May is an exciting month for artists at RedLine!
We’re wrapping up renovations in the entrance area, which will include a new retail space, coffee bar, and socializing area. Come by to check out the changes during our our EPIC Mentoring and Youth Art Mentoring exhibition opening reception on Saturday, May 21st from 1-3pm!
Plus, applications are now open for the INSITE Fund and our Artist Residency program!
On top of that, our Resident Artists and Alumni are on the move with new exhibitions, murals, residencies, and more. Read on to discover where to see our artists in May!
Victor Escobedo - Mural Unveiling
What: Mural unveiling event
Where: W. 14th Avenue & W. Avendale Drive, Denver, CO, 80205
When: May 7, 1-4pm
More about the event: Join the @LCACdenver for our first mural unveiling along with a community resource fair, including food, live music with Maestro Eric Trujillo, a vaccine clinic, and more.
The LCAC Youth + Artist Program provides professional development for young artists through mentorship opportunities from the best talent in Denver. Inaugural artist Victor J. Escobedo is teaming up with Anthony Garcia Sr. to provide real-world education to 16 year-old Tyson Tafoya, who is interested in a career in the arts. With intergenerational guidance, he is learning everything about the co-creation process of a public work. The program will provide a collaborative on-the-ground learning environment that teaches youth what it takes to become a professional artist.
Brought to the community by The Latino Cultural Arts Center, Denver Foundation, Denver Arts and Venues, Denver Police Department, Denver Fire Department, The Office of Councilwoman Jamie Torres, Denver Health, Servicios de la Raza, and Sunstate Equipment Co.
About the artist: Victor Escobedo’s body of work pays tribute to his experience being born in America to Mexican parents, time spent in the Yucatan jungle listening to his grandmother speak Maya, seeing ancient ruins, exploring Maya sites before tourism, and growing up in Los Angeles in the 80s and 90s. He moved to Denver in 2006 and earned a BFA from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in 2011. Victor is active in his community and uses his unique voice to help others express theirs.
Victor won Best Public Art on a Business in 2018 (Westword Magazine). In 2019 his puppet show, “Ojos en la Selva,” was awarded an INSITE Fund grant through the Andy Warhol Foundation, awarded by RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Also in 2019, he was on the Chicano Muralist Council artist panel, exhibited at three galleries, completed four public murals, and had three performances of “Ojos.” Most recently, he completed the residency at the Denver Children’s Museum, creating clay logoraphs in the style of Mayan hieroglyphs with children and guardians of all ages.
Contact: artofvictor.e@gmail.com
Artist website: https://www.artofvictore.com/
Instagram: @victor_j_escobedo/
Anna Maria Hernando - “Women to Watch” Exhibition Nomination
What: “Women to Watch” exhibition nomination
RedLine Resource Artist Ana María Hernando has received a nomination for the Women to Watch exhibition by the Colorado Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Fervor, 2021. Tulle, wood, wire, plastic. Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin
Women to Watch is a unique exhibition series that features emerging and underrepresented women artists from regions where the museum has outreach committees.
Kim Dickey, Ana Maria Hernando, Maia Ruth Lee, RedLine Resident Artist Alumni Suchitra Mattai, and Senga Nengudi have been nominated by Ms. Abrams, and will now be considered for inclusion in the 2024 Women to Watch exhibition at NMWA.
The final exhibition list will be announced in March of 2023.
About the artist: Ana María Hernando is a multidisciplinary artist from Argentina, now based in Colorado. She is interested in making the invisible visible, and devotedly explores the sacred feminine through women's rich histories, their daily lives and relationship to hand-worked textiles and wares. In her installations, Ana María uses textiles in abundance, and includes the work of women from around Latin America, from embroideries of cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires, to the weavings and wares of Peruvian women from the mountains. Ana María was the 2020 Prix Henry Clews in Sculpture awardee chosen by La Napoule Art Foundation.
Contact: ana@anamariahernando.com
Artist website: https://www.anamariahernando.com/
Instagram: @anamariahernandoart
Adri Norris - Mural Painting
What: Mural painting
Where: The Children’s Hospital - 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045
When: May 1-May 31, 2022
In May, current RedLine Resident Artist Adri Norris will be painting a mural at The Children’s Hospital in collaboration with local artist Cya Davis.
About the artist: Adrienne (Adri) Norris was born in Barbados and moved to the United States at the age of 5. She has lived in New York, New Mexico, attended a boarding school in Italy, joined the Marines and finally settled down in Denver. Not exactly the path one expects, but Norris has made it work. Being a Black, queer, immigrant woman has shaped the way she views and interacts with the world, and it is this experience that she uses in her art. In 2016, Norris experienced a shift from painting pretty pictures to using her artwork to share the stories of the marginalized, providing background information about the things we use, the policies that help and hurt us and the reasons our lives are the way they are.
Contact: adri@afrotriangledesigns.com
Artist website: https://afrotriangledesigns.com/
Instagram: @afrotriangle
Sarah Bowling - Artist Residency
What: Artist Residency
Where: Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - 10 Children's Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
When: Summer 2022
Sarah has been accepted into the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Tough Art Residency. The residency program invites artists to be in residence June through mid-September. During this time, they work in the museum to develop and create new works to be exhibited in the Fall and Winter.
About the artist: Sarah Bowling lives and works in her native home of Denver, Colorado. Bowling received her BFA in Painting and Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across the country, including Aggregate Space, Oakland, CA, as well as Sullivan Gallery, Archer Beach Haus, and LVL3, all in Chicago, IL among others. In 2017 she was selected to attend the ACRE Residency in Steuben, Wisconsin. Her work is in several private and corporate collections throughout the US.
Contact: sarahcbowling@gmail.com
Artist website: www.sarahcbowling.com
Instagram: @_sarahbowling_
Tony Ortega - Art in the Embassies (AIE) Program
"Campinos de San Luis", monotype on paper, 22' x 30"
What: Art selected for international arts program
Where: Embassy of the United States of America - Paseo de la Reforma 305 Colonia Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico, CDMX
Campbell's Crossing, Acrylic and collage on panel, 60" x 48"
Ortega’s artwork has been selected to be part of Art in the Embassies (AIE) program at the US Embassy in Mexico City. This is program is sponsored by U.S. State Department.
About the artist: Tony Ortega has been a working artist and teacher for the past 36 years. He is the recipient of the coveted Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts (1999) and the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts (1998). Tony Ortega’s lifelong goal is to contribute to a better understanding of cultural diversity by addressing the culture, history and experiences of Chicanos/Latinos through his art. His work can be found in the Denver Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, and the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. He has exhibited extensively in the United States, Latin America and other parts of the world.
Contact: tortegaartist@cs.com
Artist website: www.tonyortega.net
Instagram: @tortegaartist
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy — “Ill Fitting: Pandemic Collages” Exhibition
Pandemic Collages, 8" x 10", Vintage Paper Dolls on paper, 2020
What: Solo show
Where: The Bardo Coffee House — 238 S. Broadway, Denver, CO
When: May 2-June 30, 2022
Solo show of collages made during the pandemic, curated by Heads of Hydra (Richard Peterson and Dave Seiler). Opening May 2 and closing June 30.
Pandemic Collages, 8" x 10", Vintage Paper Dolls on paper, 2020
About the artist: Lauri Lynnxe Murphy is a bio artist, sculptor, curator and writer living in Denver, Colorado. She received her MFA from The Ohio State University on University Fellowship in 2012. She has spent her life building community and DIY gallery spaces and advocating for artists alongside her own robust studio practice. Her work is research-driven and science-based, and focuses on insect extinction, mutation, climate change and biophilia. Much of her work is made by collaborating with endangered species and the systems they employ, such as building sculptures with bees or making drawings with snails.
Contact: lynnxe@gmail.com
Artist website: www.lynnxe.com
Instagram: @laurilynnxe
Ben Coleman - "Eavesdroppings" Solo Show
What: Solo show
Where: Understudy Denver - Colorado Convention Center - 890 C 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
When: May 6-May 27
Opening reception: May 6, 6pm-9pm MST
Closing reception": May 27, 6pm-9pm MST
About the show: “EavesDroppings are the scraps of conversation that have become the foundation of the surveillance economy. Akin to Guano (the bird excrement that became a hot commodity in the 19th century), our chit-chat is part of the torrent of 'Data Exhaust' harvested by tech giants for free, and sold on for $$$$$$$$$! Is your phone spying on you? Yes, it is. Is this a problem? You tell me!
Eavesdroppings presents solutions for audio surveillance, from the 'privacy leaf-blower' to the retro stylings of the 'tin-can telephone', a technology that's coming from the treehouse to your house, and guarantees you won't be secretly recorded by a nefarious app! Come and meet your new best friend Cayla™, Alexa's baby sister, the doll banned in Germany! She's excited to talk to you! Only at Eavesdroppings (because they've taken down her app and she can't talk anywhere else).”
About the Artist: Ben Coleman is a British multi-disciplinary artist residing in Denver, CO. His practice is rooted in sound-making and performance-making, but often plays with other media, including music, text, video and installation. His work focuses on how we experience sound, how we use sound, and how we think about, and with, sound. Coleman grew up in theatre and music, forming his first bands in London while studying contemporary performance. Moving to the US in the 2000s, he dedicated some eventful years to musical projects and audio engineering. His practice now encompasses curatorial projects, and frequent collaboration with artists across disciplines, including choreographers, visual artists, and theatre practitioners. His work has been presented by the High Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Gibney Dance, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University. Collaborators have included the Nap Ministry and Moog Music. Coleman’s work has been featured by Hyperallergic, Wire Magazine, Vice, Pitchfork and NPR.
Contact: contactbencoleman@gmail.com
Artist website: https://www.bencolemansounds.com/
Instagram: @bencolemanart
May Artist Opportunities at RedLine
Applications are now open for the INSITE Artist Grant. Administered by RedLine as part of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting program, the INSITE Fund awards grants of up to $5,000 to independent artists and artist collectives working across all visual media in the Denver Metro and Front Range area.
Learn more and apply for the INSITE Fund here >
Our two-year Artist Residency is also open for applications until June 1st. Learn how to apply for the 2022-2024 Resident Artist Cohort at RedLine! >
