CURRENT PARTNERS

Checking In began with the question “what do you need” to artist communities and then responded with a matching / mutual aid platform depending on how the artist(s) responded. Predominantly, Checking In has become a platform to present the work and ideas of artists communities that have been created during these challenging times of economic collapse, social injustice, health crises, and global uncertainties.

By matching ideas with resources, people with partners, performance with platforms, it seeks to demystify opportunities with institutions for artists during a time of social isolation and partial shut downs. Consisting of over 35 partner locations, including cultural institutions, businesses, private residences and virtual platforms,

Checking In will follow the form of a progressive dinner where partners, programs and exhibitions will be added within the three to five month timeframe. The first exhibitions and programs will open during Denver Arts Week(end) on November 6th 2020 and will extend through May of 2021.

“Checking In is about building virtual communities that bypass or dismiss walls, boundaries, or geographic limitations. We are living beyond institutions and shaping civic and human-centered space. We have been both slowing down and speeding up, but always creating or making space for what can heal vs. harm, build vs. destroy, accommodate vs. require.”

— Louise Martorano, Executive Director

**If you want to add your residential, institutional, or civic space to the partner list because you would like to offer it for exhibit or a presentation of creativity, contact RedLine’s Executive Director, Louise Martorano.

Thank you to Denver Arts and Venues for their support!