Some local artists noticed that Denver's street art scene was mostly male-dominated, and they set out to change that with Babe Walls, a festival celebrating female and non-binary muralists.
When Fathima Dickerson was approached about being the subject of a mural, she was surprised. But to the artists, Fathima was the perfect subject, because she embodies the idea of community.
Now in its fourth year, teams of painters with the Colfax Canvas mural festival have transformed buildings along the busy corridor into massive works of art.