ACLU of Colorado and RedLine Contemporary Art Center present “Outside Looking In: Throughlines of Sight and Understanding.”

An art exhibition featuring artists who have experienced housing insecurity.

WHEN

Thursday, March 16, 5:30 - 8:30 pm MST

WHERE

RedLine Contemporary Art Center - 2350 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO, 80205

WHAT

The exhibition, “Outside Looking In,” illuminates how housing insecurity impacts the human experience. People who survive outside are the most vulnerable and often the most criminalized.

Many districts across Colorado have enacted laws that prohibit or subject unhoused people to arrest if found resting in public spaces. Businesses across the state have gone as far as placing barricades, or “hostile architecture” in outdoor spaces to discourage people from resting outside. 

“Finding anyone to accept our Section 8 voucher, securing the financial resources, and finding one that would accept my poor credit, was an epic feat that felt nothing short of returning a ring to Mordor,” said Vanessa Starr, an artist featured in the exhibit.

“The affordable housing crisis is one of Colorado’s greatest civil rights challenges,” said Deborah Richardson, ACLU of Colorado Executive Director. “The lack of safe and stable housing preserves the racial wealth gap and denies every person the tools necessary to thrive. We plan to dismantle and address these systems and this event is just the start.”

Exhibiting Reach Core Artists include Matt Maes, Tiffany Medina, Sharon A. Morrison, Myra Nagy (Chacalait), Vanessa Starr, and Leticia Tanguma.