Art Blog
Summer Youth Program 2020: Intern with Us or Sign-Up for Classes!
Virtual Summer Classes: SYP 2020 As the Summer approaches, we are thrilled to offer once again the SHA Summer Youth Program! This year, all classes will be held virtually, with many supplies provided for participants. We welcome kids who live in the High Point, NewHolly, and Rainier Vista neighborhoods to join us for a summer…
Connecting Through Virtual Art Programs: The DNDA Art Challenge
Create, create, otherwise we are lost. This statement is inspired by choreographer Pina Bausch’s most famous quote “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.” In an unprecedented time, this sentiment changes in meaning. To create during adversity is a means of persisting. To create now is a means of reflecting on the past so we…
FREE Adult Art Classes with Rae Akino
We are excited to announce that Rae Akino is BACK to teach a special edition virtual class on Zoom. WE the PEOPLE will take place on Juneteenth (6/19), and will be a safe space for emotional expression, and mourning and honoring the precious Black lives taken by state violence. To participate, please fill out the…
Art for the People and the Planet
Art for the People and the Planet: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service To honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., DNDA with United Way hosted a day of service at Pigeon Point Park—a green space embedded in the Delridge Neighborhoods. Volunteers signed up for a day of forest restoration*, but little did they know that the EcoArts program in partnership with the Nature Consortium had crafted…
A *Flurry* of Holiday Crafts at Croft
It’s almost the end of 2019—and what better way to celebrate than with a series of holiday craft-making classes! To round out this year’s programming at Croft Place Townhomes, teaching artist Molly Duttry and the EcoArts Program Coordinator Madison Bristol facilitated art classes centered around the season, which included canvas painting, block printing cards of gratitude, making…
Meet DNDA’s EcoArts Program Coordinator!
Imagine you are in a forest grove underneath a tunnel of intertwining branches. The afternoon light is trickling in through the leaves, highlighting the forest bed—if this autumn had been any wetter, this clearing could in fact be a stream. Now, insert children’s laughter, tables full of art supplies, cut-out paper salmon, and an atmosphere…