Deep Ellum Foundation

Quick update: Tonight’s Public Safety Meeting has been postponed due to severe weather, including the potential for large hail. We’ll be rescheduling the training with Nurse Nicole Shipp and will share a new date soon. Stay safe tonight, Deep Ellum. We’ll see you in May for the next Public Safety Meeting.

Join us for the next Public Safety Meeting on April 28, 2026. This month, we’re joined by Nicole Shipp, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, Trauma Outreach and Injury Prevention Coordinator with Baylor University Medical Center, leading a hands on Stop the Bleed training focused on real skills that can help save a life. The meeting will be held at Mokah Coffee & Tea. As always, we invite you to be part of the conversation, stay informed, and leave with something that truly matters. 📍2803 Taylor Street | April 28, 2026 | 7pm - 8pm CT

April in Deep Ellum just feels different. It’s louder, more colorful, more alive. This is Arts Month. From the galleries to the pop up spaces that appear when you least expect them, art is everywhere you look and in everything you feel. The Deep Ellum Art Walk is linked in our bio, your guide to exploring hundreds upon hundreds of murals across the neighborhood. And inside the Deep Ellum Community Center, our latest Behind the Music: 90s exhibit brings the past and present together, honoring the culture that built this place while continuing to inspire what comes next. This weekend, it all comes to life as the Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair returns. Three days. Hundreds of artists. Music, movement, and moments you won’t find anywhere else. Follow @deepellumfair , @deepellum , and @deepellumcommunitycenter for updates all month long and find your own way to celebrate the arts. Deep Ellum is Arts Month. #artsmonth #deepellum #texas

Join us today for a special topic on Youth Engagement with Coach Train, aligned with the Deep Ellum Community Safety Plan 2.0. DPD will also be joining us to share updates and discuss planning for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. 📍 @renoschopshopp | 210 N. Crowdus St

Today we’re introducing Community Safety Plan 2.0, an updated framework built from new data, lessons learned, and continued collaboration between community leaders, businesses, city officials, and law enforcement to advance safety in Deep Ellum and support Dallas' premier entertainment district. The full plan is now available. 🔗 deepellumfoundation.com/communitysafetyplan2026 or link in bio.

Lucky to Love Deep Ellum 🍀 What a morning. Together with an incredible group of volunteers, we collected close to 60 trash bags, removing an estimated 400 pounds of waste from Deep Ellum’s streets and alleys. We are beyond grateful to everyone who showed up and made it happen. A special thank you to @hectoralexguerrero for sparking this movement. When you give back to your community, we all win. Thank you to @cafe_brazil_deepellum for fueling our volunteers with fresh baked pastries, fruit, and that delicious coffee to get the morning started, plus a whole velvet cake that definitely did not last long after lunch. Huge thanks as well to @fibonacciplants for providing every volunteer with a beautifully designed Deep Ellum T shirt. Stop by their shop anytime to grab a plant, pick up a shirt, or simply say hello and let them know you appreciate them like we do. Special thanks to Rob and David from the @deepellumfoundation maintenance team, who work hard to keep these streets clean every single day. They helped drive around and collect bags as volunteers filled them up across the neighborhood. We also want to thank the Deep Ellum Safe team for helping us move around the district, distribute water, and keep everyone stocked with extra gloves and bags throughout the cleanup. And last but not least, thank you to @angrydogdallas for making room for about 30 very hungry volunteers to gather for lunch afterwards. Thanks to @deepellumchebafam for allowing volunteers to use your restrooms and offering refreshments. We do not know exactly when we will do this again, but we have a feeling it will be soon. Stay tuned. And hey, the next time you are in Deep Ellum, maybe consider picking up a piece of trash along the way. A clean city is a thriving city. We are forever lucky to love Deep Ellum. Hector will have the full recap up soon. Hit that follow!

We’re excited to announce the opening of Behind the Music: 90s. Join us as we take a step back to a time when Deep Ellum nights were fueled by live music, packed rooms, and flyers taped to every corner of the neighborhood. We hope you’ll stop by and let us transport you back to one of the most electric eras in Deep Ellum’s history. Now Open | Wed - Sun | Noon-7pm. 📍 Deep Ellum Community Center 2528 Elm Street, Suite A | Dallas TX

Foundation Focus. Artist Spotlight. Mesbelle | Mesbelle Gallery | 📍2820 Main St. The Pop Up Gallery Initiative began with one artist transforming a space. Mesbelle transformed it into a destination. Her gallery became a global exchange, bringing in artists from Mexico City and beyond, creating a space rooted in culture, design, and collaboration. With the steady support of her parents, Mesbelle transformed the space from a vacant storefront into a vibrant, fully realized gallery and showroom. Her mother is often right by her side, keeping up with the artists, helping with sales, and yes, possibly serving the homemade flautas you catch at one of her daughter’s openings, all while being the proud mom of a young, thriving creative. Her father, a contractor by trade, supports the vision from the ground up, helping shape the physical space and bonding with Mesbelle over their shared foundation in design and architecture, the very field she recently earned her degree in. This is more than a gallery. It is a family built vision. A reminder that success is rarely solo, and that the strongest teams are often the ones that begin at home. Mesbelle's Gallery blends visual art, interior design, and architectural storytelling, honoring Deep Ellum’s historic roots while adding new layers through a latina lens. This is what the initiative has become. Global voices. Local investment. Art that builds community. Learn more at deepellumtexas.com/popupgalleries 📷: Photos courtesy of @d9photos

Our ED may be out… but the food reports keep coming. Easy Slider at the new location. Same neighborhood energy. New chapter. 📍3905 Eastside Ave, Dallas, TX 75226

Before cell phones. Before the feed. Before influencers. We had this. Trees. Club Dada. Lizard Lounge. March 13 | Behind the Music: 90s Opening 4PM to 7PM Deep Ellum Community Center Save the date. Photo Credits Club Dada image courtesy Steve Watkins Lizard Lounge image courtesy Hansel Von Quenzer Trees image courtesy Scott Dorn On display at the Deep Ellum Community Center March 13 through June 2026 👉 deepelluminfo.com or link in bio #DeepEllum #DeepEllumDallas #BehindtheMusic #90s

Our ED is still out… but her food pics? Still delivering. Here she is enjoying Good Side Pizza with the management team. Conversations. Collaboration. And really good food.

Public Safety Meeting reminder. Happening tomorrow. We hope to see you there.