Art from Ashes

AfA Youth Poets Performing at the 35th Anniversary Poetry Rodeo
2024-06-01 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | Mercury Café, 2199 California St., Denver, CO, 80205
Join Art from Ashes on June 1st at The Mercury Café for the 35th Annual Poetry Rodeo. This day-long spoken word festival runs from 10am to 11pm and offers a wide range of literary activities, including workshops, featured readers, open mics, showcases of writer organizations, a small press display, and multi-dynamic musical and theatrical poetry presentations. Performances will take place on all three stages at The Mercury Cafe, making it the biggest yet!
At 1 pm, AfA youth poets will perform, and Art from Ashes’ very own Executive Director, Jessica Jarrard, will lead one of our intuitive 3-minute poetry prompts.
There is a suggested donation of $10 to attend the full day of performances. Youth under the age of 18 get in for free.

Youth on Record Block Party
2024-06-08 14:00 - 19:00 | Youth on Record, 1301 W 10th Ave., Denver, CO, 80205
On June 8th, our neighbor, Youth on Record, is hosting its 10th annual Block Party and Youth Music Fest right across from our office to champion and uplift youth creatives in the surrounding community. This event is FREE, and you’re invited! The event will include youth performances, interactive experiences, food trucks, and more.

AfA youth poets will perform around 2:30 pm, and we’ll have our table set up all day for an interactive art project from 2 to 7 pm. Come cheer on our youth poets and support our creative community!

Woods Boss Brewing Company
2024-08-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Woods Boss Brewery, 2210 California St, Denver, CO, United States
Join us Monday, August 6 from 5-8 pm at Woods Boss Brewing (2210 California St, Denver, CO) for some poetry and pints! Woods Boss Brewing is donating proceeds from all beers sold during the event to Art from Ashes. Come on down, invite a friend, order a pint, hear some poems, and meet some Art from Ashes folks!

Youth Workshop and Planning Session for Art Installation at Denver Public Library
2025-05-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Denver Central Library, 10 W 14th Ave, Denver, 80204, United States
Calling ALL YOUTH ages 12 to 24! Join Art from Ashes youth ambassadors at the Denver Public Library Central Branch – Teen Space on May 27 from 4 to 6pm for a workshop and planning session to create an art installation for the space. All art prompts and materials will be provided, so just bring yourself (and a friend)! Let your creative genius shine!

Youth Workshop - Creating Art for the Denver Public Library Teen Space
2025-06-03 16:00 - 17:45, 2025-06-10 16:00 - 17:45, 2025-06-17 16:00 - 17:45, 2025-06-24 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-30 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-14 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
Calling ALL YOUTH ages 12 to 24! Join us at the Art from Ashes agency location (1310 W 10th Ave., Denver) for some writing and art prompts to create materials for an art installation that will go in the Denver Public Library’s new Teen Space. All art prompts and materials will be provided, so just bring yourself (and a friend)! Let your creative genius shine!

First Friday Youth Workshop (In Person)
2025-07-11 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-01 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-05 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-03 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)
YOU ARE A CREATIVE GENIUS! Come write some 3-minutes poems, listen to the powerful spoken word of a local performance artist, and eat some pizza!
Did we mention we pay our youth poets when you perform the poems you write in our workshops? You can share your hopes, dreams, and ideas with us and others every first Friday of every month.
Let your voice be heard!
Contact the Director of Programs with any questions below or just show up here!

First Friday Youth Performance
2025-08-01 18:00 - 18:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)
Calling all youth poets ages 12 to 24! Join us at the Art from Ashes office for the youth workshop at 5pm following by a performance opportunity at 6pm. Get PAID to perform poems written in Art from Ashes workshops!
This event is open to the public. Community members are invited to join us and cheer on our courageous youth poets as they share their wisdom and power through their poetry.
Let your voice be heard!

Cultivate Community Plant Sale!
2025-08-25 18:30 - 21:00 | Renegade Brewing, 925 W 9th Ave, Denver, CO, 80204
Join us at Renegade Brewing (925 W 9th Ave Denver, CO 80204) for a FUNdraiser to support youth empowerment programming.
You’re invited to bring your friends and families to our plant and propagation “sale”. Volunteers and staff have donated plants, pots, and propagation jars. Pay a suggested donation for each plant, and take home your new green friend(s). Additionally, 10% of each beer sold will be donated to AfA, so bring your people and come thirsty!

Denver Art Drop Day
2025-09-02 10:00 - 18:00 | Colorado
Join us for 2025 Art Drop Day, an annual event hosted by Denver Arts and Venues! Our lovely volunteers painted lines from Art from Ashes youth poems on dozens of poetry rocks that will be scattered around Denver for YOU to find in this city-wide art scavenger hunt!
We invite you to visit your local parks and public spaces to find them! When you do, post a photo to your socials and tag Art from Ashes on Facebook or Instagram (@afaphoenix) using #ArtDropDenver2025 or #ArtDropDay. We’ll be dropping clues on where to find them throughout the day, so stay tuned!

“Art Drop Day is a worldwide celebration that connects communities by creating bonds between strangers through the act of sharing art. On the first Tuesday of each September, creators “drop” their works around town to surprise and delight art lovers, sharing clues on social media using #ArtDropDenver2025 and #ArtDropDay to aid in the search”
Click here to learn more!

First Friday Youth Performance
2025-09-05 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-03 18:00 - 18:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)
Calling all youth poets ages 12 to 24! Join us at the Art from Ashes office for the youth workshop at 5pm followed by a performance opportunity at 6pm. Get PAID to perform poems written in Art from Ashes workshops!
This event is open to the public. Community members are invited to join us and cheer on our courageous youth poets as they share their wisdom and power through their poetry.
Let your voice be heard!

Youth Workshop - Fall Poet-tree for the Denver Public Library Teen Space
2025-10-07 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-14 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-21 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-28 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-11 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
Calling ALL YOUTH ages 12 to 24! Join us at the Art from Ashes agency location (1310 W 10th Ave., Denver) for some writing and art prompts to create materials to transform the art installation that’s in the Denver Public Library’s new Teen Space for the season. All art prompts and materials will be provided, so just bring yourself (and a friend)! Let your creative genius shine!

First Friday Youth Performance
2025-11-07 18:15 - 18:45 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)
Calling all youth poets ages 12 to 24! Join us at the Art from Ashes office for the youth workshop at 5pm followed by a performance opportunity at 6:15pm. Youth get PAID to perform poems written in Art from Ashes workshops!
This event is open to the public. Community members are invited to join us and cheer on our courageous youth poets as they share their wisdom and power through their poetry.
Let your voice be heard!
