2016 NAHYP National Recognition
Each year, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and its cultural partners — the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of […]
Author Archive for: AfAAdmin
Entries by AfAAdmin
A Look Back At 2015
Art from Ashes continued to make strides forward in our support of Denver youth in 2015, empowering hundreds more youth to find their voice and power. Some of the highlights […]
HIBAQ
Spotlight: Interview with Hibaq Osman, Youth Extraordinaire by Beatriz Tamariz, Volunteer I sat before a singular young lady. In fact I’d heard so many facilitators speak wonders about Hibaq, her […]
Our New Year Resolutions
The new year brings the spirit of renewal, and at Art from Ashes, we are excited to welcome 2016 by looking towards what we can do to be our best selves. […]
In Their Words: Appearance
Youth in our programs explore many themes, ideas and perspectives in their poetry, art and creative workshopping, and they often have some remarkably profound insights. We thought we would share […]
Zee’s Transformation
“I don’t get poetry, and I don’t like it,” she said. The young woman, new to our drop-in poetry and spoken word workshop looked around the group with tears in […]
Hear AfA on KGNU’s “Outsources”
A few weeks ago, Art from Ashes facilitator Franklin Cruz and youth participant Rachel Icolari joined KGNU’s Jeffrey Hoyle on “Outsources,” KGNU’s programming focused on LGBTQ+ news. In the segement, […]
Art is a Function of the Brain
by Johnny Fuenzalida One of the trademarks of being a conscious being is having a brain, an organic command center to execute the functions of all of our voluntary and […]
