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True Colors Mural Project — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:20:59 +0000

Newest Project for BCC Mural Design and Creation Class

Spring 2013:

Participate in the Creation of New Murals for the West Oakland Youth Center: Take MURAL DESIGN AND CREATION at Berkeley City College this spring! 21035 and 21036 (Lecture and Lab) ART 133B Berkeley City College Art Department Instructor: Juana Alicia Araiza Class Hours: 2-6:00 Mondays and Wednesdays Class Web Site: http://truecolorsmuralproject.wordpress.com/ Art Studio 125 4 Units of Credit This class creates environmental and social justice themed murals for the community. This is the second semester of a two-part class. During the spring semester, students create the mural that was designed in the fall semester. We are working with the West Oakland community and the Trust Your Struggle Mural Collective to create 8 new ceramic tile murals for the new West Oakland Youth Center, and will create large painted murals for display at BCC and beyond. If you paint, community organize, write, do graff, photography, web design, video or blogging, this could be the class and project for you! We welcome artists that want to work collaboratively to improve our community.

True Colors Mural Project is proud to announce the completion of the new mural, “Fresh Start” for the REALM Charter School in West Berkeley. We are planning a fall inauguration with the REALM community, so check this site for updates. The 100′ x 11′ mural was created by a fabulous team of Berkeley City College Mural Design and Creation students in collaboration with other community artists and the REALM School students and staff. Check it out!

FRESH START MURAL

True Colors Mural Project — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:20:48 +0000

FRESH START Mural for REALM Charter School
Created by the True Colors Mural Project, Directed by Juana Alicia
Assisted by Cece Carpio, Aambr Newsome and Keena Romano
Photo by Dana Davis
Guest Artist: Tirso Araiza
©2012 Berkeley City College and Earth Island Institute
Student Muralists:
Hyder Amil
Daniel Bennett
Jennifer Bloomer
Noel Carr
Charles Carter
Dylan Leming
Stephen Lloyd
Malcolm Malgha
Caitlin Moore
Michael Morales
Holly Newton
Angel Perez
Ingrid Pruitt
Enrique Ramirez
Evelyn Ruiz
Duncan Russell
Christina Puncsak
Nadya Voynovskya
Charles Harris Wilton
Antonio Zamora

Update: The Village Grows and Goes Surfing!

True Colors Mural Project — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:41:33 +0000

http://kck.st/yLATcY ((DONATIONS ACCEPTED HERE!) =)

Greetings TRUE COLORS MURAL PROJECT’s dedicated community!

With 2 days left in our campaign – we wanted to introduce you to another one of the environmental justice leaders depicted in the Fresh Start mural, 21 year old founder of Surfers for Change, Kyle Thiermann! We’ve included a quick bio and video about Kyle, and can’t express the importance of such a dynamic, young, local leader who can inspire many people to do the type of work that needs to be done. History can be made by anyone passionate enough about a cause, and Kyle is a perfect example of someone whose passion turned into worldwide change! Please take a minute to learn about his story as we reach out to the surfing community and rally support in the last days of our fundraising campaign! (also soon we will be adding a picture of True Colors’ muralist Aambr Newsome’s comic style portrait of Kyle for the Fresh Start mural at Realm Middle and High School in Berkeley, California.)

We welcome the following backers to our TCMP Community: mars, Anthony Jackson, Andy Mughannam, Emme Adams, kathleen ferris, Martha Cramer, Jeff Hargreaves, Jill Shugart, Jared Konopitski, rochelle kaplan, Scott Hoshida, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Diane Bennett, Jessica, Sylvia Gonzalez, Jeff, Daniel McCoy, Mary McDonald, Heather Von Seggern, Jeremy Palmer, Sarah Regnier, Luz Corona, Liz Newton, nefertiti, kevin connelly, Shannon Williams, Elliot Hu-Au, Catherine Wilton, Hillary Walker, LYNN WILTON, Miranda Bergman, Nastia Voynovskaya, Allison Connor, Rebecca Prager, susan, Aurora Guerrero, Shilpa Jain, Saul Martinez, Terri Halleen Moody, Rex Romano, brook johnson, THUHA TRAN, The Downest Obstreperous Bear, Marta Sanchez, David Da Silva, Cheryl Robertson, Francisco H. Vazquez, Baron Ayo, Caroline, Joia, Nuvia, xochil, Sarah Brothers, Joan Scott, Joe Synnott, irene, julia, Andrew Calvo, A Berger, Noel Jeanloz, Christine Dargahi, Jennifer Gibson, C Arellano, and Celia H. Rodriguez and the list grows with you… Give today.

With your help, love, support, re-posts, texts, updates and tweets, we have built great momentum and buzz about our project, which will carry on in the lifetime of the mural. We have only until Wednesday, April 3 at 10pm Pacific Standard Time to fund the mural! Be part of the movement to build the first interactive educational mural in Berkeley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsVmmPv3GlY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIt2JUF-sg

…because it takes a villiage to raise a child and PAINT A MURAL!

True Colors Mural Project — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:49:54 +0000

Hello WordPress Community!

We are in the final stretch of our campaign with 3 days remaining to raise funds by Wednesday Apr 4. We have reached the 85% mark for our goal, and want to deeply thank ALL of our backers and supporters who have been keeping our energy levels extremely high!
Thank to you our generous supporters: CB Smith-Dahl, Peter Hargreaves, K L van Putten, Aline Prentice, Tirso, Sierra Thai Binn, Toby Hargreaves, Chelsea Roberts, Herrick Andrews, Jenny Chu, Melonious Funk, Lindsay Miller, Fred Medrano, Will Bloomer, Lauren, Marsha Moore, Douglas Pundick, Liza Richheimer, Victor Diaz, Caroline Carrols, Holly Newton, Linda Berry, Kate Seely, Terrance Schofield, Tom Branca, Garen Corbet, Nadya Noyvoyskaya, Irina G, Sarah Gibson, Alia Gibson, Jeremy Miesch, Leticia Pritchett, Santiago Casal, Enrique Ramirez, Kate Moody, Sasha Turchak, Natalia Turchak, Leon Young, Cheryl Lari, Jeff Wethe, Naomi Nemtzow, P Gibsono, Carol Bevilacqua, Christine, Susan W., Nora Roman, Marty Wesby, Ian Foti-Landis, Vita Wells, Jacob Michelson, and the list will continue to grow with your name here…Today, we meet REALM Middle and High School Founder and Principal Victor Diaz, who has dedicated his life to building educational opportunities, institutions and resources for underrepresented/underprivileged communities and youth! He has partnered with the True Colors Mural Project to have this innovative mural painted during its first year of operation and become one of the visual foundations for REALM. He understands the importance of how a mural that intersects art, technology, and environmentalism can educate and inspire future generations of students and leaders! He has rallied the school staff and its supporters to create the mural. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO LEND A HAND! Please give what you can TODAY!

DON’T YOU JUST LOVE HISTORY IN THE MAKING?!!

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMU–4cZ1w

YouTube - Video

Our FUNDRAISING KICKSTARTER PAGE (DONATIONS APPRECIATED HERE):

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/juanaalicia/fresh-start-true-colors-interactive-mural-at-realm/posts/199829

UPDATE #2 Interview Student Artist Hyder Amir II @ Realm Charter School

True Colors Mural Project — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:32:55 +0000

18 Days Left to Fundraise with Kickstarter!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/juanaalicia/fresh-start-true-colors-interactive-mural-at-realm/posts

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LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW OUR MURAL EDUCATES! (including integrated QR codes! how cool is that?!)

Check in for more updates coming soon!!!

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True Colors Mural Project — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:12:20 +0000

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Welcome to the True Colors Mural Project!

True Colors Mural Project — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:33:13 +0000

Visions of Peace and Justice Mural at Inkworks, Photo by Dana Davis

Making Berkeley Greener and More Beautiful, One Wall at a Time!

TRUE COLORS MURAL PROJECT

True Colors is the public murals program at Berkeley City College. Through our Mural Design and Creation classes at BCC, and in collaboration with the City of Berkeley’s Youth Works Program, Earth Island Institute and other community based organizations, True Colors creates one or more public murals each year. The True Colors Mural Project supports the development of young artist/ activists for the improvement of the urban environment through the creation of public murals. The purpose of the murals is to both educate urban dwellers and beautify the urban environment with messages and images that support ecological sustainability, conservation and restoration. The project recruits, engages and employs under-served, at risk youth from Berkeley and the greater East Bay, in vital community environmental mural arts projects. True Colors trains young artists to design and create community murals with social and environmental justice themes.

Register now!

MURAL DESIGN AND CREATION SPRING 2012

ART 133B

Instructor: Juana Alicia Araiza

Class Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 2:00-4:00

Classroom: 514

(Contact) Email: juanaaliciam@gmail.com Phone: 510 978-1060

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