Denver City Park West

Colorado Black Arts Festival proudly presents its 33rd annual celebration of African American art and culture.  A Colorado experience like no other in historic Denver City Park West. The theme is “Inner Vision-Outer Vision” – a concept that implies the experience of African-American culture through sound and visual self-awareness. Traditionally, the Colorado Black Arts Festival has been anchored by a very strong gospel performance component that infuses a powerful spiritual and emotional energy into the event.  As in previous years,…

The Denver Black Arts Festival (DBAF) had its humble beginnings in 1986 when a small contingent of artists and art lovers recognized the lack of opportunities for Black visual and performing artists in the Denver Metro area. Prevailing inequities at the time threatened the survival of these artists, who were compelled to share their art with the community. Limited opportunities and recognition prompted the artists to act, believing that the cultural beauty inherent in their ideas, movements, words, voices, and…

The Denver Black Arts Festival (DBAF) had its humble beginnings in 1986 when a small contingent of artists and art lovers recognized the lack of opportunities for Black visual and performing artists in the Denver Metro area. Prevailing inequities at the time threatened the survival of these artists, who were compelled to share their art with the community. Limited opportunities and recognition prompted the artists to act, believing that the cultural beauty inherent in their ideas, movements, words, voices, and…

The Denver Black Arts Festival (DBAF) had its humble beginnings in 1986 when a small contingent of artists and art lovers recognized the lack of opportunities for Black visual and performing artists in the Denver Metro area. Prevailing inequities at the time threatened the survival of these artists, who were compelled to share their art with the community. Limited opportunities and recognition prompted the artists to act, believing that the cultural beauty inherent in their ideas, movements, words, voices, and…