Alice Street Mural Project A Big Hit With Local Media Outlets
photo by Eric K. Arnold/EKAphotography Recently, CRP pulled off a pretty cool feat: within the course of ten days, the Alice Street Mural Project received media hits from the Mercury News , Oakland...
View ArticleThe Privatization of Public Art
This CRP mural in Old Oakland honors the workers of Local 20 Last November, then-Councilmember Libby Schaff proposed a new ordinance which required a percentage of new development–.5% for residential...
View ArticleAlice St Mural Project Phase II Underway
Following an eight-month delay, Oakland-based muralist organization the Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP) has begun work on Phase II of the Alice St. Mural Project. On April 3rd 2015, a contract...
View ArticleOakland Tribune Reports: City Council Has Only Spent a Fraction of Abatement...
The Alice St Mural replaced a wall blighted by taggers As CRP previously reported , Councilmember Desley Brooks (D6) is on record as telling KPFA’s Davey D, “Neighborhoods in West Oakland and East...
View ArticleDevelopers Vs. Art (Op/Ed)
Diamano Coura perform at the Alice St. Mural dedication block party This past July, the Building Industry Association of the Bay Area (BIA) – a developer’s club, whose members includes realtors,...
View ArticleAbatement Alternatives: Why Oakland Needs a Mural Program (Part One)
Perhaps the highest level of praise a mural organization could receive is from a city abatement worker, who by his own estimation has been covering up graffiti for “eight hours a day, five days a week”...
View ArticleOakland’s Public Art Ordinance Upheld
CRP’s “The Universal Language” exemplified the connection between public art, culture, and community. If you’ve been in and around downtown Oakland recently, you may have noticed the area has become...
View ArticleReevaluating the State of the Arts in Oakland
Creative equity solutions require more than sticky notes. (photo : Eric K. Arnold, courtesy of EQTDTO) Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Department (CAD) is severely underfunded and understaffed. According...
View ArticlePhase 2: Respect the Architect
Classic Phase 2 flyer from the 1980s. In terms of cultural impact, Phase 2 lands as a juxtaposition of two legendary Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) luminaries: Imhotep — the architect of the step pyramid...
View ArticleDesi Mundo Breaks Down the 360 Mural
The Community Rejuvenation Project’s highly-anticipated collaboration with The Greenlining Institute, the “360 Mural,” has completed its community input and design review phases. Now it’s on to the...
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