Street Styles is an after school visual art workshop, created and taught by DAVe Warnke.

www.flickr.com/photos/80146660@N00/

 

Street Styles is free and open to all high school students in San Francisco, California. Street Styles teaches students the history, techniques and styles of the global art movement known as street art. The mission of Street Styles is to educate and inspire youth to develop their own artistic style, to hone their skills and contribute to their communities in positive ways. Street Styles provides opportunities for all students to become creative, knowledgeable, discriminating and conscientious producers and viewers of art.

 

Street Styles goals are to:

. Promote creativity through inspiration and instruction.

. Provide a safe, supportive and fun learning and working environment.

. Teach the history and cultural context of street art.

. Discuss and debate the difference between art and vandalism.

. Encourage devotion to work.

. Give youth the experience of making art.

. Develop student's expressive and communication skills.

. Connect youth with the art community.

. Provide an opportunity for youth to show, trade and sell their artwork.

   

Street Styles is looking for support and supplies.

Street Styles is a 501c3 California Non-Profit organization, fiscally sponsered by Youth Speaks

www.youthspeaks.org/indexx.html

 

If you'd like to make a tax deductible donation,

to keep Street Styles going and growing.

 

Please make checks out to: Youth Speaks

and write in Street Styles on the Memo line.

Youth Speaks

290 Division

Suite 302

San Francisco, CA 94103

USA

attn: Joan Osato

 

On-line donations @

secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=935

In the Gift Information part of the on-line donation form, make a donation on behalf of Street Styles.

 

If you'd like to send supplies like markers, stickers, stencils, sketches, books, magazines and anything else street art related, please send these donations to:

 

Street Styles

P.O. Box 20031

Oakland, CA 94620

usa

  

Street Styles classes are held @

Root Division

3175 17th Street in San Francisco

www.rootdivision.org/

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Testimonials

coo says:

Wow, these kids have talent.. they've certainly inspired me! DAVe, I think it's great that you're encouraging these young doodlers and as always leading by example as your works are hot too! Keep doodlin, stickering and outlining dudes!

March 7, 2007

bravo!

February 27, 2007

Fantastic work with the childrem, here in BRAZIL we need some peolpe like Dave, to teach some art to take away the childs from traffic that is so normaly to childrem with 12 years old in são paulo or rio de janeiro. peace!

January 11, 2007
BECKA LEE says:

DAVe Warnke, These young students have more talent than some older adults I have ran across! I can't wait to see more work from them. Becka

December 30, 2006

this is a really cool thing you are doing here.

December 27, 2006

DAVe IS DOING a GOOD THING HERE,GREAT WORK KIDS

December 22, 2006