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November 21, 2019February 9, 2023

Camp Christmas, 2019-2020

Nov 21, 2019 through January 5, 2020 – Stanley Market Place

Not for the faint of festivity, this over-the-top indoor immersive installation turns the holiday spirit all the way up with mesmerizing displays of decorations that shift time and reality. Come in from the cold with your whole family and get wrapped in the ooey-gooey, odd and sweet rituals that have brought light to the darkness of winter for thousands of years.

This was the very first Camp Christmas immersive event.

June 20, 2019March 7, 2022

Stonewall 50: Progress & Reflection, 2019

Temporal, monumental public sculpture about the last 50 years of the civil rights movement that was sparked by the Stonewall Riots of 1969.

June 9, 2018September 23, 2022

Trash Fashion Show 2018

Denver’s first annual Trash Fashion Show was designed to bring awareness to fashion industry waste and the artistry of DIY-ing and upcycling. Proceeds benefited the GLBT Community Center of Colorado and prizes were awarded to local designers.

June 20, 2016February 5, 2023

Orlando Massacre Memorial, 2016

Visitors sign messages on an 8-by-8-by-10 foot black box serving as a memorial for the 49 killed early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Thousands gather at the Denver PrideFest celebration at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver on Saturday, June 18, 2016. The festival lasts through Sunday with the annual Gay Pride Parade starting at 9:30 a.m. at Chessman Park heading west down Colfax Ave. to Civic Center Park. (Photo by Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post)

June 20, 2015February 5, 2023

Equality Cake, 2015

Temporal monumental public sculpture created for Denver PrideFest in Civic Center park.

January 1, 2015February 5, 2023

The Wizard’s Chest, 2015

Iconic Denver store recreated in a new location.

January 1, 2015March 7, 2022

Stone Clouds, 2015

Lavender tint sterling gilt on mica. Aerial sculpture. Commissioned by Neiman Marcus. Palo Alto, California.

January 1, 2014February 5, 2023

Lakewood Legacy Trees, 2014

Located at the RTD West Line Lamar Street Station, these fun, handcrafted point-of-interest sculptures were designed with the history and infrastructure of Lakewood in mind. Made of hand-carved brick, and hand-laid tile, steel, and mixed media.

December 1, 2012March 7, 2022

Houston Zoo Lights, 2012 – 2018

Houston Zoo Lights was an ongoing production created and installed by Hanzon studios for the Houston Zoo. Sponsored by TXU Energy, it has been running every year since its inception in 2012 and has grown in magnitude each year. In 2016, Zoo Lights was the largest holiday light show in the nation and drawing the largest audience of any show of its kind. It combines the majesty of the animal kingdom with an emphasis on conservation and a sense of wonder the whole family can enjoy together. Features of the show include; a lighted castle, miniature village complete with working model trains, holiday disco, animatronic zebra, luminous garden, 30′ Christmas tree hung with hand-made ornaments, lighted plant and animal sculptures, a bedazzled art car, and countless other surprising and delightful creations, all designed and crafted in the Hanzon studio.

January 1, 2010March 7, 2022

Cabinet of Curiosities & Impossibilities, 2010

Original cabinets dated from the 16th century and were entire rooms of specimens. The most famous, best documented cabinets of rulers and aristocrats, members of the merchant class, and early practitioners of science formed collections that were the precursors to the museum. In the Cabinet of Curiosities & Impossibilities, MOA seeks to recreate the wonder and contemplation once aroused in the 19th century cabinets. Located in the Englewood indoor gallery of the Museum of Outdoor Arts.