Octopus Initiative
Have you ever looked at a work of contemporary art in a museum and wanted to bring it home? Well, now’s your chance.
MCA Denver’s Octopus Initiative is offering any resident of the Denver metro area the chance to borrow and live with a work of art made by a Denver-based artist for ten months. FOR FREE.
The Octopus Initiative Program has returned! Our fall lottery is curated by our Visitor Services team. Our front desk staff is really the face of the Octopus Initiative because they meet with all our winners, check out their 10 month loans, and check them in when the artworks are returned. This is a wonderful chance to get their take on the artworks. The next lottery will be drawn on November 1!
So, get ready, get registered, and start hearting your favorites. We can’t wait to lend you an artwork from the Octopus Initiative collection!
Next lottery opens September 1 2025
How it works
Sign Up
Are you a Denver metro area resident? Yes. Then create an account to start favoriting works of art.
Get Lucky
Winners are randomly selected through a lottery for each and every work of art.
Meet the artists
George P. Perez View Profile
George P. Perez explores mundane situations and day-to-day scenarios in his artwork. Utilizing everyday images and unconventional processes, he creates collages, installations, and sculptures.
In the body of work he produced for the Octopus Initiative, he mined his archive of found photographs for those with stereotypical sentimental characteristics. He alternately undermines and emphasizes the photographs' nostalgic qualities by tearing, scanning, and rearranging them. As he understands it, this process is akin to textile weaving.
