Register for EcoArts Fusion Spring Nature Camp!
EcoArts Fusion Spring Nature Camp Camp Long 5200 35th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126 Monday to Friday, April 10th – 14th, 2023 Registration Form Have more than two students in your family to enroll? Submit another copy of this page to add additional students. [gravityform id=”32″ title=”true” description=”true”]
The Shapes of Our Community Art Show
Come celebrate our artists at DNDA’s newest Art Show: Shapes of Our Community, Wednesday, November 16, 6-8pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center’s Promenade Gallery! DNDA is excited to announce The Shapes of Our Community Art Show, featuring artworks from queer and LGBTQIA+ artists that conveys the shapes and emotions of community. Specifically, this art […]
Oceans: The Type of Way Oceans Make Ismahan Feel
Note: This post was produced in 2022 by a participant in DNDA’s Summer Youth Program writing workshop led by Beverly Aarons. Author: Ismahan S. The ocean is a place where people go to enjoy themselves. People usually go to the beach to do activities such as swimming, running, having a party, going fishing, surfing, scuba […]
Beverly Aarons’ Story With Writing
Note: This post was produced in 2022 by a participant in DNDA’s Summer Youth Program writing workshop led by instructor Beverly Aarons. Beverly Aarons loves to write, her passion for writing started out as her telling stories in the third grade. She said she really enjoyed telling her classmates stories about things that weren’t […]
Cayni’s Goals and Aspirations – Her Story
Note: This post was produced in 2022 by a participant in DNDA’s Summer Youth Program writing workshop led by Beverly Aarons. Author: Fadumo A. Her name is Cayni and she’s going into 11th grade this September. She plans on graduating high school and going to college. Where do you ask? The University of Washington (UW). […]
Exposing Culture: A Form of Cyberbullying
Note: This post was produced in 2022 by a participant in DNDA’s Summer Youth Program writing workshop led by Beverly Aarons. Author: Dreamy B. If you’re an adult and you were in a room of teenagers and you pulled out a phone to take a picture, more than half of them would duck, cover their […]
My Mom’s Traveling Experience and Why I’m Jealous of Her stories
Note: This post was produced in 2022 by a participant in DNDA’s Summer Youth Program writing workshop led by Beverly Aarons. Author: Dimples D. I always wanted to travel to so many places in the future. Hearing about my mom’s travel stories was exciting. She has traveled to the states of Hawaii and California. She […]
Fadumo’s Dream Getaway
Note: This post was produced in 2022 by a participant in DNDA’s Summer Youth Program writing workshop led by Beverly Aarons. Author: Cayni M. Fadumo will enter her senior year this September. Like most other seniors, Fadumo has been thinking a lot about her future and what she would like to do with her life. […]
A Look Back on our Arts in Nature STEAM Program
We recently finished reporting on all the work we did with 3rd-5th grade students over the last year, and here are some highlights! 3rd to 5th grade students from Louisa Boren K-8 STEM School created a variety of projects that connected to classroom- and field-based ecological and ethnobotanical lessons. This program was part of the […]
EcoArts Spring Camp Successes

Back in person for the first time since 2019, DNDA’s Spring Camp offered a variety of programs that encouraged youth to engage with the natural environment at West Seattle’s Camp Long through restoration and education, creating art, and enjoying outdoor activities in the company of their peers. The 12 youth who participated are High Point […]