RedLine’s Makers for Masks project was created out of the need to provide Denver’s homeless communities and shelters with masks, while giving artists income during this time. The project will provide at least 2,160 from the following contributing artists: Frankie Toan, Laura Shill, Nicole Banowetz, Jennifer Ghormley, Heather Doyle Maier, Suchitra Mattai, Matthew & Osha Stearns.

Goal #1: Stop the spread of coronavirus in Denver’s homeless communities (covid-19) by providing protective gear to the frontline medical, outreach and volunteer workers as well as their clients experiencing homelessness in the downtown area. 

Goal #2: Provide supplemental income to artists who havelost their jobs due to the massive closures in cultural institutions, gallaries, schools and the service & hospitality industry by employing their skills as makers to support the supply chain for medical masks. 

Goal 3#: Collaborate with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless lead nursing staff to inform the information and instructional sheets that will be provided with the mask distribution. 

How can you help support this project?

Click here to donate in order to fund the artists and provide materials for the masks!

Are you interested in donating masks you’ve made? Email louise.martorano@redlineart.org for drop-off instructions. Please follow one of the designs listed in the guidelines document.

Click Here for Guidelines and Instructions on Sewing Your Own Masks

These designs are wonderful for donating, but also consider making them for family, friends, and neighbors!