Art from Ashes

First Friday Youth Workshop (In Person)
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, 2026-02-06 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-06 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-03 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) and 1 more date | 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 | CO
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!

First Friday Youth Performance
2025-12-05 18:15 - 18:45, 2026-01-09 18:15 - 18:45, 2026-02-06 18:15 - 18:45, 2026-03-06 18:15 - 18:45, 2026-04-03 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. 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!

First (second) Friday Youth Workshop (In Person)
2026-01-09 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!
For January only, our First Friday workshop is on the Second Friday. Come see us on January 9th!
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 & Open Mic
2026-05-01 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. 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. After the youth performances conclude, it’s open mic for all to share.
Let your voice be heard!
