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Delridge Business Safety Meeting
What steps can you take to protect your customers, employees, and the greater community at large? Join DNDA Thursday, October 4, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center – Room 111: Jake Hellenkamp of Seattle Neighborhood Group will walk business owners and community members through proven strategies that deter crimes and…
RECAP: Arts in Nature Festival
When Art, Nature and Neighborhood converge, beautiful moments happen. The 19th annual Arts in Nature Festival has come and gone, but not without offering a treasured memory of a weekend-long community celebration in such a unique space in our city. Following the theme of convergence— the act of meeting at a common point– artists and…
SYP Year 2 – Bigger & Better!
From early July to late August DNDA hosted the annual Summer Youth Program at High Point and NewHolly. SYP is a DNDA neighborhood-based project that provide underserved youth access to various summer activities inaccessible to families residing in underserved communities. Designed by Yeggy Michael, DNDA’s Arts Program Director, the program provides youth access to over 15…
Race Series: Nurturing the Environment and Food Access RECAP
On Saturday, June 16, about 60 community members gathered at West Seattle’s beautiful Camp Long for DNDA’s 5th event of the Let’s Talk Race Series: Nurturing the Environment and Food Access. The day began as guests walked through a timeline path that demonstrated how colonialism, slavery, the Doctrine of Discovery, and other historic events have…
More edible nature in Seattle: Thimbleberry edition
Note: We recently re-posted a blog item from 2011 about the native and edible salmonberry. The popularity of that post gave us the idea to do similar profiles for many of the common native plants, edible or not, that we use in our restoration program. Today is Part 2 of that effort, profiling thimbleberry. The headlines…
Edible nature in Seattle’s forests: Salmonberries are here!
Note: Even after seven years, one of the most popular blog posts we’ve ever written continues to be this one about the native (and delicious) salmonberry. It’s nearly salmonberry season again so we’re reposting it today. Get out there and enjoy these native treats! -The Restoration Team The salmonberries in the greenbelt are nearly ripe…
ANNOUNCING THE 2018 ARTS IN NATURE FESTIVAL AT CAMP LONG
DNDA proudly presents the 19th Annual Arts in Nature Festival at Camp Long in West Seattle! The 19th Annual Arts in Nature Festival August 25th & 26th at Camp Long will feature art, nature, and neighborhood. The theme for artist presentation is “Convergence”. Artists and audience members are encouraged to engage in active participation with each other, other art disciplines, and with the…
Now Hiring: Environmental Engagement Coordinator
We are excited to announce that we’re expanding the staff of our Restoration Program to include an Environmental Engagement Coordinator. This full-time position includes performing volunteer outreach, recruitment and coordination as well as conducting volunteer-based forest restoration work parties (this work may include invasive plant removal and installing native plants on project sites). Additionally, the position will…
For Charleena: Amplifying Black Womxn’s Voices
In June 2017, Seattle’s Charleena Lyles’ life was taken by the Seattle Police Department. Almost one year later, we are coming together to honor her memory, and speak back to injustice through art, performance, and word. For Charleena: Amplifying Black Womxn’s Voice is a collaboration between DNDA’s Youngstown Cultural Arts Center and visual artist Wynn Adele, whose inspired artwork, For…