REDLINE
2350 ARAPAHOE STREET, DENVER, CO 80205 www.redlineart.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: REDLINE FOSTER'S EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. OUR VISION IS TO EMPOWER EVERYONE TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH ART.

ARTS IN SOCIETY: IN 2016, REDLINE WAS INVITED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION (PRIVATE DENVER-BASED FOUNDATION), COLORADO CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (COLORADO'S STATE AGENCY FOR THE ARTS), AND THE HEMERA FOUNDATION (BERMUDA-BASED NATIONAL FOUNDATION) TO LAUNCH AND ADMINISTER ARTS IN SOCIETY. ARTS IN SOCIETY IS A REGRANTING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES GRANTS TO ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND NON-ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT CROSS-SECTOR WORK THROUGH THE ARTS. AS A NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS ARTISTS WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE, THIS REGRANTING PROGRAM PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY FOR REDLINE TO FOSTER CREATIVE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS. IN 2019, THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION AND SCFD JOINED THIS UNIQUE COLLABORATIVE FUNDING AND CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.THE SAFE OCCUPANCY PROGRAM & SAFE CREATIVE SPACE FUND: IN 2018, REDLINE PARTNERED WITH THE GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, AND DENVER ARTS & VENUES TO LAUNCH THE SAFE OCCUPANCY PROGRAM & SAFE CREATIVE SPACE FUND. THIS PROGRAM AND FUND PROVIDES GRANTS TO ARTISTS AND/OR CREATIVE SPACE OWNERS TO BRING THEIR SPACES UP TO CODE AND ADDRESS ANY BUILDING SAFETY CONCERNS IN RELATION TO THEIR CREATIVE USES. THE SAFE OCCUPANCY PROGRAM & SAFE CREATIVE SPACE FUND IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE GROWING NEED FOR ARTISTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO OPERATE SAFE AND CREATIVE SPACES WITHIN DENVER COUNTY. SINCE 2018, THIS UNIQUE COLLABORATION HAS SUCCESSFULLY STEWARDED 75% OF THE ENGAGED SPACES THROUGH THE PROGRAM TO FULL COMPLIANCE AND WERE AWARDED THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THE REMAINING PROJECTS ARE STILL IN PROCESS AND TWO HAVE CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19. ARTS IN SOCIETY AND THE SAFE OCCUPANCY PROGRAM & SAFE CREATIVE SPACE FUND ARE BOTH NEW PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT REDLINE'S MISSION AND BUILD MORE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.IN-SITE FUND: IN 2019, REDLINE BECAME ONE OF 13 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ADMINISTER THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION'S REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT-BASED SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS ARTISTS AND COLLECTIVES THAT NEED FUNDING AND RESOURCES FOR TEMPORARY AND UNDER THE RADAR PROJECTS WITHIN A 100-MILE RADIUS OF DENVER.

EXHIBITION: ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE EXHIBITION PROGRAM AT REDLINE SEEKS TO SEAMLESSLY BRAID LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS UNDER A COMMON PROGRAMMATIC THEME. UTILIZING TWO GALLERIES THE PROJECT SPACE AND MAIN EXHIBITION HALL AS WELL AS A VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM, REDLINE PRODUCES FIFTEEN EXHIBITIONS A YEAR THAT ENCOURAGE ACCESSIBILITY, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY, REFLECT LARGER NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTS, PROVIDE AN ELEVATED PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT WORK, AND FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF CURATORIAL VOICES THAT SHARE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE PERSPECTIVES.

EDUCATION: EDUCATION AT REDLINE OFFERS EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALLOW STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TO EXPLORE THE PROCESSES OF CONTEMPORARY ART MAKING. OUR YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMS ARE SOCIALLY ENGAGED, AS THEY EMERGE FROM AND RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND INTEREST. WITH CONTEMPORARY ART AS THE FRAMEWORK, REDLINE DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO CREATE MEANING IN THEIR LIVES AND THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THEIR ENVIRONMENT. REDLINE SERVES INDIVIDUALS AGED 2 95 THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS. TO DATE, REDLINE HAS SERVED OVER 7,200 K-12 STUDENTS AND HAS AN ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH 25 TITLE 1 DPS SCHOOLS THROUGH ITS E.P.I.C. ARTS PROGRAM, WHICH PAIRS A REDLINE RESIDENT ARTIST WITH A DPS ART TEACHER AND THEIR STUDENTS. REDLINE'S REACH STUDIO PROGRAM HAS NURTURED THE CREATIVE CONFIDENCE OF OVER 125 ARTISTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN DENVER, FIVE OF WHICH RECEIVED FULL-RIDE FA SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN BECAUSE OF THE REDLINE PROGRAM. IN 2012, REDLINE LAUNCHED ARTCORPS, WHICH PLACES 2-3 VISTA VOLUNTEERS IN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO BUILD DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY FOR ARTS PROGRAMMING IN TITLE 1 SCHOOLS. IN 2019, REDLINE EXPANDED ITS ARTCORPS MENTORING PROGRAM BY ADDING NEW VOLUNTEERS IN THE WHITTIER AND BRUCE RANDOLPH SCHOOLS. IT IS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. ARTCORPS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RE-INTRODUCING A CHOIR PROGRAM IN WHITTIER ECE-8 SCHOOL AND PROVIDES ONE-ON-ONE AFTERSCHOOL ART MENTORING THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH ARTISTS FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN WHITTIER ECE-8 AND BRUCE RANDOLPH SCHOOLS. FINALLY, REDLINE ALSO FACILITATES CREATIVE PLACE-KEEPING PROJECTS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. IN RESPONSE TO SOCIAL ISSUES OR NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, REDLINE INVITES ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COLLABORATE ON EXPRESSING THOSE CONCERNS THROUGH A PROJECT-BASED AND SITE-RESPONSIVE WORK OF ART AND DIALOGUE. IN 2018, REDLINE HOSTED TWO CREATIVE PLACE-KEEPING PROJECTS ENTITLED RE/CALL, WHICH ENGAGED ARTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN GARO, CO AND IN MY BACKYARD, WHICH BUILT AND TOURED A TINY HOME WITH OUR REACH STUDIO ARTISTS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DENVER. IN 2019, REDLINE WAS EXCITED TO HOST YOYOMA AS PART OF HIS "HOME" TOUR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE IN MY BACKYARD PROJECT TO FURTHER PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH THE TINY HOME INITIATIVE FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

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