fort Collins Museum of Art in Old Town during February of 2012, mainly filled with bowls and small art pieces. In comparison, the exhibit at the Botanical Gardens is massive. There is everything from glass bulbs to towers over 20 feet tall. The gardens alone are worth the visit, but the Chihuly exhibit is well worth the drive to Denver.

For more information on Dale Chihuly visit his website here.

You may purchase tickets here.

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