About Us

The Community Rejuvenation Project has emerged as one of the most prolific mural arts organizations in the East Bay, painting more than 100 murals since 2010. During that time, CRP has consistently broken new ground in aerosol traditions through innovative applications of media and collaborating with a diverse set of visual artists. Additionally, CRP’s mural work has led it to become a “pavement to policy” organization helping to develop new policy around blight mitigation and abatement strategies, and promote holistic community development centered around public murals, in partnership with community organizations, schools, businesses, and municipalities.

Mission

CRP is a pavement to policy organization that cultivates healthy communities through public art, beautification, education & celebration. We achieve this mission through experiential programs that promote professional development, artistic and cultural expression, and community empowerment.

Methodology

Founded in 2005, CRP is a mural arts organization based in Oakland. CRP cultivates healthy communities through public art, beautification, education & celebration. We achieve this mission through experiential programs that promote professional development, artistic and cultural expression, and community empowerment. As a pavement to policy organization, CRP develops and implements best practices around public art policy through strategy-based, on-the-ground experience in urban communities. Over the past twelve years, the collective has painted more than 200 murals throughout the Bay Area. In the process, CRP has developed an innovative and effective model for community engagement by incorporating multimedia and documentary filmmaking into its approach.

Staff

Desi Mundo, Executive Director

Desi Mundo is the founder of the Community Rejuvenation Project. Over the past eleven years, under his direction, CRP has produced more than 250 murals, primarily in the Bay Area as well as Chicago, Albuquerque, and Bologna, Italy. As an artist, he has collaborated with influential aerosol artists such as ZORE, P.H.A.S.E.2, VULCAN, and Lavie Raven. Desi has a long history of community organizing and public art advocacy. He received the “Rising Leaders” Fellowship from the Youth Leadership Institute in 2005 and has been awarded the Individual Artist grant from the City of Oakland eight times. Desi was selected to be a cultural diplomat to Egypt through the Next Level program at the end of 2017. He has worked with numerous non-profit and community organizations, such as United Roots, Planting Justice, and Phat Beetz, forming lasting partnerships and powerful alliances. He sits on the Technical Advisory Council for Urban Tilth’s North Richmond Farm and the Advisory Council for the Youth Media Project. Desi also has a long history as an educator and youth worker in K-12 schools, such as Oakland Unity High School, ARISE, Calvin Simmons, and Community Day School in Oakland for the past 16 years. He has been recognized with a “Best of the Bay” Award by the East Bay Express for his monthly youth art series, the “Weekend Wake-Up.”

Vero d. Orozco, Program Director

Vero d. Orozco, a Nicaraguan-American from San Francisco, California, is a versatile visual artist and seasoned art administrator. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master’s degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. With a background in non-profit youth advocacy within the arts, she views her art practice as an indispensable tool for tapping into her inner wisdom and constantly exploring the concept of play by incorporating new ways to capture images. Vero is dedicated to championing thoughtful discussions surrounding knowledge and serves as a catalyst for fostering collaborative conversations about equity within the realm of the arts. She aims to create inclusive spaces where such dialogues can flourish.

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