June is a vibrant month for Rocky Mountain wildflowers, the return of outdoor festivals, and fresh new work by Colorado’s arts community!
RedLine artists are kicking off an array of creative projects this month—from thought-provoking group exhibitions to innovative multimedia shows, plus an engaging concert celebrating identity and community for Pride!
At RedLine, catch the annual Youth Art Exhibition while it’s still on display through June 29th. Be inspired by the courage and creative skills of local youth, and learn about the social issues most on their minds.
There’s so much to celebrate and explore this spring—without further ado, here are our top 6 June Colorado art events, featuring Resident and REACH Artists and Alumni!
Laura Merage - 2025 Colorado Juried Group Exhibition
Image courtesy of the artist
Where: Red Brick Center for the Arts - 110 East Hallam St., Suite 120 Aspen, CO, 81611
When: June 5 - August 1, 2025
Opening Reception: June 5, 5-7pm
About the exhibition: Red Brick Center for the Arts is thrilled to present the 2025 Colorado Juried exhibition.
The exhibition features innovative works that experiment with materials, critique contemporary society, and explore diverse themes such as motherhood, the perception of light and color, and travel.
About the artist: Laura Merage is an artist, photographer, and venture philanthropist with over 45 years of experience in the art world. Her work takes on many different forms, ranging from multimedia textile projects and installations to sculpture and photography.
Born in Tehran, Iran, Laura moved to Los Angeles at the age of fifteen. She pursued her passion for art by earning a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California, followed by a Master's Degree in Art from New York University. Her pieces are featured in public and private collections, including those at the Denver Art Museum and the Buhl Foundation.
In 2008, Laura founded RedLine Contemporary Art Center. After witnessing the positive impact of RedLine on the Denver art community, Laura founded Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum in 2015.
Website: lauramerage.com
Instagram: laura_merage
Tony Ortega - Past to Present to Past to Present Group Exhibition
Bonampak Cholo, bark paper
Where: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities - 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO, 80003
When: June 5-August 24, 2025
Opening Reception: June 5, 6-9pm
About the exhibition: Past to Present to Past to Present brings together a diverse group of Colorado artists who engage with history, ancestry, cultural and religious iconography, mythology, and traditional artistic practices.
Their work reveals the fluid relationship between past and present—how history informs identity, how cultural memory is preserved and transformed, and how contemporary creativity reimagines inherited traditions.
About the artist: Tony Ortega is a Denver-based visual artist, and educator. His work has been exhibited in over 30 solo shows and featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado Spring Fine Art Center, Harwood Museum, Taos NM, Redline Art Center, Denver and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM. Tony Ortega holds an MFA in drawing and painting from the University of Colorado Boulder and is currently a professor for Regis University.
His work is in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Museo Estudio Diego Rivera, Mexico City. He has exhibited extensively in the United States, Latin America, and other parts of the world. His work is represented by the William Havu Gallery, in Denver, CO.
Website: www.tonyortega.net
Instagram: tortegaartist
Tiffany Medina - Spoke and Ink Group Exhibition
Image courtesy of the artist
Where: Slo Hi Coffee and Bike - 4434 W 29th Ave, Denver, CO, 80212
When: June 6-June 30, 2025
Opening reception: June 6, 2025
About the exhibition: Spoke & Ink is a celebration of artists and the shared love of cycling! We're giving 30 artists the chance to produce, show and sell their cycling-themed artworks at the Slo Hi Coffee + Bike.
About the artist: Tiffany Medina is a Denver based multimedia holistic artist. Inspired by her experience and perception, she uses materials that give her a sense of connection to the subject matter. Tiffany is currently attending RMCAD to fulfill her BFA.
She is the REACH Community Studio Facilitator and Youth Art Mentor at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Sharing space and likeness with various groups in the studio including people in recovery, people experiencing homelessness and community members who find therapy through creativity.
Tiffany is published in Artist Talk magazine, and exhibited work in Hear/Say Denver, a science informed exhibition and discussion around the effects of high-concentration cannabis.
Tiffany works through art and holistic care to ally with others to find relative motion. She is developing a concept that surrounds the topic of gun violence, youth mentorship and community building and creating safe therapeutic spaces for growth.
Website: acolorfulmindcreations.com
Instagram: tuff_tuff__
Tyree Jones-Evans - Not Another Black Art Show Group Exhibition
Image courtesy of the artist
Where: Niza Knoll Gallery - 915 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO, 80204
When: May 30-June 29, 2025
Opening Reception: June 7, 6-9pm
Artist Panel: June 20, 1-4pm
About the exhibition: "Not Another Black Art Show" creates a space that abandons imposed meanings behind black art and embraces nuance within the work. As blackness is already a lived experience for each artist, they make no effort to showcase easily digestible “blackwork.” Instead, each artist has showcased individualized work to isolate themselves from racial expectations, and show that their narratives lie far beyond what one month or one day could ever acknowledge.
About the artist: Denver-based painter Tyree Jones-Evans creates poignant portraits using her knowledge of color and human expression. While her primary discipline is oil painting, her work veers toward a multidisciplinary practice, as she occasionally includes photography, drawing, and collage. She is inspired by light and how it manipulates color, effectively fostering kindred moods in her work.
Her love for color, light, and expression is fundamental, and it continues to unlock potential for different representations within her work. She believes these three visual elements can communicate universally, which creates a deeper exploration into what can be said through a portrait. She is a 2024-2026 Resident Artist at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. She has had work displayed in CVA Gallery, Niza Knoll Gallery, and has been featured on CPR for her work.
Website: www.tyreejoart.com
Instagram: tyjo_
Nathan Hall - Playground Ensemble Pride Concert
Image courtesy of the artist
Where: Savoy Theater Denver - 2700 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205
When: June 13, 7:30pm
About the concert: The Playground Ensemble’s annual Pride show returns to close out the season in celebration of our artists and our community. Featured in this year’s program are Playground composers Silen Wellington and Nathan Hall, along with other Colorado composers and beloved Playground collaborators, including a work by fellow RedLine Resident Artist Elle Hong!
In a political climate where our mere existence is at stake, we offer up new, visibly queer music, texts, and movement works, supporting voices of all ages from our Rocky Mountain Region. We reaffirm our deep passion for and commitment to those around us, making sure we keep close our families, friends, lovers, youth, and elders. These pieces for Pride 2025 ask us to love harder.
Show is suitable for all audiences, but suggested ages 10 and up.
About the artist: Nathan Hall is a composer and artist who explores site-specificity, nature and climate (particularly about ideas and culture of the North), sexuality, and personal identity. He aims to create intimacy between performer, place, and audience, and often creates moments of transformation from simple stories and common materials: magic out of the everyday.
His works have been performed and exhibited in 16 countries and 24 US States by institutions and ensembles including MCA Denver, Clyfford Still Museum, Mattress Factory Museum, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and more. Nathan Hall is a former Fulbright Fellow to Iceland, a McKnight Visiting Composer, and he holds his Doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA) from CU Boulder.
He holds a BA from Vassar College and MM from Carnegie Mellon. Nathan has been awarded numerous grants including projects with FEMA and a New Music USA grant, and has been the Artist in Residence at two US National Parks, France, Iceland, and Sweden, among others. Nathan is currently Adjunct faculty in Composition at the University of Denver, and in Music Production at RMCAD. He is on the Board of Playground Ensemble, and lives in Denver with his husband Andy.
Website: nathan-hall.net
Instagram: thisisnathanhall
Taiko Chandler - The Art of Printmaking: Process and Passion Group Exhibition
Image credit to Oehme Graphics
Where: Steamboat Art Museum - 807 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO, 80487
When: May 31-August 31, 2025
Artist Talk: June 21, 11am-12pm
Reception: June 21, 5-8pm
About the exhibition: The Art of Printmaking: Process and Passion is a major group exhibition at the Steamboat Art Museum, guest curated by Sue Oehme, master printer/director of Oehme Graphics (fine art print publisher). This expansive show features the work of over 45 artists and highlights the depth, versatility, and expressive power of contemporary printmaking.
The exhibition presents a wide range of print media, including linoleum block prints, Japanese water-based woodblocks, copper intaglio, watercolor monotypes, mezzotints, and collagraphs. Both abstract and representational works will be on display, accompanied by educational materials and video content that provide insight into artists’ processes and their collaborations with master printers.
About the artist: Taiko is a Denver-based artist who works in printmaking, installation, and more recently sculpture. Taiko was born and raised in Nagano, Japan, and first worked as a nurse, both in Japan and the UK; she has lived in several U.S. cities. Ever since taking her first printmaking class at the Art Students League of Denver in 2011, Taiko has thought of art as a vehicle to express her emotions directly, without the complicating filter of language.
Taiko’s work has been exhibited at galleries, museums, and nonprofit organizations throughout Colorado (including solo show at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver Botanic Gardens), as well as at numerous shows and print fairs across the U.S. Her installation, created on-site from 150 Monotype prints on Tyvek, was part of the “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence” exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, in 2023.
Website: taikochandler.com
Instagram: taikochandler
June Art Events at RedLine
Youth Art Mentoring Annual Exhibition
May 16-June 29, 2025
Experience socially-engaged artwork made by local youth artists, in collaboration with our EPIC Arts and Youth Art Mentors!
Monthly Collage Club
Saturday, May 31 from 1pm - 3pm
Join our monthly non-instructive Collage Club to meet other Denver artists, develop your collage skills, and continue your creative journey!
