Redevelopment Cuts Point to Growing Need for Comprehensive Abatement Strategy (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Community Rejuven....
Last updated at Fri, 18 May at 7:12am.

CRP would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to the city of Oakland for attempting to address blight in East Oakland and

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Oakland's aerosol artists--Ras Terms, Safety First--paint up Oakland Museum
Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Mon, 23 Jan at 2:37pm.

There's a lot more vibrant color outside the Oakland Museum.

Oak Plaza, on Oak between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, is OMCA's main entrance and has a lot of concrete in need of decoration. The Oakland Standard - the museum's project arm for bringing in more contemporary art - commissioned a Grafiti Mural and called the event "Living Cncrete" on Saturday, January 21..

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Why Abatement Sucks: New Mural Buffed in Ghost Town (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Community Rejuven....
Last updated at Wed, 26 Oct at 11:03am.

Photos by Eric Arnold

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CRP Bay Area Paints Buses en route to Break the Blockade of Cuba (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Community Rejuven....
Last updated at Thu, 14 Jul at 8:46am.

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.

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AeroSoul 2 exhibit redefines graffiti as artform, culture (Review)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Thu, 10 Feb at 8:32am.

It’s hard to think of a better First Friday event during Black History Month than AeroSoul 2, which began a monthlong residency at the Joyce Gordon Gallery on Feb. 4.

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Weekend Picks: Things to do and see Feb. 4-6
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Sun, 6 Feb at 7:11pm.

Spy the artwork to the right. Right?

Look, I can’t say anything about this Friday event that ‘OG  isn’t already saying.

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Oakland art gallery presents world-class graffiti art show, workshops, more (Preview)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 2 Feb at 9:19am.

Graffiti art by itself is fresh. Graffiti art in a gallery setting is dope. And graffiti art in a gallery setting with a historical/cultural/educational theme?

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Free festival heals Oakland’s cultural scene
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 6 Oct at 6:29am.

What’s part graffiti competition, part music festival, part skateboard exhibition, part spoken word showcase, and part eco-sustainability fair?

The Life Is Living Festival.

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