DENVER website ELEMENTS
HUMAN CONNECTION
“We may never be able to tattoo again without a mask. But the work that we're doing still is connectivity. Having to navigate around the mask and using the eyes to connect, and using the touch to connect, and using the power of art to connect.”
Alicia Cardenas | muralist, cultural anthropologist, and tattoo artist
“Art will always allow people to see the beauty of the human experience.
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New ways of working and mentorship
“One thing I really tasked myself with this year was really learning how to pass the ball and try to help empower some other folks, and help them get some of the skill sets that I've attained over the last 10 years of being thoroughly involved in organizing Juneteenth.”
Norman Harris | Denver Juneteenth organizer and The Holleran Group
imagining future for marginalized people
“How do we leverage our collective knowledge, our collective experiences? Not in the hashing and rehashing of pain, but in the envisioning of something better and then working towards something better.”
Adri Norris | multidisciplinary artist
STORIES OF STRENGTH and Community
“Just seeing everyone come together has been something that gives me strength, because, in the end, you know that you're not alone.”
JoAnna Cintrón | Re:Vision
Fostering Community Partnerships
The EPIC Arts Program through RedLine Contemporary Arts Center connects artists and K-12 students in the Five Points Neighborhood to explore social issues through contemporary art.