Art Blog

There are plenty of moms out there feeling the pressure of trying to be everything to everyone. Overwhelmed with work, kids and household tasks; sometimes Mom just needs a little support. Local moms are finding that support and getting active through West Seattle’s FIT4MOM. They offer two programs, Stroller Strides, where baby accompanies Mom to…

It has taken me a while to put my reflections of the Delridge Mural Project into writing, both because I have been busy catching up on the things left undone while I was helping run the project, and because it is impossible to encapsulate the experience into words.  But here goes… The creation of the…

You may have noticed a new face in the office… Please help us in welcoming Mayetis Dawson to Youngstown’s staff. Mayetis joined Youngstown as the new Events Manager in September. A recent Seattle addition, Mayetis is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and comes to Seattle after having spent a year in Barcelona, Spain as a…

Earlier this month, DNDA and Youngstown launched the final phase of the Delridge Mural Project, inviting youth participants to work alongside professional teaching artists to design and create a large public mural across from the Delridge Skate Park. We are now midway through the program and participants have already taken great strides in the creation…

Last Wednesday, June 25th, I attended the Totem Star Open Mic Solstice Celebration, not really sure what to expect of the evening. I work at Youngstown during the day, and had heard snippets of students’ rehearsals, but had no idea what the performances would be like. As it turned out, the variety of genres was…

Kelli Frances Corrado is a dark-folktronica singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and occasional visual artist who you will find frequenting the halls of Youngstown on an almost daily basis. Kelli teaches music classes to students of all ages, including lessons in guitar, vocals, and songwriting, and holds many of her lessons here at Youngstown. As she puts it,…