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Quilts & Dandelions: Pianos About Town Announces 2023 Piano Artists & Designs

Quilts & Dandelions: Pianos About Town Announces 2023 Piano Artists & Designs

Chelsea Romaniello comes from a long line of quilters; and her family’s quilt designs are taking on a new life as part of Pianos About Town, a...

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Q&A: Applying to Paint a Piano

Q&A: Applying to Paint a Piano

Pianos About Town Program Seeks Artists to Paint Pianos

Pianos About Town is an interactive public art program in Fort Collins, Colorado. Community members watch as local artists transform donated...

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Creating Moments of Whimsy with Music and Art

Creating Moments of Whimsy with Music and Art

Cheng Li learned to play piano as a young child. "I remember riding my little sky-blue bike down to my piano teacher’s house for my weekly...

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Skateboards, Graffiti Art, and Painted Pianos

Skateboards, Graffiti Art, and Painted Pianos

What do skateboards, graffiti art, and painted pianos have in common? For Fort Collins artist Evan Scott, they are all about community and...

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Painting with Pride

Painting with Pride

Colorado Artist Paints a Piano in Drag

A Colorado artist is painting a piano in drag in celebration of Pride Month. Kris Mendonça (he/him/his) is a Brazilian multimedia artist based...

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Pianos About Town Announces 2022 Piano Artists

Pianos About Town Announces 2022 Piano Artists

When Cheng Li moved to the U.S. from Japan, she found that her passion for music remained the constant amidst change in her life. “When I lost...

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Donate a Piano

Donate a Piano

The Pianos About Town program brings local art and spontaneous music to the streets of Fort Collins. Donated pianos are transformed into a...

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