S2 E2 Submission ≠ Consent: What RedLine Took From Me

Episode 2: “Submission ≠ Consent: What RedLine Took From Me”

Welcome to Episode 2 of The AC Pulse — where we expose the truth behind polished mission statements and the exploitation buried beneath them. In this episode, host Amanda Corrales shares how her original event proposal, Artist Through the Prism, was quietly lifted, repackaged, and used without credit by RedLine Contemporary Art Center.

📌 KEYWORDS:
nonprofit exploitation, copyright infringement, artist rights, nonprofit industrial complex, art community gaslighting, RedLine Denver, intellectual property theft, stolen ideas, nonprofit accountability, arts equity, creative labor abuse, artist exploitation, equity in the arts, grant misuse

🎧 What you’ll hear in this episode:

• How Amanda submitted a detailed program concept — only to see it repurposed in RedLine’s programming

• The real story behind the eerily similar 48 Hours Summit theme “Stories_UnderScored”

• A behind-the-scenes look at how institutions use “legacy programs” to erase artistic credit

• A satirical break that roasts the nonprofit machine with IdeaVac™

• A call to action for every artist who’s ever had their work taken without recognition

💥 If you’ve ever been gaslit by an arts organization, dismissed by a funder, or seen your vision show up on someone else's stage — this episode is for you.

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