Downtown Aurora Visual Arts
To engage diverse youth in meaningful arts education that sparks creativity, increases opportunity, and strengthens community.
About Downtown Aurora Visual Arts
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA) is a nonprofit community art center in Aurora, Colorado that offers free, year-round visual arts programming for children and teens (ages 3–18) and public gallery exhibitions that showcase student and regional artist work.
DAVA operates multiple core programs—including Family Arts, Open Studio, Job Training in Arts & Technology, and Creative Action by Teens—while also partnering with local schools and community events through outreach and a Traveling Art School. The organization maintains studio and digital media facilities after a major renovation and continues to present seasonal exhibitions and community events.
Notable achievements
National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award (2014)
Recognized nationally for excellence in youth arts programming and workforce-readiness education; a notable milestone that underscores DAVA’s long-term impact.
Facility renovation and digital media lab (post-2016)
Completed a renovation that added a digital media lab and upgraded studios, enabling expanded technology-forward programming and higher-capacity exhibitions.
Organizational scale in 2023
Maintained nonprofit operations at a mid-size scale, with annual revenue and asset levels consistent with sustaining year-round free programming and outreach to hundreds of youth.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $1.8M
- Annual revenue
- $695K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 84-1234219
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Website
- www.davarts.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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