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Civic Design Studio CONNECTING community + culture + creativity

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES to create large-scale public displays, cultural celebrations, neighborhood design initiatives, and CREATIVE INDUSTRY pathways for youth, schools and cities.

Our Four Focus Areas: AFFORDABLE HOUSING - CULTURAL HUBS - PUBLIC SPACES - ADVANCED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY

AFFORDABLE HOUSING - infusing high-level community art and culture in community spaces

We work with affordable housing and creative industry partners to open opportunities for local schools, young artists and design thinkers

We center underrepresented communities and schools, and push the creative boundaries of design thinking and public celebrations

100+ Pieces of Permanent Student Artwork at MidPen Affordable Housing, Brooklyn Basin

Digital Arts and Fabrication

Photography and Mixed Media Design

Illustration and Painting

Find out how we created what is now 100+ pieces of BIG! youth public artwork at MidPen Affordable Housing (2 min)

Affordable housing partnerships anchor neighborhood improvement initiatives, like EBALDC’s Healthy Havenscourt

Our CREATIVE INDUSTRY pathways connects local schools, students and families into these initiatives that directly improve the fabric of their neighborhoods

Find out more about our collaborative work with EBALDC and MLK Public Library as a part of our 100 Planters project.

Growing Cultural Hubs

Black Culture Keepers is a creative industries engine for the Black Cultural Zone

We helped the establish a new network of 30 young Black artists from across CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: food, fashion, literature performance, 2D and 3D art

We aim to seed multifaceted “cultural engine” groups like this in cultural hubs throughout Oakland and beyond.

Cultural Hubs Need Creative Engines!

CIVIC ART SQUAD

60+ young creatives practicing outdoor PUBLIC art as an active process of community building

Civic Summer Studio ARTSQUAD Members

PUBLIC SPACES + Cultural Expression

Click to View Post Civic Design Studio x The Lei Company - Unity Leis. Our public art collaboration to support BIPOC unity and healing

Love and Protect Murals

Asian Black Unity in Action

Celebrating Harvest Moon

2000 lanterns, 4 schools, 50+ teachers and 1500 students!

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Focus Area Four: Advanced Arts and Technology

Akonadi Window Designs -Click to View Post
2D and 3D Digital Design Projects with Schools - Click to View Post
UC Berkeley Engineering - Community Design Challenges - Click to View Post

Announcing New Partnerships in 2022!

The Crucible, Chabot Space and Science Center, the Museum of Digital Entertainment and more!

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