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CRP’s “Warriors” Mural: A Collaborative Effort
The mural team (photo: Eric K. Arnold) Recently, CRP got a call from Oakland’s District 6 Councilmember, Loren Taylor, about a new anti-blight mural opportunity in East Oakland. To avoid fines by the...
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Pandemics and Public Art
Pandemics have a way of impacting the best-laid plans (of mice and men). What happens to artists who do public-facing works, when there’s an emergency order to shelter in place? What happens to...
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Desi 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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AscenDance: The Greenlining Mural Moves Forward
CRP’s newest mural, at The Greenlining Institute’s downtown Oakland building, looks like it’s going to be a powerful work of public art. On Friday, May 29, the artists had just completed a day which...
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Downtown Oakland Becomes Ground Zero For Street Art in Wake of George Floyd...
The “AscenDance” mural has finally kicked into gear. After several weeks of build-up, the project — located on the side of The Greenlining Institute’s headquarters, at 360 14th St. in downtown Oakland...
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Meet the Muralists: Marina Perez-Wong and Elaine Chu
If you’ve been in and around downtown Oakland recently, you may have noticed the new mural going up on the exterior wall of The Greenlining Institute’s building. If you’ve stopped and taken a peek,...
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AscenDance: Coming Into View
In the last couple of weeks, the AscenDance mural has turned a corner. What once was a bare and unremarkable wall now pulses with color, vibrancy, and life. Gridlines have become outlines; outlines...
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Meet the Muralist: Priya Handa
Guest artist Priya Handa comes highly recommended. A member of the Precita Eyes families, she comes to the “AscenDance” mural as a veteran of community mural projects throughout California and...
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AscenDance Mural: Progress Report
In the midst of the strangest summer in modern history–thanks, COVID!–progress is still being made, if you know where to look. Up in the skies, that is. Eight stories above ground level, one block on...
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The Ascension of the “AscenDance” Mural
CRP’s Desi Mundo with “AscenDance”‘s artists and subjects On October 16 2021, “AscenDance,” a large-scale mural produced by the Community Rejuvenation Project, in partnership with The Greenlining...
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