Lighting the Ground Up

On April 24, 2021, Historic Green Mountain Falls Foundation and Green Box leaders and Green Mountain Falls community members gathered for the groundbreaking of a new Skyspace by James Turrell. This will be the first permanent Skyspace in Colorado and the first to be installed onto the side of a mountain. The structure will be built with natural stones, wood, and other materials specific to the region as the artist and Green Box team work to create harmony between the art experience and its natural setting. The Skyspace, to be titled by Turrell upon completion, will open later this year.

Clockwise from top: Mayor Jane Newberry, town trustees Katharine Guthrie and Margaret Peterson, Christian Keesee, Jesse Stroope, and Larry Keigwin break ground on the Turrell Skyspace; Chris Walters kicked off the event with a trumpet performance; Keesee addressing local residents at the site of the future Skyspace; Green Box Arts artists-in-residence Irby Pace, Antonina Skobina, and Denys Drozdyuk.