The Roof Is On Fire
1. From 1991 to 2001 Oakland had many youths who were not given many chances to explore a creative outlet until the "roof is on fire" made that possible. It also gave artists a chance to work with the youth and see how they feel bout issues regarding race and culture.
2. Many of the forms they used to explore were outside installations, dances that stormed down streets or 40 students performing on top of garages
3. It was a large program consisting of over 40 students who met every week to discus issues of identity and issues with police
4. The largest people being affected by this project are the people of the Oakland community including the students and the people who were the most effected by this were the media. Which was possibly scared or skeptical of the programs intentions
5. The project was for the people of Oakland, to see how the students felt about the environment they lived in and it was made by kids who were going through high school and that had something to say
6. Many people were watching and becoming incredibly interested and possibly miss directed by the media. Focusing more on themselves rather then the people who worked hard to make these projects
7. I think the project had many tangible and large scale projects such as, "No blood no foul" where there are videos, art and sports all taking place at once.
8. To integrate the kids with art and give them full power and responsibility of what they wish to express and what medium they want to do it hrough
9. The results were outstanding, multiple mentions on the news, some of the coverage wasn't entirely positive since it was about a hot topic such as police.
10. Its core beliefs were to use the strength of their students who all had a voice in the way their lives were run and how they feel about it.
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