Art Blog

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How DNDA’s watercolor classes build community through creativity

By Communications Manager | January 17, 2024

Room 102 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center has been buzzing with creativity and laughter every Wednesday during Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association’s (DNDA) watercolor mixed-media art classes. DNDA’s Art team started offering watercolor classes free to the community in fall 2023 in hopes the activity would bring neighbors together. Our team’s hopes were exceeded when the…

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Artist Spotlight: EcoArts with Franc Monke

By Communications Manager | December 20, 2023

Franc Monke, a nature-based artist, is teaching a new EcoArts class at Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association’s (DNDA) Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, based in West Seattle. Franc has dedicated their artistic journey to intertwining art and community, and we wanted to tell a sliver of their story for this month’s “Artist Spotlight.” Franc was exposed to…

Jules teaching art to youth at Croft Place Townhomes, part of DNDA’s affordable housing program, in 2019.

Artist Spotlight: EcoArts with Jules Hepp

By Communications Manager | October 30, 2023

Before joining Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) as staff, Jules Hepp worked with us as a teaching artist throughout the coronavirus pandemic. To celebrate Jules’ one-year anniversary with DNDA as our environmental education coordinator, we want to look back at their time as a teaching artist for this month’s installment of “Artist Spotlight.” Jules followed…

Self-photo of Danitra Hunter.

Artist Spotlight: Self-Love Art Club with Danitra Hunter

By Communications Manager | September 27, 2023

DNDA works with talented artists from across Delridge and West Seattle, and we want to highlight them and their amazing work. So, welcome to a new series from DNDA – Artist Spotlight. We are honored to have one of DNDA’s newest teaching artists, Danitra Hunter, as our first spotlight. Danitra was one of our teaching…

DNDA’s Summer Youth Program

By Ben Antonius | September 14, 2023

We at DNDA are celebrating another successful and enriching experience with our Summer Youth Program (SYP). SYP offered expansive art, recreational, and educational programming at no cost to families living in the Seattle Housing Authority housing sites in the High Point, NewHolly, and Rainier Vista neighborhoods.  Longtime favorites such as cooking, soccer, EcoArts in the…

A Walk in the Woods with Spring Nature Camp

By Nature Team | May 25, 2023

The EcoArts Fusion Spring Camp put on this spring by DNDA was a week full of creativity, exploration, and collaboration at the beautiful Camp Long. For years, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association has offered a free spring camp focused on outdoor activities for youth from the High Point neighborhood. We are grateful to all the families,…