As the gateway to the Pikes Peak Region, we celebrate the rich history, cultural diversity and creativity of our community through Art at COS. This program is a reimagined revival of the airport’s Cultural Gateway of the Rockies program, which aims to build upon our existing art collection through rotating exhibits around the airport. It is our identity and authenticity that makes an appearance on what is, for so many, the first stage of our city.
For centuries, art has been inspired here—by towering mountains, sprawling plains, college campuses, military bases, historic districts and modern marvels. Art is shaped by the people who came before us and the diversity that exists today. It is the unique histories, cultures, and perspectives that make our community vibrant. We are proud to showcase Colorado Springs as a community with art as part of our identity.
We welcome visitors who love art, artists who make art and locals who see a part of themselves in art. We invite you to celebrate COS as a PLACE, not just a point of transit, and ART as a COMMUNITY, not just a commodity.
Temporary Art Displays
Rotating Art Exhibitions
Art at COS’s indoor exhibition area is curated by the Cottonwood Center for the Arts and is located on the airport’s second floor near the TSA queuing area. The first exhibition will run from January to March 2026, with new works rotated quarterly to highlight local and regional artists.
Upcoming Exhibit: Window Seat - Views from the Stratosphere
Window Seat - Views from the Stratosphere will open in January 2026. Window Seat invites local creatives from a broad spectrum of disciplines to share their views from the sky, quilted fields, epic sunsets, wild weather from above the clouds, and beyond. For more information and to submit your art, visit our call for entries at the link below:
Art on the Streets Sculptures
Art at COS, an extension of Downtown Partnership’s Art on the Streets program, features large-scale sculptures selected through an independent jury process. The first installations include Blossoming and Muse of Music by Jodi Bliss, along with Lepidoptera by Kasia Polkowska.
Lepidoptera by Kasia Polkowska
Lepidoptera is a colorful butterfly sculpture. It is a painted and welded steel form created with layered CNC'd steel shapes. It is 6 feet tall by 4 feet wide by 3 feet deep. This sculpture will be on display at COS from October 2025 – May 2027.
Purchase Price: $14,000
Artist's Statement: With my sculpture 'Lepidoptera' I hope to share the wonder of these magnificent insects. The bright colors and fun shapes reflect nature's beautiful design. My butterfly was created to be eye-catching, grabbing the viewers and pulling them in for a moment while adding something unique to their day and reminding them of the magic that is all around us. Additionally, butterflies are important pollinators and their life and work is crucial to keeping our natural environments in their current state. If in any way people can be inspired by my vibrant homage to these small but mighty insects, taking even the smallest steps to ensure the well being of these creatures, then that would be an added bonus for my artwork.
Muse of Music by Jodi Bliss
Muse of Music is a figurative sculpture made from hand-forged steel and glass. It is nearly 9 feet tall by 5 ¼ feet wide by 2 feet deep. This sculpture will be on display at COS from October 2025 – May 2027.
Purchase Price: $19,500
Artist's Statement: The musician is a maker of sound, a sculptor of silence, a conductor of emotion, space and time. In a vessel made of notes and tones, she takes the listener on a journey to imaginary worlds. She tells stories in a language that we have known since birth; it is a dance buried in our bones.
Blossoming by Jodi Bliss
Blossoming is a figurative sculpture made from hand-forged mild steel. It is 10 feet tall by 2 ½ feet wide by 2 ½ feet deep. This sculpture will be on display at COS from October 2025 – May 2027.
Purchase Price: $25,000
Artist's Statement: This is the eighth piece in a nine-part series about a journey of growth and transformation: the greatest—and most frequent—story ever told! We see this theme arise in stories and myth from cultures all over the world since the dawn of human civilization. This commonality speaks to the universality of this theme and the importance to every human life of listening to our calling, recognizing the potential and limitless possibility, taking the leap, rising from the fall, continuing with forward motion, expressing gratitude, and finally blossoming (if only for a brief moment), a moment of immense beauty that is the culmination and celebration of all of the hard work and nurturing that went into the journey that produced the blossoms.
Permanent Art Collection
Blota Hunka and Bison by Don & Charles Green
Purchased in 2000, these two steel sculptures, created by Don and Charles Green, welcome visitors near the airport's entrance: a bison and an Indian on horseback. These are beautiful works, striking both from a distance and close up, whether arriving or leaving the airport. The Indian makes an especially haunting impression on the way out, silhouetted against the sky and the open plains to the south.
Artist's Statement: The two larger than life sculptures located at the entrance to the Colorado Springs Airport were made by Don and Charles Green of Colorado Springs in 1980 and 1981. The sculpture titled "Blota Hunka", meaning warrior of the Plains, was named and blessed by Chief Talltree, a member of the Sioux Nation. Both sculptures are constructed of plate steel welded to an armature of steel rod and have been allowed to rust to achieve a natural patina that blends beautifully with their site at the airport entrance.
The Wall of Heroes
The Wall of Heroes plaque was donated March 2024 to the Colorado Springs Airport by the Colorado Springs Chorale, the official chorus of the 78th anniversary of D-Day held June 2022 in Normandy, France.
Artist's Statement: The Wall of Heroes plaque commemorates the 144 soldiers from Colorado who served and died in WWII and are laid to rest in the Normandy American Cemetery and the Brittany American Cemetery in Normandy. After a deeply moving experience of singing in their honor, the Colorado Springs Chorale created the plaque as a memorial to the WWII heroes of Colorado. The public is welcome to view the Wall of Heroes plaque in the public space of the terminal located on the second level and to the west of the main lobby next to the reception area where passengers exit the concourse.