Art from Ashes

Coffee Hour with Catherine-Cancelled
2016-09-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2016-08-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | Drip Coffee, 955 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, 80203
Meet and Greet with Catherine O’Neill Thorn, Executive Director of Art from Ashes, is cancelled! I’m in California, yo!
*Just in case there’s a cancellation due to inclement weather, illness or travel, please email director [at] artfromashes.org for confirmation (but use the typical email format… the word “at” is there because of hackers… grr…) or check our Facebook page!

Tattoos and Poetry: All Sacred Foundation Fundraiser
2016-09-03 10:00 - 23:55 | Oriental Theater, 4335 West 44th, Denver, CO
Get tattooed for a cause! All proceeds from the All Sacred Foundation fundraiser are donated to four amazing organizations: Art from Ashes, Phoenix Multisport and Planned Pethood International and Colton’s Crusade.
On Sept 3rd, there will be a huge blowout event at The Oriental Theater! Save the Date and check out the All Sacred Foundation Facebook page to get updated information and to book a specific tattoo artist on the big day!

First Friday
2016-09-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
Recurring Event (See all)

Join us every First Friday in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe for youth spoken word performances at different venues on Santa Fe Dr. between 6.30 and 7 p.m. (during summer we will be performing on the corner of 9th and Santa Fe).
Much more than a public performance, youth gather at Art from Ashes at 4.30 for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising writing wordshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome; pizza provided.
AfA facilitators and local artists/performers guide the youth through poetry writing prompts and spoken word presentations to prepare them for their community performances.
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta, Director of Programs at Art from Ashes for more information.

First Friday
2016-09-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
Join us every First Friday in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe for youth spoken word performances at different venues on Santa Fe Dr. between 6.30 and 7 pm (during summer we will be performing on the corner of 9th and Santa Fe).
Much more than a public performance, youth gather at Art from Ashes at 4.30 for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising writing wordshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome; pizza provided.
AfA facilitators and local artists/performers guide the youth through poetry writing prompts and spoken word presentations to prepare them for their community performances.
Contact Courtney Chandler, Director of Programs at Art from Ashes for more information.

Mad Hatter Tea Party 2016
2016-08-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Fleur Salon, 30 E 9th Ave., Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Check out our photos from the event here!

Join us for a special evening of madness and whimsy at Fleur Salon on Saturday, August 20
Brought to you by Art from Ashes and the amazing youth poets we serve!
Tickets are available HERE! For a $25 ticket you will get FUN and an adult beverage and cookies and cupcakes and poetry and our eternal devotion.
All proceeds will benefit the youth programs of Art from Ashes.
Check out our Facebook event HERE
The 2016 Mad Hatter Tea Party and Fundraiser is hosted by Fleur
Salon and sponsored by Joan Van de Griek, CPA (the best damn accountant in the business!)
We would LOVE to have other business sponsors support out youth programs, either through a tax-deductible business donation or a silent auction item! Please use the contact form below, if you’re interested!

Four-Day Yoga Festival
2016-08-04 08:00 - 2016-08-07 17:00 | Union Station Hotel & Oxford Hotel, 1600 17th St.,, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
Join Art from Ashes and Conscious Real Estate for four days of poetry and yoga! Come to our booth at the festival and tap your own creative side with a three-minute poem, guided by special AfA facilitators.
When you’re done, you will have the chance to display your poem for other visitors and learn more about AfA’s important mission of helping youth access their own creative genius through creative workshops providing connection, expression and transformation.

Denver County Fair
2016-07-31 16:00 - 18:00 | National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Join Art from Ashes at this year’s Denver County Fair, where we will be hosting a booth and demonstrating workshops just like those we use to connect with youth. You can meet some of our staff, find out more about our organization and discover your own inner poet. Come visit us and see if you might be interested in becoming involved with the organization!
Check out more about the fair HERE

Star Wars Rockies Game
2016-07-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Colorado
It’s the Star Wars game! Watch the Rockies play the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, July 23, 2016. As a fundraiser and community builder for our youth, AfA is selling 50 Rockies tickets at face value. We have guaranteed seats in Section 146 (foul ball territory!); there will be a parade on the field; and the first 20,000 people get a FREE Charlie Blackmon X-Wing Fighter Pilot Bobblehead. Dress up in costume and you could win a prize!
Purchase your $40 ticket from us (no markup; in fact you save the $5 Ticketmaster fee!), and Art from Ashes gets $15 of that amount as a donation thanks to the generosity of the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club!
Can’t attend? Some of our young people have never attended a baseball game and would love the opportunity. Please consider buying a ticket for a young person or add one or more tickets onto your purchase.
You can buy your tickets through PayPal below (you don’t need an account) or mail a check to Art from Ashes, 853 Inca St., Suite 1A, Denver CO 80204. Be sure you include a note about how many tickets you need and whether you are donating any to a young person.
Purchase your tickets by July 18 and we’ll mail them out,** or you can stop by the office after the 19th to pick them up.
**Seats are in rows 14–17; best seat selection will depend on time of payment
Check out our Facebook event HERE

Choose an Option

Ticket no shipping $40.00 USDTicket w/shipping $41.50 USD

Number of tickets for youth

AllSacred-July
2016-07-23 14:00 - 22:00 | All Sacred Foundation, 7700 W 44th, Wheat Ridge, CO
All Sacred Foundation is a group of artists and creatives disrupting the tattoo industry. Committed to community betterment, they “tattoo with heart.” Once a month, All Sacred Foundation provides tattoos to the public and donates all proceeds to three area nonprofits, including Art from Ashes!
There’s also a party. And youth poets. So get your tat on and support the youth!

Creative Transformation Camp-Youth
2016-07-18 09:30 - 13:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS THIS SATURDAY, JULY 2!!
The Art from Ashes Creative Transformation Camp is a week-long half-day camp using our award-winning methods for creative transformation. The camp will feature yoga/meditation; Drawing on Air visual art; Wingspan dance/movement; Phoenix Rising poetry/spoken word; and Casting Shadows creative play and theater—all designed to support your child’s awareness, creative expression, and power to create the story of their life.
Each week will be Mon-Fri from 9.30 am to 1 pm.
The first week will be for “Littles” age 9 to 12, July 11 through 15.
The second week will be for youth age 12 to 15, July 18 through 22.
Only 12 spots are available at $175; we are asking families wishing to support an indigent youth to add an extra $25.

Register

Per child 9-12 $175.00 USD9-12 plus Sponsorship $200.00 USDPer child 12-15 $175.00 USD12-15 plus Sponsorship $200.00 USD

For more information, contact Director of Programs Courtney Chandler

Creative Transformation Camp-Littles
2016-07-11 09:30 - 13:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204

Yoga for Poetry in the Park
2016-07-10 16:00 - 17:00 | City Park
Yoga Teacher/ Artist, Courtney Chandler and Business Owner/ Philanthropist/ Freakshow, Allison Parks have dreamed and schemed some play time. We will be putting on a transformative poetry yoga class in City Park on Sunday, July 10th at 4:00 pm.
We will be perfectly situated to stick around for Jazz in the Park afterwards, which beings at 6:00 pm, so bring any blankets or snacks that you may want for that. I will bring wine in a box to share.
All proceeds from the yoga class will go to Art from Ashes, a local nonprofit which brings poetry, art, and theater workshops to at-risk youth, so please bring a minimum $10 donation for Art from Ashes. By all means, you are welcome to donate more!
All peeps are welcome at this event, so feel free to bring your significant other, mother, offspring, or hair stylist! We will be situated to the south of the lake where they do the Jazz in the Park. When we get our exact location on the day of the event, I will post a pin drop and try to make our area relatively obvious.
For further information about the event, please visit the event page on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/654405364708698/

Adult Introductory July-Aug
2016-07-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
The Phoenix Rising process is designed to allow participants to recognize their inherent creative power and how perception affects our identity and our reality. Art from Ashes uses the latest research in left-brain/right-brain functioning and the role of creativity in transformation to encourage participants to access the creative subconscious and the power available through artistic expression. The introductory workshop allows adults to experience the same curriculum delivered to the youth participants and find their own power through creative expression and personal transformation.
Workshops are limited to six people.
The investment in adult workshops of $175 per 6-week series helps support our work with youth.
Visit out Adult Workshops page to sign up: adult-workshops

Cherry Creek Arts Festival
2016-07-03 13:30 - 14:30 | Colorado
Art from Ashes youth will be performing at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival as part of the SCFD Alliance Project.
Join AfA in the Janus Art Experience tent on Sunday, July 3 from 1.30 to 2.30 to listen to some amazing youth poets and to try your hand at writing your own 3-minute poem!

Park at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center at the West Deck then walk over to Clayton St between 2nd and 3rd.

ALLIANCE PROJECT
The Scientific Cultural Collaborative is a unique cross-curricular educational partnership of arts, science and cultural organizations, which serves over 20,000 Denver area middle school kids per year. Under this partnership twenty-seven organizations work together to provide a grant for a program called the Alliance Project. The Arts Festival is active in the Alliance Project and teachers credit the Alliance Project with enriching their curriculum and boosting state art standards. This national model is based on a collaboration among Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) Tier II arts, science and cultural organizations. This national model is a voluntary collaboration among 27 Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Tier II arts and science organizations. Click here to view the Directory of Educational Activities for Teachers and Schools, an annual publication listing education programs from the SCC cultural organizations.

Coffee Hour with Catherine-CANCELLED!
2016-07-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Drip Coffee, 955 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, 80203
Cancelled due to illness :[

Yoga & Poetry 2016
2016-06-26 15:30 - 17:00 | Power of Om, 4926 E. Colfax, Denver, 80220
Join us for a 60-minute ALL levels vinyasa yoga class led by Courtney Chandler, followed by a 30-minute poetry workshop, with writing prompts focusing on creative empowerment.
Requested donation is $20, which will go straight toward funding Art from Ashes youth programs!
This blissful vinyasa class/workshop focuses on creating harmony in the body, mind, and spirit, to explore and encourage inner creativity and self-expression. You will pair breath to movement as you flow mindfully for a 60-minute all-levels vinyasa. A 30-minute poetry workshop will be facilitated immediately following the yoga asana, allowing opportunity for a deeper exploration of self-expression to unfold. This class will have you moving, breathing, writing, and creating a personally meaningful artistic expression! Don’t miss it!

Tattoos & Poetry-June
2016-06-25 14:00 - 22:00 | All Sacred Foundation, 7700 W 44th, Wheat Ridge, CO

Coffee Hour with Catherine-Cancelled
2016-06-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Drip Coffee, 955 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, 80203
Meet and Greet with Catherine O’Neill Thorn, Executive Director of Art from Ashes, who’ll be available for questions and conversation [almost] every Saturday from 1-2 pm*
This Saturday is cancelled.

AfA will be representing and bringing the love at Denver PRIDE! Stop by our booth at the SCFD Family tent — SE corner of 14th and Broadway and give our volunteers and facilitators a hug!

Poetry & Pints
2016-06-08 19:00 - 22:30 | The Irish Snug, 1201 East Colfax Ave, Denver, 80218
CHEERS FOR POETRY AND CREATIVITY!

Come have a beer, listen to some great music, and enjoy guest poets and spoken word artists, while supporting our life-changing youth programs!
The evening will feature guest performances by musicians Rick Gibbins, Alex Buis, Sarah Jones and the band Stay Tuned.
Featured poet will be Angela Nicole plus readings by the Art from Ashes youth poets!
Support struggling youth in our community by listening to their words, enjoying the show, noshing on some great food, and if you stay until 10 pm, you’ll be there for Happy Hour 2-for-1 specials!
Let us know you’re coming on Facebook or just show up and join in!

‪#‎humpday‬ ‪#‎PoetryandPints‬ ‪#‎ArtfromAshes‬

Coffee Hour with Catherine-Cancelled
2016-06-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Drip Coffee, 955 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, 80203
Coffee Hour with Catherine is cancelled, as she will be out of town this weekend!

SCFD Interview: Denver
2016-05-31 17:30 - 18:15 | Colorado
Content is protected.

Coffee Hour with Catherine-Cancelled
2016-05-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Drip Coffee, 955 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, 80203
This Saturday’s Coffee Hour with Catherine is cancelled due to a weekend-long training.

May First Friday
2016-05-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
Join us every First Friday in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe for youth spoken word performances at different venues on Santa Fe Dr. between 6.30 and 7 pm.

Much more than a public performance, youth gather at Art from Ashes at 4.30 for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising writing wordshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome.

AfA facilitators and local artists/performers guide the youth through poetry writing prompts and spoken word presentations to prepare them for their community performances.
Contact Courtney Chandler, Director of Programs at Art from Ashes for more information.

Adult Introductory May-June
2016-05-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204

OFFICE CLOSED
2016-04-18 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
The office will be closed the day following our weekend-long retreat. Please contact us via email, leave a comment below, or leave a phone message! 303.837.1550

Coffee Hour with Catherine-CANCELLED!
2016-04-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Drip Coffee, 955 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, 80203
This week’s Meet and Greet with Catherine O’Neill Thorn, Executive Director of Art from Ashes, has been cancelled due to our weekend-long annual agency retreat. See you next week!

Agency Retreat
2016-04-16 - 2016-04-17 | Colorado
Each year, the Art from Ashes staff, board of directors, and select contractors, volunteers and advisors, gather to review the 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year strategy and existing budget. Oh yea, and we also have lots of fun!
Consequently the office will be closed on Monday, April 18.
Let us know if you have any suggestions or comments for us to review this year!

Adult Introductory Workshop April-May
2016-04-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
The Phoenix Rising process is designed to allow participants to recognize their inherent creative power and how perception affects our identity and our reality. Art from Ashes uses the latest research in left-brain/right-brain functioning and the role of creativity in transformation to encourage participants to access the creative subconscious and the power available through artistic expression. The introductory wordshop allows adults to experience the same curriculum delivered to the youth participants and find their own power through creative expression and personal transformation.
Wordshops are limited to six people.
The investment in adult wordshops of $175 per 6-week series helps support our work with youth.
Visit out Adult Workshops page to sign up: adult-workshops

April First Friday
2016-04-01 16:30 - 19:30 | Denver Art Society, 734 Santa Fe Dr. , Denver, CO, United States
