Art from Ashes

Phoenix Rising Wednesdays
2021-04-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Colorado
FOR YOUTH (12 to 24)
WEDNESDAY SPOKEN WORD PROMPTS
Each week on Wednesday at 4pm, when we used to host our Phoenix Rising on-site workshops, Art from Ashes provides a series of FREE writing prompts for youth on Zoom with a featured performance poet/musician from the community!
You don’t have to think you’re a poet, we already know you’re a creative genius. Come and speak your truth with other youth!
If you are between the age of 12 and 24, please contact our Director of Programs to reserve a spot and get the info for Zoom.

Pastries and Poetry part 3
2021-02-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Colorado
Did someone say strawberry cheesecake? You bet!
It’s the third event in our Pastries and Poetry series presented by Chef Brian Smith, coming to you just in time for Valentine’s Day. Click the link to reserve your spot for Monday, February 8th at 6pm MST and treat yourself to this first taste of spring with a [suggested] $35 donation that goes directly to our youth empowerment programs. You’ll hear some incredible youth poets perform as you create your very own edible art. We are berry excited, and hope you are too!
A suggested $35 donation gets you a spot to join in the fun. But if you can’t donate that much, please choose your amount and join us to support the youth poets by listening to their voices!
See below for a list of ingredients.
Please let us know when you RSVP if you have dietary restrictions and/or preferences so that we can work with you to accommodate them.
Thank you for supporting the work that Art from Ashes is doing for their community. We’ll see you in your kitchen soon!
Tools you’ll need:
10-inch Cake Pan
Kitchenmaid Mixer or Hand Mixer
Rubber Spatula
Small/Medium Pot
Sheet Pan/Cookie Sheet big enough to hold cake pan
Pan Spray
Graham Cracker Crust
12 oz (1.5 cups) graham cracker crumbs
3 oz (1/2 cups) melted butter
6 oz (3/4 cups) sugar
½ tsp Salt
Cheesecake Filling
1 pound (4 cups) cream cheese, room temp
5 oz (10 tbsp) Sugar
3 eggs
12 oz (1.5 cup) sour cream
2 oz (6 tbsp) flour
Strawberry Compote
1 pound strawberries
12 oz (1.5 cups) water
2 oz (4 tbsp) sugar
½ oz (2 tsp) cornstarch
TA-DA!

Celebration of Light 2020
2020-12-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Colorado
Even in dark times we have much to celebrate, because light is always present, even in the deepest darkness. Be the light with us in a young person’s life.
“Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.”
― Nora Roberts, Heaven and Earth
If you missed it, don’t despair! Here’s the presentation…
On Facebook
On YouTube
COVID-19 isn’t stopping our annual Celebration of Light this season, it’s bringing it directly into your home via Zoom (if you like the meet and greet experience) or live feed on social media. As usual, we’ll have performance poets, musicians, and door prizes (Zoom only), as well as our amazing youth poets, who always appreciate an audience. Please be that audience.
So join us this coming Tuesday, December 8 at 7 pm for guest poet and emcee Theo Wilson, AfA youth poets, music performances by AfA guest artist Kayla Marque and UVOGIN (youth participant Dez), feel-good speeches, and all manner of things that will warm your heart! (also, auction items and prizes!)
Save the date! It’s on Colorado Gives Day, Dec 8th from 7 to 8pm. See you online!

Colorado Gives Day AfA
2020-12-08 | Colorado
We believe in the goodness of people, in the value of service, in the importance of giving. So this holiday season, on Colorado Gives Day Dec 8, we ask that you give with compassion for the young people we serve—so they can find their voice and their value through the creative process and the power of language.
And with each gift we receive through the Colorado Gives Day website, we will earn a portion of a $1 million incentive fund. You can schedule your gift to Art from Ashes today through 11.59 pm Tuesday, Dec. 8.
When you give today, you can schedule it for Gives Day!
http://bit.ly/donateafa
www.coloradogives.org/ArtfromAshes
On the same day as Gives Day, Art from Ashes will once again host (virtually) our annual Celebration of Light! Join us for a moment to reflect on our connection to each other through compassion and resolve to reach out to young people who are struggling. We can make a difference in their lives and that’s what keeps us human. For more information on our 2020 Celebration of Light, Dec 8th, click here or to register for the Zoom link, click here.

First Friday Performance
2020-12-04 18:00 - 18:30 | Colorado
credit: CBS
Join us every First Friday for youth spoken word performances via Instagram between 6 and 6.30 pm.
Show support for the young people who participate in our Phoenix Rising youth empowerment program. Listen as youth poets ages 12 to 24 tell their stories in metaphor through poems written in only 3 minutes.
Much more than a public performance, youth gather through a Zoom workshop at 5pm for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising writing and performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome.
Go here for more details or contact Director of Programs Sarah Lanzarotta for more information.

First Friday Youth Workshop
2020-12-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Colorado
Free spoken word and poetry workshop for youth!
Free performance by a featured poet!
Plus, get paid to perform your own poems written in only three minutes!
And most of all…RESPECT FOR YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS!

All youth ages 12 to 24 are invited to join us on Zoom every First Friday of the month at 5 pm for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising poetry and spoken word workshop and mini performance workshop, featuring a performance poet. All youth are welcome; you don’t need to already write poetry.
WE BELIEVE IN YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS AND THAT YOUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL!

For those who want to stay and perform, Instagram live performances begin 6pm. The first 10 youth volunteering to perform their workshop poems will receive $10 each.

Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes, for more information.

Pastries and Poetry Part Deux
2020-11-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Colorado
In a different kind of workshop, our second Pastries and Poetry virtual event will be held Tuesday, November 24th from 7 to 8:30pm. (For those who donated to a previous invitation, you don’t need to reserve another spot.) We’ll once again feature Brian Smith, Pastry Chef with FNG, and our very own, Laura Peña. Brian has more than 15 years experience in the pastry and restaurant biz and is donating his time to provide an entertaining spin on how to bake a PECAN PIE right in your own home. There will be youth performances during baking time, and you’ll get to learn a little more about what Art from Ashes does.
A $35 donation gets you a spot to join in the fun. A Zoom link will be sent to you in your confirmation email after signing up. A list of ingredients you will need on hand is under Details.
Please let us know when you RSVP if you have dietary restrictions and/or preferences so that we can work with you to accommodate them.
Thank you for supporting the work that Art from Ashes is doing for their community. We’ll see you in your kitchen soon! Register here!

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Awards Celebration
2020-11-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Colorado
Catherine O’Neill Thorn receives the 2020 Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s Arts and Society Award!
AfA’s Founder and Executive Director, Catherine O’Neill Thorn, has been selected to receive the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s Arts and Society Award for her vast achievements and decades of service to the arts and youth in Colorado.
In 1984 Charles Edwin Stanton, the foundation’s benefactor, established the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s Annual Awards to honor individuals making significant and unique contributions to our community—Art from Ashes is honored that our very own Catherine O’Neill Thorn is being recognized for her impact in our community and for improving the lives of young people through the power of art and creative expression! The foundation also is presenting awards in the following additional categories: Artist and Community Service in the Arts.
The celebration will feature short videos of the award recipients created by professional filmmaker Sam Pike and YOUTH POETRY PERFORMANCES by our very own youth workshop participants! Whoo-hoo!
The event will be held Thursday, Nov 20th at noon via Zoom. Because this year the celebration is virtual, the public is invited to join.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link from Bonfils-Stanton: Register here

Pastries and Poetry #2
2020-11-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Colorado
On September 22nd, Art from Ashes hosted our first-ever Zoom event, Pastries and Poetry, live from the kitchen of FNG on West 32nd Avenue in Denver.
After seeing them in action, we wouldn’t be surprised if Brian and Laura get recruited to host their own show! While delicious smells wafted from everyone’s ovens, we were proud to showcase the creative genius of several of our youth poets, and guest poet Kylee Wellons. Most of the poems shared by our youth were written in AfA Phoenix Rising workshops in just three minutes – amazing!
It was so popular, we’ve planned a SECOND event on Nov 10th with Chef Brian featuring PECAN PIE!!! Whoo-hoo! Just in time for Thanksgiving. This is a Zoom event, so stay tuned for the invitation via email, here on our website, and on social media.

First Friday Performance
2020-11-06 18:30 - 19:15, 2020-09-04 18:30 - 19:15, 2020-08-07 18:30 - 19:15, 2020-07-03 18:30 - 19:15, 2020-06-05 18:30 - 19:15 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
Join us every First Friday for youth spoken word performances at the Art from Ashes location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station between 6.30 and 7.15 pm.
Stop by in support of our community’s young people who participate in our Phoenix Rising youth empowerment program. Listen as young people ages 12 to 24 tell their stories in metaphor through poems written in only 3 minutes.
Visit our beautiful space on the corner of 10th and Navajo on your way to the Art District on 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 workshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome; pizza provided.
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes, for more information.

First Friday Youth Workshop
2020-11-06 16:30 - 18:15, 2020-09-04 16:30 - 18:15, 2020-08-07 16:30 - 18:15, 2020-07-03 16:30 - 18:15, 2020-06-05 16:30 - 18:15 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
FREE PIZZA! FREE POETRY PERFORMANCE! RESPECT FOR YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS!

All youth ages 12 to 24 are invited to join us at Art from Ashes every First Friday of the month at 4.30 pm for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising poetry and spoken word workshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a performance poet. All youth are welcome; free pizza provided.
YOU DON’T NEED TO ALREADY WRITE POETRY!
WE BELIEVE IN YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS AND THAT YOUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL!

Workshops are at our location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station. Just DROP IN!
The first 10 youth willing to perform their workshop poems afterwards will receive $10!
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes, for more information.

First Friday Performance
2020-10-02 18:30 - 19:15 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
Join us every First Friday on your way to the Art District for youth spoken word performances at the Art from Ashes location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station between 6.30 and 7.15 pm.
Stop by in support of our community’s young people who participate in our Phoenix Rising youth empowerment program. Listen as young people ages 12 to 24 tell their stories in metaphor through poems written in only 3 minutes.
Visit our beautiful space on the corner of 10th and Navajo on your way to the Art District on Santa Fe!
Much more than a public performance, before they perform at 6.30, youth gather at Art from Ashes at 4.30 for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising writing workshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome; pizza provided.
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes for more information.

First Friday Youth Workshop
2020-10-02 16:30 - 18:15 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
FREE PIZZA! FREE POETRY PERFORMANCE! RESPECT FOR YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS!
All youth ages 12 to 24 are invited to join us at Art from Ashes every First Friday of the month at 4.30 pm for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising poetry and spoken word workshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a performance poet. All youth are welcome; free pizza provided.
You don’t need to already write poetry/spoken word, because you ARE poetry!
WE BELIEVE IN YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS AND THAT YOUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL!

Workshops are at our location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station. Just DROP IN!
The first 10 youth willing to perform their workshop poems will receive $10!
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes, for more information.

Pastries and Poetry
2020-09-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
With all that extra time at home, perhaps you’ve binge watched several seasons of The Great British Baking Show and are ready to try your hand at making a trifle that would earn you a Hollywood Handshake. We’ve got the perfect event, just for you (complete with youth poetry performances, too)!
Mark your calendars! Tuesday, September 22nd at 5 pm, Art from Ashes is hosting Pastries and Poetry, a delicious virtual event that you DO NOT want to miss!
Learn to bake a delicious dessert with Brian Smith, Pastry Chef for the TAG Restaurant Group, from the comfort of your own kitchen. While your creations are baking away, our youth will bless your lil’ chef ears with poetry and spoken word PLUS you’ll even get to hear from several local guest poets!
Plus PLUS you’ll be supporting our mission to empower struggling youth with creative expression all in one fun, sugar-filled evening!
What a Tuesday!
Donations start at only $35 (we’ll even provide ingredients for just a little more) —hurry and get ’em because they’re selling like HOT CAKES! ha.
Click here link to purchase your tickets ASAP!

Facebook Community Writing Prompts
2020-05-26 | Colorado
Join us on our Art from Ashes Facebook page for a community writing prompt every Tuesday and Thursday! You can post your 3-minute poem in the comments, send it to us here: www.artfromashes.org/share-your-poem or just keep it to yourself to cherish. Not lyin’, we hope you share it, though!

First Friday Performance
2020-05-01 16:00 - 16:30 | Colorado
VIRTUAL YOUTH & GUEST POET PERFORMANCE!
Log in to listen to the voices of young creative geniuses and a featured guest LIVE on Instagram at 4pm!
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, our monthly First Friday workshops and performances have been temporarily suspended in favour of a virtual performance on Instagram. For those of you unfamiliar with Instagram, easy instructions are below.
This event features youth spoken word performances by young people ages 12 to 24 tell their stories in metaphor through poems written in only 3 minutes. A guest poet from the community will join the youth to provide encouragement and to promote access to the arts.
Contact our Director of Programs
For Instagram novitiates! How to watch Instagram live:
Use a smartphone (not a tablet or desktop!)
If you haven’t set up your own Instagram account, do that
and if you have, log in and search for @afaphoenix
Click on our profile (If you’re not already following us, please hit follow!)
If our logo has circles around it, that means we are LIVE; Click on the logo. (You don’t have to hold it down to watch.)
You can also leave us comments (or poems ) while in our page!

All Sacred Tattoo Event
2020-03-13 18:00 - 22:00 | All Sacred Foundation, 7700 W 44th, Wheat Ridge, CO
Details coming soon!
Or sign up for our newsletter and get it right it hot off the press: text ARTFROMASHES (all caps, no spaces) to 22828

Creative Time
2019-12-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 80204
FREE PIZZA! FREE ART! RESPECT FOR YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS!
All youth ages 12 to 24 are invited to join us at Art from Ashes every Thursday from 4 to 6 pm for a FREE Creative Time workshop: create art in a welcoming, safe space where people respect you and your creativity.
All youth are welcome; free pizza provided.
YOU ALREADY ARE AN ARTIST! WE BELIEVE IN YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS!

Workshops are at our location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station.
If you’d like to let us know you’re going to stop by, contact Celeste Seiler at Art from Ashes, using the form below or JUST DROP IN.
Thank you so much to Imagine 2020 and the Arts in Society grants, and to all our business sponsors and individual donors who make these workshops possible!

Celebration of Light
2019-12-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
The Art from Ashes annual Celebration of Light brings together the beautiful humans in our community to observe the triumphs and accomplishments of the year. Light is the common bond that unites diverse holiday celebrations at the end of the year. It signifies hope, rebirth, and guidance—all things Art from Ashes values. These values are honored when we come together to applaud the youth we serve and the community it takes to serve them. We ask everyone to shine a light on the Art from Ashes youth with their unwavering support and kindness at this special time of the year!
Give where you live!
Please join us at our annual Celebration of Light party on Colorado Gives Day at our location on 10th and Navajo. We’ll have adult and other beverages, great food, holiday art projects, youth and community poets, and our entertainment will feature the talented poet and musician Kayla Marque!

First Friday Performance
2019-12-06 18:30 - 19:15 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
Join us every First Friday for youth spoken word performances at the Art from Ashes location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station between 6.30 and 7.15 pm.
Stop by in support of our community’s young people who participate in our Phoenix Rising youth empowerment program. Listen as young people ages 12 to 24 tell their stories in metaphor through poems written in only 3 minutes.
Visit our beautiful space on the corner of 10th and Navajo on your way to the Art District on 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 workshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a local performance poet. All youth are welcome; pizza provided.
PLEASE NOTE: WE’LL BE TAKING JAN-MARCH OFF; THE NEXT FIRST FRIDAY PERFORMANCE WILL BE HELD DURING POETRY MONTH ON APRIL 3, 2020.
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes, for more information.

First Friday Youth Workshop
2019-12-06 16:30 - 18:15 | Art from Ashes, 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver, Colorado, 80204
FREE PIZZA! FREE POETRY PERFORMANCE! RESPECT FOR YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS!

All youth ages 12 to 24 are invited to join us at Art from Ashes every First Friday of the month at 4.30 pm for a FREE one-hour Phoenix Rising poetry and spoken word workshop, followed at 5.30 by a FREE 45-minute performance workshop, featuring a performance poet. All youth are welcome; free pizza provided.
YOU DON’T NEED TO ALREADY WRITE POETRY!
WE BELIEVE IN YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS AND THAT YOUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL!

Workshops are at our location just off the 10th and Osage light rail station. Just DROP IN!
The first 10 youth willing to perform their workshop poems afterwards will receive $10!
PLEASE NOTE: WE’LL BE TAKING JAN-MARCH OFF; THE NEXT FIRST FRIDAY WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD DURING POETRY MONTH ON APRIL 3, 2020.
Contact Sarah Lanzarotta at Art from Ashes, for more information.

Running of the Gays 2019
2019-09-15 11:00 - 13:30 | ACE Eat Serve, 501 E. 17th Ave, Denver, 80203, United States
Running of the Gays: Hoofin’ it in Heels for LGBTQ+ Youth
Come out and join Denver’s LGBTQIA community and Allies as we run toward a better future for youth at the 10TH ANNUAL Running of the Gays!
Get yer heels (and ankles!) ready to roll… or strut, or hop, or stumble in a 3-block “marathon” in heels to fund creative empowerment programs for queer youth in the Denver community. The event is organized by Art from Ashes, Denver’s LGBTQIA* community and Allies. Each year runners are asked to raise money through sponsorships to trot 3 blocks down 17th Avenue in heels, starting at Ace Eat Serve patio next to Steuben’s Food Service followed by an all ages (until 1.30 pm) after party at X Bar!
Proceeds contribute to continuing transformational creative programs for local youth who identify as LGBTQ+. While the event is silly, the statistics for our LGBTQ+ young people are decidedly unfunny: gay and lesbian youth are two to three times more likely to commit suicide than other youths, and 30% of all completed youth suicides are related to the issue of sexual identity; 45% of gay males and 20% of lesbians surveyed reported having experienced verbal harassment and/or physical violence during high school as a result of their sexual orientation; 26% of gays and lesbian youth are forced to leave home because of conflicts with their families over sexual identity. Art from Ashes provides creative programs with proven results that improve self-perception and increase involvement with and connection to the community.
Run a 3-block marathon in heels to help fund creative empowerment workshops for the queer youth in our community! You’ll be able to register with a $35 donation ($40 after Aug 15th).
REGISTER TO RUN HERE!: bit.ly/ROTG2019
The fee entitles runners to the ROTG “I brought the gay” t-shirt, a goodie bag, a free Mimosa courtesy of Steuben’s, and a foot massage!
Runners are asked to seek sponsorships from friends and family to raise money for the youth programs.
SPONSORS WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC RUNNERS BY DONATING THROUGH FACEBOOK, PAYPAL, GIVINGFIRST, OR WITH A CHECK.
Donate through ColoradoGives: www.coloradogives.org/ROTG2019
Donate through Paypal GIving Fund (100% goes to AfA!): bit.ly/PayPal-AfA
If you are sponsoring a specific runner, please enter their name in the Special Instructions field or by writing their name on your check. Please send checks to 1310 West 10th Ave, Denver CO 80204.
BUSINESS PARTNERS CAN SUPPORT THE MARATHON BY CONTACTING US USING THE FORM BELOW OR BY CALLING 303.837.1550!
So many thanks to our wonderful annual business sponsors. Some have been sponsoring Running of the Gays since 2010! If you’re interested in supporting our youth programs, please download our ROTG Sponsor Menu for levels of sponsorship and associated benefits. We love to support community businesses that support creative empowerment programs for queer youth!
Runners gather at the bullpen at Ace Eat Serve/Steuben’s at 11 am to sign in, stretch and enjoy the street show. After Party, foot massages, drag show and silent auction will be held at X Bar from noon to 1.30 pm!
See on our ROTG Facebook page to see the photos from previous years, as well as find out more information.
Thank you to our business sponsors who make the whole thing possible!

Out Front Magazine :: Payroll Vault :: The Bank of Denver :: Queen City Collective Coffee
Thank you to all those who have “come out” in the past. Re-live the fun here:
