As a program administrator at Denver Public Art, Brendan Picker juggles funds, fabrication and artists’ visions to realize major public-art projects, managing all the necessary moves leading to an eventual unveiling. But in his spare time, Picker also curates the Storeroom, a walk-by installation gallery in an East 17th Avenue storefront window, where he gives local artists, perhaps lesser-known than those creating major public art with big-city dollars, free rein to use the space as they please.
Given some free rein of his own, Picker helped organize the exhibition
Queer City of the Plains – An Artistic Look at Denver’s LGBTQ+ Historyat the McNichols Building in 2020. That’s evidence of his big heart and inherent love for artists and their missions — the unmeasurable qualities that make Picker a good public servant.