• Our process and intentions behind each artwork selection, from helping enhance a property’s architecture and design to maximizing various locations and elevating the viewer’s experience
• How we manage the art commission process, from soliciting initial renderings to installing the final piece
• How we collaborate with artists to best showcase their work while fulfilling our clients’ goals and vision
• How we honor the history and culture of the project and/or neighborhood through the visual narrative of the art collection
• How we help artists scale their designs, try new methods, and progress their practice
• And more!

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As a women-founded, women-owned, and women-operated business, NINE dot ARTS is deeply troubled by the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, a ruling that will disproportionately impact people of color and lower income individuals. We are organizing a community art project to bring national attention to the injustice of this ruling and to promote an individual’s right to choose. 

As a visual representation of the profound effects of outlawing safe abortion access, we invite you to participate in our community art project, which will be unveiled in a display of collective dissent and open to all project participants and the general public (Date and location to be announced).

WHAT:

A collective piece of protest art, made up of individual stories. The idea for the art installation is flexible in terms of material limits. We aim to work with the movement and not against it. Some suggested materials include:

• Clothing – a representation of personhood and bodily autonomy 
• Paint, marker, thread, or any medium of expression to cover the clothes in words and/or images of protest

WHY:

To make a unified statement of dissent while honoring the resilience of those most impacted by this ruling

WHO:

We welcome participation from anyone who wants to band together and make our voices heard. You do not have to be an artist to participate. We hope you will join in and share this opportunity with your networks!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 

• Create your protest art using some combination of the materials above.
• Mail or deliver your artwork to the NINE dot ARTS Headquarters at 3734 Osage Street, Denver, CO, 80211. NINE dot ARTS will store your artwork at our headquarters and transport it to the capitol building prior to the unveiling.
• Complete this form after you have mailed or dropped off your artwork. 

DISCLAIMERS AND NOTES:

• By participating in this project, you agree to allow NINE dot ARTS to photograph and share your artwork in any manner, such as for public-facing marketing and educational purposes.
• Participation in this project is voluntary. NINE dot ARTS will not compensate participants for materials, time, or shipping, nor will the artwork be used in any NINE dot ARTS client collections. 
• NINE dot ARTS is not responsible for any damages that may occur during shipping, storage, installation, or display. 
• All artwork submissions will be kept by NINE dot ARTS and will not be returned to the participant. 

Contemplating existential questions about identity, internationally renowned artist and philosopher Shantell Martin began an artistic journey to “find her line” and help others do the same. “A line is accessible, but you can’t hide from it…Literally anyone can make a line, but only each individual has a line that can become recognizably theirs.” Influenced by both the simplicity and profoundness of this idea, Shantell built a thriving career around her own line, leveraging it for performances as a visual jockey, artwork NFTs and technological innovations, and large-scale collaborations on public and private commercial projects. This episode reflects on some of these projects, including her choreography of Kites for the Boston Ballet and her massive Stream of Consciousness drawing that NINE dot ARTS helped curate for the Denver Theatre District. The episode concludes with a powerful call to action for all patrons of the arts. “We romanticize and value art but we don’t support and value artists,” says Shantell, emphasizing the value in creating and sharing art to spread its power with the masses while “enabling artists to enable themselves.”

Discussed in the Episode: 
Lines – Shantell Martin – HENI Publishing
NEW/NOW Exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art
How Drawing Can Set You Free – TED
LINE by Shantell Martin for the Whitney Museum Shop
How I Became 100 Artists – TED
Shantell Martin Stream of Consciousness Installation for the Denver Theatre District
Shantell Martin’s NFT “THE QUESTION” for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Ben Sheppe
Shantell Martin’s Charge Yourself, an immersive installation at Chandran Gallery
KITES – A Ballet, choreographed by Shantell Martin for the Boston Ballet
The May Room by Shantell Martin on Governer’s Island
The Cage – New York City Ballet
Twitter – Shantell Martin
Instagram – Shantell Martin
Shantell Martin on YouTube
Provenance – Shantell Martin on YouTube

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Interested in supporting the Red Cross of Colorado?

Need to offload a few pieces of your artwork?

• Please complete the form linked below and email it to daneil.mulhern@redcross.org and sarah.sanchez@redcross.org at the American Red Cross of Colorado. 
• Please relabel the form file with your name.
• Artists will be notified of approval within 7 days of submitting a form.

• All original artwork is due to the American Red Cross by March 1st, 2023

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