The stretch of Martin Luther King Way running from West Grand Avenue to 580 Freeway
lies within one of Oakland’s deadliest neighborhoods, appropriately nicknamed
Ghosttown by the local residents.
Ashland Cherryland Garden & Arts Network hosted a day-long event on Saturday to educate locals on the importance of reducing fossil fuel usage as well as introduce them to the future site of a community-driven neighborhood marketplace.
The California Arts Council announces that the Community Rejuvenation Project has received an “Artists in Schools” grant for the 2011-2012 school and fiscal year.
For the past two weeks, CRP Albuquerque artists, Release, Bryan and Tosh, have been participating in the CRP Bay Area Artist in Residency program.
There is a powerful witness to community and the struggle for migrant justice in the form of a massive mural in San Francisco.
A DJ spins cool cumbia-inspired beats under the dim lighting of Oakland’s Layover, as the people sitting on the plush couches are joined by friends.
Refa’s experience is paralleled by that of graffiti artist Desi, whose nonprofit organization, Community Rejuvenation Project, has created a series of murals—both commissioned and illegal— promoting peace and nonviolence in high-crime areas throughout West and East Oakland.
Before another contingent of the Caravan for Peace set off for Mexico, its first stop was in Watsonville. CRP artists meet the activists at the Watsonville Brown Beret Bike Shack early Sunday morning.
Fremont Federation’s cafeteria is not only for food but also for art, thanks to the Community Rejuvenation Project, an Oakland-based organization who seek to improve urban neighborhoods through art.
North Oakland Neighbors are encouraged to join Oakland’s Phat Beets Produce and the Dover St. Neighborhood Group Wednesday, June 8th at the Oakland Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC) to support the nation’s first clinic based community orchard and garden.
