Denver Commission on Aging Neighborhood Memory Project

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EDI Arts & Culture Fund

PAST PROJECTS

2022 Projects

  • Athena Project LatinX outreach 
  • Disability History and Pride mural and peer support program 
  • Auntie's Closet regalia library 
  • Authentic Creations Artistic Apothecary 
  • Black Pearl Entertainment "A Collection of Beauty" fashion show 
  • Child of this Culture Foundation Passport to Hip Hop workshop series 
  • Una Noche Latina Project 
  • Colorado Dragon Boat Festival 
  • Colorado Village Collaborative Safe Outdoor Spaces 
  • Words to Power poetry workshops and publication 
  • Creative Integration Initiative gender inclusive restroom signage 
  • Denver Queer Havurah Shabbat potluck 
  • Denver Salsa Bachata Congress 
  • Denver Startup Week BIPOC Pitch Competition 
  • By Any Dream Necessary visual mixtape series 
  • Dyketopia monthly queer comedy variety show 
  • Far East Center Little Saigon Denver 3D structure 
  • Bubbling Up social justice healing art project 
  • Greater Denver CARES- The Rising 
  • Denver Principles Flags project 
  • Muertos en Westwood 
  • In Lak'ech Denver Arts Frida Kahlo: A Celebration of Life and Resistance, and the Mikailhuitl Festival 
  • Innervision inclusive children storytelling hour, "The Clone Show" and Jewish music, history and culture podcast 
  • Indigenous Voices curriculum and educational resources 
  • Kenya Fashaw poetry, theatre, music and fine art collaboration 
  • Little Read Books books-to-prisons program 
  • LuneAseas Duke Ellington's "The Nutcracker" 
  • Make a Chess Move   
  • LGTBQ+ encaustic portrait project 
  • MCA Denver Anti-Hero Film Festival 
  • Uran Biir Art School "Yellow Dreams" youth art contest and workshop 
  • "The Brenda Fix" disability podcast 
  • Moyo Nguvu Cultural Arts Center Viva Brazil Festival community drum and dance workshops 
  • The Community Gathering 
  • New Cottage Arts music and movement bilingual classes 
  • New Cottage Arts Friday Night Teen Program 
  • Ain't No Such Thing as a Good man 
  • disability film script 
  • 48th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival 
  • Samba Colorado Dancetopia 
  • RISE 5280 Historically Black College or University Tour 
  • Sand Creek Greenway art program 
  • 22nd Annual Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Celebration 
  • The Non-Renewed music project 
  • The Red Road quillwork project 
  • Translation safe spaces, workshops, identity discussions, meditation and healing circles, and creative writing groups 

2021 Projects

  • Denver Loves Immigrants mural 
  • Colorado Dragon Boat Festival 
  • historic Chinatown Denver education 
  • Lunar New Year celebration 
  • Denver Women's Chorus #LoveWins 
  • Beam Plus
  • Mosaic art class 
  • Phamaly Theatre "ALICE" IDEAs Dream Case 
  • Colorado Authors Hall of Fame writing workshops for blind and low vision writers 
  • Girl Scouts of Colorado disability workshops 
  • ribbon skirts 
  • Lakota storytelling at Denver Public Library 
  • Colorado Black Arts Movement cultural hub 
  • book scholarships 
  • Design 2 Inspire 
  • Girls Rock Denver 
  • A Little Help 
  • Benefits in Action Academy 
  • Denver Film Young Filmmakers workshops 
  • GALS Denver 
  • INSPiRE superhero stories 
  • Chismes y Cafecito 

2020 Projects

  • Denver Loves Immigrants mural 
  • Annual Lei Day 
  • Japanese Arts Network "ZOTTO" 
  • Mongolian Cultural Center virtual classes 
  • AfroTriangle Designs voting rights graphic novel 
  • Access Gallery graphic design residency 
  • Phamaly Theatre 
  • Sacred Voices/Deadroom Comedy workshops 
  • Lakota Storytelling at Denver Public Library 
  • Colorado Black Arts Movement cultural hub 
  • book scholarships 
  • Girl Fierce 
  • Denver Indian Family Resource Center 
  • The Gathering Place 
  • Birdseed Collective 
  • From Allies to Abolitionists 
  • Spark the Change 
  • Benefits in Action Academy 
  • Denver Indian Center social events with Elders 
  • ArtistCO Dia De Los Muertos educational outreach 
  • Silva Family Foundation backpack program 

2019 Projects

  • Immigrant Heritage Month 
  • Colorado Day of the Dead Fest 
  • Asian Pacific Heritage Month Kite Festival 
  • Balinese Gamelan dance instruction workshops 
  • Mile High Waves Youth Poetry Night 
  • MixdGen Podcast 
  • baoli-inspired art installation 
  • new ADA-friendly restroom signage 
  • Indigenous Pop X 
  • Badwinds Studio comic book design workshop 
  • American Indian Achievement Awards 
  • Annual Elders Dinner 
  • connecting elders to youth through Native American storytelling 
  • Trail Head Wellness Arts & Wellness campaign 
  • book scholarships 
  • Girl Fierce 
  • Denver Indian Family Resource Center 
  • The Gathering Place 
  • Birdseed Collective 
  • From Allies to Abolitionists 
  • Denver Open Media interviews with twelve members of the aging community 
  • Career and Early College of Denver Social Justice Awareness Club documentary 
  • New American School refugee and immigrant panel 
  • La Cultura Cura 
  • Atlantis Community 
  • Phamaly Theatre 
  • Imagine ASL 
  • Access Gallery 
  • Spoke N Motion Dance