Integrating Art, Nature, and Neighborhood to build and sustain a dynamic Delridge.

DNDA collaborates with local creatives and organizers to develop projects that engage young and diverse communities.  Many of these programs are held at DNDA's historic Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, which houses an alternative high school, nonprofit offices, affordable room rental rates, and 36 affordable live-work spaces for artists of all disciplines.

DNDA also supports integrative art programming through the EcoArts Program and the Arts In Nature Festival.

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Youth-Created EcoArts Projects

DNDA is committed to restoring, preserving, and protecting our natural habitat by developing community stewards.

Our Urban Forest Restoration Program works with volunteers at more than 10 parks in West Seattle, and our Delridge Wetland Park improves the local watershed while providing an outdoor classroom for youth environmental science lessons.

 

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Square Feet Cleared of Invasive Species at Delridge Wetland Park

DNDA provides affordable housing for local artists and low-income families at seven properties in the Delridge corridor. All of our housing options are less expensive than for-profit buildings so that families with lower incomes can always live in Delridge.

Our Let's Talk Race Series challenged institutional racism and foster a culture of belonging and respect by connecting community organizations and individuals through film, dialogue, storytelling and restorative justice.

 

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DNDA NEWS

ART

Watercolor Classes Reflection Blog Post Feature Image

How DNDA’s watercolor classes build community through creativity

One of the first watercolor classes in October 2023 filled with attendees. Room 102 at Youngstown...

NATURE

Co-executive directors of DNDA posing with mascot Buoy. Photo by photographer Jamison A. Johnson.

More than 150 Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena staff volunteered to restore Camp Long

Mesha Florentino, co-executive director of DNDA, walking with Buoy the sea troll, mascot of the Seattle...

NEIGHBORHOOD

Claudia Villalobos setting up an Art Outside booth with festivities behind her for the Lowrider Block Party by The Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery in White Center. Photo by LouBaba Boury.

Nurturing Our Neighborhoods: Seattle Paint Party making art accessible for all

Claudia Villalobos setting up an Art Outside booth with festivities behind her for the Lowrider Block...