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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Affordable Housing Units

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Low-Income Residents Served

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

Photo of pearly everlasting.

Plant Profile: Sunshine brings pearly everlasting

Photo of pearly everlasting. Every summer, people from all around the Pacific Northwest travel to Washington...

NEIGHBORHOOD

Bandit Theater’s “Mad Science” crew at a past performance. Photo by Bandit Theater.

Nurturing Our Neighborhoods: Bandit Theater bringing improv to communities

Bandit Theater’s “Mad Science” crew at a past performance. Photo by Bandit Theater. There are countless...