Contemporary Art Center

Summer exhibition alert! 🌞 Sacred Reflections & Pieces of the Whole: Youth Art Exhibition June 5-July 26, 2026 Our 2026 Youth Art Exhibitions "Sacred Reflections" (featuring work by Youth Art Mentoring students) and "Pieces of the Whole" (featuring work by EPIC Arts students) center identity, voice, and collective belonging. Through reflection and creation, local Denver students were encouraged to embrace their identities, honor their intersections, and stand rooted in self-awareness. 2026 Youth Art Mentoring participating schools: Manual Middle School, Whittier ECE-8 & Bruce Randolph School. 2025-2026 EPIC Artist Facilitators: Katie Vuletich, @brittany_horrigan , @bforbadhand , @mi_moegram , @nokaylee EPIC Wellness Facilitators: @quana.madison & Aaron Fulton Join us for the opening reception on Friday, June 5, 5-8pm! Learn more through the link in our bio ➡️ Exhibitions at RedLine - Using a one-on-one mentoring model, Youth Art Mentoring provides a safe environment for students in local schools to explore artistic expression while creating connections with a trusted adult figure. EPIC Arts is a Denver school art program that empowers students to explore social emotional learning through their art practice. Learn more at redline.org/youth-art-education-programs

YALLA: You’ll Never Walk Alone ⚽️ Solo exhibition featuring photographs and ephemera from Brooklyn-based, Lebanese, Palestinian-American photographer Marwan Shousher (@shousherphotography ) March 13-May 17, 2026 Curated by @sudojane The exhibition title "YALLA” is loosely translated as “C’mon. Let’s Go!” in Arabic, while the subtitle refers to the song, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Gerry & The Pacemakers (1963), which has become an iconic anthem of solidarity through working class soccer/football clubs in Liverpool, Glasgow, and Dortmund. The combination of phrases references the exhibition’s intersection between the subculture of soccer/football, and international movement building. Learn more and plan your visit through the link in our bio ➡️ Exhibitions

(UN)SEEN On display March 13 - May 17, 2026 Curated by Sumud Artist Collective (@unseen.denver ) Palestinians have never been more in the public eye than today, yet still exist in a space of invisibility. Popular representations of the Palestinian experience fail to capture the full depth of their humanity—and when allowed to exist in the public space, they're narrowed down to caricatures: seen as either victim or threat, and nothing else. (UN)SEEN challenges viewers to interrogate these flattened narratives; to start to see Palestinians as complete individuals with a deep connection to their land, ancestors, and the traditions they carry. Featuring photographs of Colorado Palestinian families taken by local artists, (UN)SEEN invites viewers on a journey of what it means to be Palestinian today. Featured photographers include: @amandavillarosa @armando_geneyro @_blackson_ @ellymichaels @giwlo @sierrascreativelife @malekasfeer @unseen.denver curators include: Abdullah Elagha, @hellojoie , @josienangel , @malekasfeer , @meeraalulart The (UN)SEEN team will also be offering opportunities for gallery print purchases, with proceeds going towards the Middle East Children's Alliance. Learn more and plan your visit through the link in our bio ➡️ Exhibitions - Thank you to the (UN)SEEN sponsors: @co_creatives @denverarts @npnarts

I had the profound honor of photographing Madalia @mutinymadz and her family of four generations of Palestinian women for the @unseen.denver show that is currently on view at @redlinedenver until May 17th 🇵🇸 Madalia and I co-created this photoshoot with deep intention. We wanted to honor the lineage, legacy, and living memory carried through four generations of Palestinian women. Coming into this work, I brought my own understanding of how deeply healing it can be to reconnect with our ancestors and ancestral lands. Remembering where we come from can ground us, guide us, and restore parts of ourselves that genocide, displacement and violence try to erase. Through this collaboration, we wanted to create images that felt rooted in remembrance, love and resistance. To photograph four generations standing together felt powerful beyond words. Their presence carried so much love, grief, joy and resilience all at once. These portraits became more than photographs, they became an archive and offering to our community: visual reminders that Palestinian stories, families, and futures continue to live on through each generation. Which is why, I titled the piece in the first slide “Legacy of Sumud” It was an incredible honor to use my lens to bear witness and help tell this story with care and intention. Thank you, Madalia, for trusting me to create alongside you and your family ❤️🇵🇸🙏🏽 Thank you Sumud Collective, @unseen.denver for all of your hard work and for bringing this powerful and timely exhibition to life over the past two years Read Madalia’s story at unseen-denver.com/stories written by @hellojoie All artwork sales are donated to the Middle East Children’s Alliance @mecaforpeace ❣️ This is the last week to see this show, closing this Sunday May 17th. I’ll see you all at the closing reception this Friday ❤️

Join us this Friday for the closing event of @unseen.denver at @redlinedenver from 6pm to 8pm. This is it! This week is your last chance to walk through the exhibit!

To accompany the portraits in the (UN)SEEN exhibition, a team of writers penned 10 long-form stories dedicated to the featured families. Read Madalia’s full story written by Joie Ha on our website linked in bio. (UN)SEEN is an immersive photography exhibition that reveals the lives of Palestinians beyond the headlines, where daily routines unfold alongside grief, memory, and an unbreakable connection to home. Show runs from March 13-May 17 at RedLine #denver #photography #gallery #unseen

Announcing the 2026 @artsinsociety Grantees! Administered by RedLine and funded through a cohort of Colorado foundations and government agencies, Arts in Society is a grant program supporting art projects that create meaningful impact across sectors including health, environment, and human services throughout Colorado. Since its founding in 2017, this collaborative initiative has grown to meet more than $10 million in annual grant requests from across the state. 22 projects were funded within the 2026 grant cycle, for amounts ranging between $13,000-$35,000. Grantees include @museodenver , @radio4justice , @su_teatro , @afaphoenix , @warmcookiesrevolution , @shutter_and_strum , and many more! Learn more about the 2026 grantees through the link in our bio! ➡️ Artist Grants ➡️ Arts in Society - Thank you to all the funding partners: @bonfils_stanton @co_creatives @cohealthfdn @denverarts Bee Vradenburg Foundation Bloom Foundation El Pomar Foundation Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation TDB Family Foundation Tiemens Foundation

@motustheater 's 2025 Arts in Society project "TRANSformative Stories" was created in response to the escalating threats of anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation facing transgender Coloradans. By bringing these autobiographical monologues to conservative-leaning and politically polarized communities and legislators, the tour invites audiences to engage deeply with the lived experiences of their transgender neighbors, and consider what it means to protect their safety and rights. Learn more about this impactful project through the link in our bio! ➡️ Along the Line Blog - Administered by RedLine and funded through a cohort of Colorado foundations and government agencies, @artsinsociety is a collaborative program that provides grants to both individuals and organizations that use art as a vehicle to promote social justice and community welfare.

To accompany the portraits in the (UN)SEEN exhibition, a team of writers penned 10 long-form stories dedicated to the featured families. Read Meera’s full story written by Rand Shannak on our website linked in bio. (UN)SEEN is an immersive photography exhibition that reveals the lives of Palestinians beyond the headlines, where daily routines unfold alongside grief, memory, and an unbreakable connection to home. Show runs from March 13-May 17 at RedLine #denver #photography #gallery #unseen

Meet the readers of DISPLACED: A Live Reading Event! Stina French is a writer, editor, book coach, ghostwriter, publisher, and ex-professor. They are a member of The Poetry Brothel and co-founder of Listen To Your Skin Press and the associated event (every last Sunday via Zoom). Find it on IG @listen2yourskin or check out listen2yourskin.com. They wear welts from the Bible Belt and their work explores Appalachian queer identity. Look for their press’s books, which include a poetry collection and themed anthologies (queer erotica and religious trauma). Join us at @redlinedenver on Tuesday, April 28, 6-8pm for a community-centered literary event exploring the theme of displacement: through eviction, deportation, migration, institutional shutdowns, and the erosion of community spaces. Presented by Alchemy Author Services, local writers will read selected works engaging these tensions, offering perspectives that move between personal narrative and collective experience. @unseen.denver will have prints to purchase at the event, with all proceeds going to benefit the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance. Get your tickets now through the link in my bio!

Meet the readers of DISPLACED: A Live Reading Event! Frankie Metro is chief organizer for Kleft Jaw Kollective and a left-handed irrealist, bent on the destruction of self-imposed barriers for success and happiness. Throughout a series of events, he has turned his back on violence as a mode of justice and looks to shatter the numerous paradigms of failure and regret with his writing and art; ultimately freeing his future bloodline from the pangs of fruitless endeavors set before them. Join us at @redlinedenver on Tuesday, April 28, 6-8pm for a community-centered literary event exploring the theme of displacement: through eviction, deportation, migration, institutional shutdowns, and the erosion of community spaces. Presented by Alchemy Author Services, local writers will read selected works engaging these tensions, offering perspectives that move between personal narrative and collective experience. @unseen.denver will have prints to purchase at the event, with all proceeds going to benefit the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance. Get your tickets now through the link in my bio!

Join us this Tuesday at @redlinedenver from 6pm to 8pm in partnership with @alchemyauthorservices for a chance to hear the journey of our local poets and writers