Category: Stiles African American Heritage Gardens
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Breaking Ground in the Hell-strip
Breaking Ground in the Hell-strip The Stiles Center is honored to have received funding from Denver Arts & Venues PS You Are Here program for gardens in the ‘hell-strip’ around the center. Join us as we establish no-water, stone crevice gardens that explore historical plant relationships held by African Americans. Through a series of themed…
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The Stiles African American Heritage Gardens
One of the most inspiring people for me as a young artist growing up in Denver was Grace Stiles, founder of the Stiles African American Heritage Center in Five Points. For over 40 years, she had taught in the Denver Public Schools and was dismayed at the history book representation of African Americans being little…
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