With support from the California Arts Council, Attitudinal Healing Connection will provide a hands-on, year-long unit on environmental sustainability and fashion, exploring surface pattern design, screen printing, and merchandising with ~60 middle school students in three science and art integration classes at West Oakland Middle School.
ARTESTEEM
High-quality during and after school arts integrated visual and cultural arts education programming for 2,500 children and youth annually in under-resourced Oakland public schools.
Projects include:
*Oakland Legacy Project
Culturally relevant arts integration program implemented through ArtEsteem’s during and after school sites that emphasizes environmentally focused STEAM and leadership curriculum for Oakland youth.
*ArtMobile
The ArtEsteem ArtMobile is a one-of-a-kind custom built mobile trailer constructed for the sole purpose of enhancing school-site and community events with unique art activities for all ages.
*Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project
The OSHMP cultivates, educates, and engages West Oakland youth in addressing community issues through the power of public art with a process of design and installation, resulting in four (soon to be five) large-scale murals in Oakland’s I-580 freeway underpasses, and a collection of community-informed murals around Oakland’s schools and neighborhoods.
*Professional Development
ArtEsteem PD workshops train teachers on arts integrated methodology to develop culturally, environmentally, and thematically relevant lessons and engage students in creative, hands-on art practice.
*COMMUNITY BUILDING
ArtEsteem engages the local community through the annual ArtEsteem Exhibition, ArtMobile collaborations with Bay Area schools and organizations, and more.