Updated March 1st, 2025 ## Interested in having The Art Garage at your event? Fill out our Event inquiry form [HERE](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWB9vfmJwdUpLy_uqeW8gZhFMFC4x45v-pQ5hngg-7d4rpDg/viewform) to bring the magic of creativity to your event, festival, or fair! ### Upcoming * Teens Take The Art Garage!, **March 15th, 2025, 4pm-6pm** (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207) * Experience the arts and connect with creative community at our biggest Teens Take The Art Garage event yet!! Join us for a FREE drop-in event featuring live, interactive activities including large-scale zen gardening with The Art Garage Guest Artist [Jasmine Dillavou](https://www.jasminedillavou.com/), drama with [Roaming Gnome Theater](https://www.roaminggnometheatre.com/), dance with [Park Hill Dance Academy](https://www.parkhilldance.com/), writing activities with [Art from Ashes](https://artfromashes.org/), printmaking with one of The Art Garage's fabulous teen volunteers, and instrument experimentation with [Payton Lee Perez](https://www.instagram.com/paytonleeperez/); plus get free beverages from [DIRT Coffee at Mosaic Campus](https://www.dirtcoffee.org/parkhill), free pizza from [Oblio's](https://oblios.com/), and win prizes with drawings every half hour!! This event is sponsored by [Colorado Health Foundation](https://coloradohealth.org/). * 24th Annual Center for African American Health’s [Health Expo](https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/alzheimer/get-involved/events/2025/03/29/events-calendar/24th-annual-center-for-african-american-health-s-health-expo), **Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9 am–2 pm** (3203 Quebec St, Denver, CO 80207) ### Save the Date * DPS Pride Fest at George Washington High School, **Saturday, April 5, 2025**, **1pm-5pm** (655 S Monaco St Pkwy, Denver, CO 80224) * Laradon Art Show at The People's Building, **Thursday, April 17, 2025, 10am-1pm** (9995 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80010) * A culmination of art-making from September 2024 to April 2025 with adults and seniors with intellectual and developmental disabilities at [Laradon](https://laradon.org/) - art will be for sale so please stop by and support these incredible artists! * Teen Night at [The Center on Colfax](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/), **Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 5-6:30pm** (1301 E Colfax Ave, 80218) * Open-studio-style drop-in art making for LGBTQIA youth * [Hope Beyond Limits Symposium](https://limbpreservation.org/symposium/) with the Limb Preservation Foundation, **Friday, April 25, 2025, 12-1pm** (Denver Marriott West, 1717 Denver West Marriott Blvd, Golden, CO) * Plus see The Art Garage's incredible instructor Joy Giles on the _Art & Expression: Unlocking Emotional Freedom Through Creativity_ Panel from 9:30am-10:30am! * [Future Fest](https://civiccenterpark.org/event/future-fest/) at Civic Center Park, **Saturday, April 26, 2025, 11am-5pm** (101 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 80202) * [**Park Hill 4th of July Parade**](http://www.parkhillparade.com/)<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"> **Friday**, </span>**July 4, 2025**<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"> (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207)</span> * Our staff and students marched in the parade with a student-made, Colorado-themed float and the community joined us at The Art Garage for free art activities and tie-dyeing! ### Past * Teen Night at [The Center on Colfax](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/), **Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 5-6:30pm** (1301 E Colfax Ave, 80218) * Open-studio-style drop-in art making for LGBTQIA youth * [Peace Day](https://conifer.jeffcopublicschools.org/news/news-details/~board/conifer-high-school-news/post/peace-day) at Conifer High School, Friday, **February 7, 2025, Workshops from 10:05-11:05am and 11:10am-12:10pm** (10441 County Hwy 73, Conifer, CO 80433 * [Savio House](https://www.saviohouse.org/) Board Event (live mural making!), **Saturday, January 25, 2025, 2025** * Live Mosaic mural making with [Jewish Life Center](https://www.chabaddenvernorth.com/), Sunday, December 15th, 1-3pm (Stanley Marketplace, <span class="colour" style="color:rgb(71, 71, 71)">2501 Dallas St, Aurora, CO 80010)</span> * [HoliGay](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/event/holigay/) at [The Center on Colfax](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/), **Saturday, December 14, 2024, 12-3pm** (1301 E Colfax Ave, 80218) * Teen Night at [The Center on Colfax](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/), **Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 5-6:30pm** (1301 E Colfax Ave, 80218) * Open-studio-style drop-in art making for LGBTQIA youth * Healthy Beginnings event with the Denver Office of Children's Affairs, **November 16, 2024, 2024, 9am-2pm** (7575 E Hampden Ave. Denver 80231) * Community Resource Fair at DSST: Montview Middle School, **Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 6-7:30pm** (2000 Valentia St, 80238) * [Fuel Your Creativity Fundraiser](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-garage-fuel-your-creativity-fundraiser-tickets-1003046397777?aff=ebdsoporgprofile), **November 1, 2024, 5:30pm-8:30pm** (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207) * This adults-only, in-person event featured interactive creative stations, dinner, cocktails, and opportunities to connect with friends and community members. Thank you to our sponsors 1st Bank, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Tivoli Brewing, and everyone who came, helped raise money to fund our [Mission](https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/99), and supported our incredibly creative community! * Halloween Hootenanny, **October 31, 2024, 5pm-7pm** (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207 * Come in costume for treats and free art activities for families and join us from 5-5:30pm for a FREE slime-making class with 9-year-old Art Garage student, Yuna Clark! * Teen Night at [The Center on Colfax](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/), **Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 5-6:30pm** (1301 E Colfax Ave, 80218) * Open-studio-style drop-in art making for LGBTQIA youth * [CAP (Colorado Afterschool Partnership)](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.coloradoafterschoolpartnership.org/about-us/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1732673816534523&usg=AOvVaw3E7Ed1o5uPJITaQBrVn64U) Conference, **Monday and Tuesday, October 28 & 29, 2024, 9am-2pm** (The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, 80003) * [Park Hill Open Studio Tour](https://www.facebook.com/groups/599728343827700) **October 19 and 20, 2024, 10am-5pm** (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207) * Staff will be showing and selling their art all weekend as a part of this annual event where Park Hill artists open up their home studios for tours, shopping, and more! * [Park Hill Home Tour and Street Fair](https://parkhillhometour.org/), **September 29, 2024, 2024, 11am-5pm** (On the Forest Parkway greenway between 19th and Montview) * Teen Night at [The Center on Colfax](https://lgbtqcolorado.org/), **Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 5-6:30pm** (1301 E Colfax Ave, 80218) * Open-studio-style drop-in art making for LGBTQIA youth * Trunk or Treat with the [Vickers Boys and Girls Club](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bgcmd.org/clubs/vickers/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1732648550391331&usg=AOvVaw31rn2tt1hM2vTSDmu1SMYa), **Friday, October 4, 2024, 2024**, 4-7pm (3333 Holly St, 80207) * Teens Take The Art Garage\*\*\, September 21\, 2024\, 4pm\-6pm\*\* \(The Art Garage\, 6100 E 23rd Ave\, Denver\, 80207\) * A FREE drop-in event featuring snacks, prizes, jewelry-making, and art trading card stations led by [The Art Garage](https://www.instagram.com/artgaragedenver/), Drama/acting activities with [Mile High Youth Theater](https://www.instagram.com/milehighyouththeatre/), ballet with [CM Dance](https://www.instagram.com/communitymindeddance/), writing activities with [Art from Ashes](https://www.instagram.com/afaphoenix/), and culinary plating with [Silvino](https://www.instagram.com/vino_sancho/)! * [**Sunnyside Music Festival**](https://www.sunnysidemusicfest.org/)<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)">, </span>**Sept 14, 2024, 12-5pm**<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"> (Chaffee Park, Denver, 80211)</span> * [Platte Forum Arts and Community Fair](https://platteforum.org/events/arts-and-community-fair) **August 4, 2024, 2pm-6pm** (Mestizo-Curtis Park, 80205) * [First Friday Art Walk on Santa Fe](https://denversartdistrict.org/first-friday) **August 2, 2024, 5pm-11pm** (Northeast Side of Santa Fe Dr between 8th & 9th) * [**Veg Fest**](https://www.vegfestco.com/) **July 27-28, 2024** (Auraria Campus, Denver, 80204) * We made artistic fruit and veggie bowls with festival-goers! * [**Colorado Black Arts Festival**](https://colbaf.org/) **July 12-14, 2024** (City Park West, Denver, 80205) * We made butterflies and phoenixes out of recycled materials in the Children's Pavilion! * [**Park Hill 4th of July Parade**](http://www.parkhillparade.com/)<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"> </span>**July 4, 2024**<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85)"> (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207)</span> * Our staff and students marched in the parade with a student-made, ocean-themed float and the community joined us at The Art Garage for free art activities and tie-dyeing! * Teens Take The Art Garage, **June 29, 2024, 4pm-6pm** (The Art Garage, 6100 E 23rd Ave, Denver, 80207) * CM Dance did a ballet demonstration, Art from Ashes did writing prompts, and we provided button making and printmaking stations! * [**Denver PRIDE**](https://denverpride.org/) **June 22-23, 2024** (Civic Center Park, Denver, 80204) * We made buttons and fancy sunglasses with festival-goers in the Family Area! * [**DIG Deep**](https://www.dirtcoffee.org/events/2024/6/8/dig-deep) with DIRT Coffee Bar, **June 8, 2024** (5767 S Rapp St, Littleton, 80120) * [**First Fridays in 40 West Arts**](https://40westarts.org/first-friday) **on June 7, 2024** * [**First Fridays in 40 West Arts**](https://40westarts.org/first-friday) **on May 3, 2024** * East HS Arts Walk, **May 2, 2024** (<span class="colour" style="color:rgb(32, 33, 36)">1600 City Park Esplanade, Denver, 80206)</span>