Strolling through chic Cherry Creek North, you can’t miss Pismo Fine Art Glass, where master Dale Chihuly’s vibrant seaforms and abstract baskets practically burst through the windows.

The flagship of a four-store franchise, this split-level contemporary gallery specializes in sculpture, but also exhibits conversation-piece furniture, wall paintings, and exquisite glass jewelry and beadwork, much of it one of a kind. It makes for unusually lovely browsing—particularly during the citywide First Friday Art Walks, when a festive, come-as-you-are atmosphere suffuses what is, after all, one of Denver’s more exclusive neighborhoods.

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