Where Art Lives: Youth Art Program

Exhibition Run: August 2016

Young neighborhood artists have designed street art that would benefit their community. The works reveal what the city will look like when they are in charge. Young artists from three local programs, United Playaz, Boys & Girls Club, and Glide, worked with teaching artists from the Where Art Lives program to develop their own ideas for how to decorate their community. For the month of August the Tenderloin Museum Store showcased the creative visions of these young adolescents.

For several years now, Where Art Lives has connected experienced artists with 4th-6th grade students to teach art skills and discuss the difference between public art and illegal vandalism. This year, participating students will be asked to collectively envision how San Francisco will look when today’s adolescents are running things. What images would they like to see on the walls in their neighborhoods?

Where Art Lives is of the Department of Public Works and the San Francisco Arts Commission to educate youth in San Francisco about issues around graffiti, vandalism, and public art.
http://www.sfartscommission.org/CAE/arts-education/where-art-lives/