Art from Ashes

Creative Time for Youth
2025-05-14 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-21 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-28 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-04 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-11 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-18 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-25 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-02 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) and 2 more dates | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE age 12 to 24
You don’t have to think you’re a poet or an artist, we already know you’re a creative genius. Come and speak your truth with other youth!
Join Art from Ashes facilitators and other youth from the community for FREE creative time at Art from Ashes.
Stop in any Wednesday at 4 pm to engage in some writing and art prompts! We’re at 1310 West 10th Ave right next to the 10th and Osage light rail station (map below).
All young people between the age of 12 and 24 are welcome. We provide the writing materials, art supplies, food and drinks… You provide the creative genius!
You can email us using the form below if you’d like to let us know you’re coming or want more information. Or just drop in any Wednesday at 4pm!
Thank you so much to the Tony Grampsas Youth Services (TGYS) and Caring for Denver Foundation, and to all our business sponsors and individual donors who make these workshops possible!
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Third Thursday Virtual Writing Workshop
2025-05-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)

Youth ages 12 to 24 are invited to join us for creative writing prompts in a censorship-free, judgement-free zone. Bring paper and pen to our FREE online workshop every third Thursday of the month. After the workshop, join us on Instagram Live to perform your poetry and earn some cash. All youth performers are PAID!!
Contact Kree Thawley (Director of Programs) at programs@artfromashes.org to get the Zoom link.
Let your voice be heard!

Third Thursday Youth Performance on Instagram Live
2025-05-15 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-06-19 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-17 18:00 - 18:30 | Instagram Live
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)

Calling all youth poets ages 12 to 24! Join us on Instagram Live to perform poems written in Art from Ashes workshops and get PAID to perform!
This Instagram Live 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 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)
2025-06-06 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-11 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
2025-06-06 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-11 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!

Guest Artist Open House and Open Mic
2025-07-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
FOR ALL PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GUEST ARTISTS!

Are you interested in being a guest artist? Join us for an open house to learn more!
This event is open to all adult poets, musicians, and artists interested in sharing your original works with youth in our spaces.
Come meet our Program Manager, Liza Hubbell, and network with fellow artists, then stick around for an Open Mic where you can showcase your talents.
The event starts at 6pm at 1310 West 10th Ave right next to the 10th and Osage light rail station.
All artists ages 25 and older are welcome! If you’re under the age of 25, check out our free drop-in youth workshops.
You can email us at workshops@artfromashes.org if you’d like to let us know you’re coming or want more information, or just head on over July 8 at 4pm.
Hope to see you there!!
