Lindsay Carron, artist

The first summer was a hit: we discussed Dan Eldon’s life and accomplishments through art, practiced journaling and collaging, taught the kids how to use spray cans and create beautiful mural artwork, learned about creative activism through video clips and books, and completed a 12 foot long mural on canvas for Creative Visions Foundation.

This summer promises to be even better.  We have secured a beautiful location at Seven Arrows Elementary in the Pacific Palisades.  In addition to awesome sessions at the school, the kids will have the opportunity to interact face to face with art activists practicing their work today.  We will be visiting the guys at CHALK Gallery in Venice, where the kids will learn how to recycle old aerosol cans and create paintings, canvases, and sculptures.  Creative Visions Foundation has opened their doors to the kids too, so they will experience first hand what it’s like to be amongst the exciting environment of the CVF staff.  Finally, the kids will be collaborating on social justice murals that will be painted on the two 5′x12′ handball walls at Seven Arrows Elementary.

We are currently enrolling for summer 2012!  Spread the word!  The more young minds to inspire the better!

My artist partner, Courtney Branch, and I recently returned from a trip down to a tiny town named Vicente Guerrero in Baja California, Mexico.  There we worked 10 hours a day for five days straight on a 3,450 sq ft mural in the courtyard of Oasis, an after school program for kids that our friend Karly Dallas runs.  The program serves to keep kids learning and active, instead of dropping out of school and joining adolescent gangs.

The concept was a large scale desert oasis.  The school, Oasis, serves as a safe haven for these kids, giving hope and comfort in tough situations.

We brought color to a desolate wall.

The final product.  The kids and everyone at the Oasis program loved it.  We will be back for more fun and adventures very soon! Hasta luego, Vicente Guerrero!

After a trip to New York for Armory week and linking up with a notorious street artist in SoHo, I have been on a street art journey of my own.  My work is finally applicable to the rebellion of the streets, and rebel I must.