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DAVA provides free, high-quality arts programming where young people build creative skills, confidence, and pathways to the future.
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Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA) engages diverse youth in meaningful, high-quality arts education that sparks creativity, increases opportunity, and strengthens community.For more than three decades, DAVA has been a place where young people access exceptional instruction, professional-grade art supplies, and mentorship from innovative teaching artists who believe deeply in youth potential.Today, DAVA is entering a new era. One rooted in listening, relationship-building, and a renewed commitment to artistic excellence. Guided by a refreshed vision, we are deepening our impact while honoring the legacy that has shaped who we are.
DAVA offers a continuum of arts education programs designed to grow with young people from early childhood through high school.
Art of the Revolution
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 18, from 4 to 8 pm, in conjunction with Denim for a Change, a fundraiser for DAVA presented in partnership with Aurora Fashion Week. The exhibition opening in the gallery is free and open to the public. Denim for a Change will take place at the same time in DAVA’s Open Studio and Visual Arts Studio. General admission tickets are $25 and include access to hands-on art stations for sewing, gluing, painting, airbrushing, bleaching, screen printing, block printing, and patch sewing. All supplies are included.
A limited number of upgraded tickets are available for $45 for the first 20 customers. These tickets include exclusive access to DAVA’s Digital Arts Level II Makers Studio, where guests can sample advanced technology in the arts to customize denim using tools such as laser printing, sublimation printing, Cricut machine designs, heat press rhinestone applications, and embroidery machine use. Each upgraded ticket includes up to three selected machine-use options, along with access to all general admission studios, supplies, and activities.This fundraiser supports DAVA's programming. 
