CAMP co-director Megan Wilson talks about her latest mural projects as part of the Asian Art Museum’s exhibition Flower Power that opens June 21, 2016. As part of the exhibition Megan will be creating a new mural on Clarion Alley in July. She will also be collaborating with poet Maw Shein Win who will be […]
By Tracy Seipel San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO — As they stumble through their days, often lost in a fog of sadness, family members and close friends of a young couple who died in each other’s arms inside the Ghost Ship warehouse fire have found comfort in a narrow alley in the city’s Mission District. […]
Check out Amelia Miazad and Kara Ganter’s project Wall-Of-Us! Their Mission: To make it simply irresistible to resist Trump. They are providing four weekly Actions of Resistance. CAMP is honored to be featured images for Action #1: Help Expose Trump’s Cabinet Picks: And Action #4: Support Resistance Artists:
The fight to keep Clarion Alley’s murals from being loved to death. Expect dissent in the aftermath of this election. Expect it to be large and frequent. Expect more protest songs. Expect more anger, more fear. Expect an explosion in creative expression as people committed to nonviolence above all else do what they can to […]
Guest Blog by Kristin Silver, Art Teacher, Bowman School, Palo Alto There is a fleeting moment that I cherish as an educator, the moment when you see a child’s eyes light up with a sense of true understanding and passion for something outside of them self. Several of these moments happened during a visit to […]
CAMP will be participating in this year’s Lit Crawl: Saturday, October 15 2016 6 – 7pm at Noisebridge 2169 Mission Street – between 17th & 18th Streets – near Clarion Alley Clarion Alley Mural Project artists and writers reflect on their experiences of place and displacement, including being evicted, living on the streets, and […]
___________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Danielle Smith [email protected] Clarion Alley, 1992 Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) is pleased to announce the launch of its first ever website, a comprehensive archive detailing the history of the project, its contributing artists, and 24 years-worth of public works. Since 1992 CAMP has been a community-based arts space, […]
___________________________________________________________________ ODC’s 2016 Walking Distance Dance Festival explored the meaning of “place” and how it creates and shapes who we are, how we live, and what we create. Clarion Alley Mural Project provided Dance Brigade with the space for their performance Hemorrhage. Written and directed by Krissy Keefer, the work captures the current crisis of world affairs […]
___________________________________________ Check out the new Prince mural on Clarion Alley by Mel C. Waters! Article in SFGate
___________________________________________________________________ Clarion Alley Mural Project is looking for a new home for the mural In Dollar We Trust by Samuel Indratma and Arie Dyanto that was created during CAMP’s international exchange and residency with Apotik Komik of Yogyakarta Indonesia – Sama-Sama/Together. In Dollar We Trust was created in 2003 as part of the international exchange […]