In My Backyard (IMBY)
Partnering with Colorado Village Collaborative, In My Backyard (IMBY) was a 2018 Creative Place-Keeping Project aimed to shift our community’s perspective to see all neighbors as sisters and brothers, regardless of housing status.
Yo-Yo Ma’s performance at RedLine’s 48 Hours Summit in 2018. Part of our "In My Back Yard" project.
About In My Backyard
The project aimed to shift from our community’s perspective of seeing unhoused neighbors as the “other” to seeing all neighbors as sisters and brothers, regardless of housing status.
As project partners, RedLine and the Colorado Village Collaborative toured a mobile tiny home activated by socially engaged artists to demonstrate the vitality and creativity emerging from tiny home communities.
In My Backyard created an equal exchange with neighbors to gain advocates that feel empowered to support the tiny home movement.
In My Backyard Project Partners
Colorado Village Collaborative, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver Homeless Out Loud, The Beloved Community Villagers, Reach Studio Artists, Buck Foundation, Bayaud Enterprises, Interfaith Alliance, and Denver Arts and Venues
In My Backyard Locations
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival — July 28-29, 2018
RedLine’s 48 Hours of Socially Engaged Art & Conversation Summit — August 10-11, 2018
IMBY PRESS
Denver’s Tiny Homeless Village Still Faces Challenges, But Year One Was A Win-Win (CPR, August 22, 2018)
Tiny Home Village for Homeless Thriving in Denver’s RiNo District (Denver Post, July 27, 2018)
Can Tiny Houses Solve Homelessness? (5280 Magazine, July 15, 2018)
Denver’s First Tiny Home Village ‘Beloved Community Village’ Turns Six Months Old (Unicorn Riot, January 19, 2018)
Socially Engaged Art at RedLine
2022 FEMA ArtWorks South Platte River Mobile Art Project - “Floodline Chime Pavilion.” By artists Nathan Hall and Drew Austin.
Socially engaged art focuses on centering the voices of artists who have been historically underrepresented by said contemporary art institutions.
By first listening to local communities, we co-create innovative solutions to social challenges alongside artists young and aging, housed and unhoused, emerging and established with specific program areas including our Artist Residency, Artist Grants, Creative Place-Keeping, and more.
