This benefit screening, the creation of Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project Wall #5 , and the restoration of Wall #2 are funded by the Bay Area Creative Corps program, a joint initiative by the San Francisco Foundation and California Arts Council.
DATE: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 | 12:30pm
LOCATION: The New Parkway Theater | 474 24th St, Oakland, CA 94612
Special thanks to:
The Beautification Council for engaging the unhoused residents in cleaning the east wall of the Market Street underpass in preparation for the restoration of Mural #2.
The Homeless Action Center for giving us a starting point with advice and a guided session for outreach to the unhoused residents of the underpasses.
The City of Oakland’s City Administrator’s office for providing connections to unhoused service organizations we could learn from and collaborate with.
Commons Archive’s HEAR/HERE Community Billboard Truck for sharing our OSHMP video-stories with the public.
Our Panelists
Nikko Cabrera
Alumnus of ArtEsteem’s Oakland Legacy Project
Ronald Broach
Director of Shelter Networks at Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency
Jonathan Russell
Director of the Alameda County Office of Homeless Care and Coordination
The Center for ArtEsteem (ArtEsteem) hosted a benefit screening of Oakland filmmaker Cheryl Fabio's A Rising Tide to uplift the voices of Alameda County's unhoused residents and ignite conversation about preserving the visions of our youth through public art.
ArtEsteem is proud to join the growing number of community entities hosting screenings of this vital documentary as we aim to spark conversation and community action related to the housing crisis and our community beautification effort, the Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project (OSHMP). The OSHMP cultivates, educates, and engages youth in community issues and solutions through the power of public art. Since its inception in 2011, the OSHMP has engaged over 500 youth and beautified over 16,000 square feet of I-580 underpass wall space in West Oakland. Through this screening, we will spark conversation about the intersections between community health and public art, and envision what’s required to inspire youth voices while rebuilding healthy and vibrant communities.
In the past five years, and more dramatically from the onset of the pandemic, Oakland’s murals have been devastated by the symptoms of structural, political, and social dysfunction–made especially visible with the destruction of OSH murals #2 and #3 from tagging, dumping, and fires. The murals also serve as a backdrop for residents facing homelessness in the Market Street and West Street highway underpasses. With this screening, ArtEsteem hopes to garner community resources to support the restoration of the murals and assist the underpass residents. A part of this effort includes informing our community on the intricacies of the housing crisis through A Rising Tide.
We need help to restore murals #2 and #3 to their original radiance and execute the final Mural #5. All donations raised at this screening will go into The Center for ArtEsteem's fund to support the Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project.
Documentary Summary: "Through the eyes of children, their families, and the helping industry that has developed from the housing crisis, A Rising Tide follows the strategies of families and service providers struggling with homelessness." (CR: A Rising Tide Website)
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