Art from Ashes

Creative Time for Youth
2025-09-24 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-08 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-15 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-22 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-29 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-05 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-12 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) and 5 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 Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), and to all our business sponsors and individual donors who make these workshops possible!
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First Friday Youth Workshop (In Person)
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
2025-10-03 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!

Stand-Up for Hope! A Comedy Fundraiser
2025-10-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Flamboyan @ The Three Leaches Theater, 1560 Teller St, Lakewood, CO, 80214, United States
Join us for a night of comedy and poetry in support of Art from Ashes (AfA) on October 15th, 2025 at Flamboyán @ The Three Leaches Theater. Hosted by nationally-touring educator-turned-comedian and AfA board member, Sammy Anzer, the show promises to make you laugh, cry, and celebrate the transformative power of art. Tickets are available now!
Just announced! Stand-up for Hope featured performers

Irina Bogomolova
BK Sharad
Jennifer Sutherland
Ren Q Dawe

PLUS performances by AfA youth poets, interactive games, a silent auction, and (ahem…most importantly) the opportunity to bring expression, connection, and transformation to Colorado youth through Art from Ashes programming.
This event is 100% volunteer-led, so ALL PROCEEDS from event tickets and the silent auction will go directly to Art from Ashes. Beverages and light snacks will be available for purchase from the theater.
Get your ticket today and join us for a raucous evening of belly laughs and powerful poetry.
We hope to see you there! (And if you can’t make it, don’t fret! You can still bid on items on the 32Auctions website right here!)
Doors open at 6:30pm with a chance to peruse the auction items IRL at the theater before the show starts at 7pm.
Get your tickets here!
Thank you to our sponsors!

Third Thursday Virtual Writing Workshop
2025-10-16 17:00, 2025-11-20 17:00 | 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 (Program Manager) using the form below to get the Zoom link.
Let your voice be heard!
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Third Thursday Youth Performance on Instagram Live
2025-10-16 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-11-20 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!

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 | 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!
