As seniors at Animas High School, we spend much of our time working on a senior year action project. For our project, we decided to put on an arts festival to connect the Durango community and raise money for youth access to the arts.

We will share our love for the arts through music, dance, and theater performances as well as visual arts exhibitions. There will be food trucks for refreshments, and an interactive art booth for children. We will be donating our proceeds to two organizations, The Genesis Inspiration Foundation- a nonprofit organization founded in 2018 with a mission to connect youth to the transformative power of the arts- as well as Durango Friends of the Arts- an all-volunteer organization raising funds for projects and programs whose goals provide educational and cultural benefits to the people of the greater Durango area. We will connect student artists from a range of art institutions locally, including Stillwater Music, iamMusic, and Prickly Pear Dance, with local and regional performing artists in an effort to join organizations and art forms in the area. This celebration will not only bring Durango citizens together, but will also provide a platform to help under-resourced youth access the arts both locally and in our nation. One hundred percent of our proceeds will be divided between the two organizations and donated.