Brett-Cook
Kate Hobbs after Life Is Living contributions 2010
Kate Hobbs After collaborative coloring
Oakland Studio/Practice Center
Reflections of Healing
2010-2011.
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that includes the collaborative development of 24 large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project culminates with temporary and permanent installation of the works across the city of Oakland, CA in 2010-2013
Pictured near 15 years old, each of the subjects of Reflections of Healing both reflect the message of collective potential of the age group that Youth Speaks serves and converse with the organization. Focusing on portraits of community champions when they were adolescents, the project reflects new definitions of youth identity while producing a city-wide installation that celebrates past, present, and future models of healing.
Sifu Kate Hobbs holds the rank of fifth degree Black Belt in the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo Kung Fu. She currently studies Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Michelle Dwyer. She has spent much of her time as a Black Belt focusing on how martial arts can help young people face the violence and injustice they encounter with power and intelligence. She has worked on curriculum for community-based and school-based programs that teach specific tools for conflict resolution, violence prevention and community building for youth aged three to eighteen. She was cofounder of Oakland’s famous Destiny Arts Center, and the national youth play organization Sports for Kids (now known as Playworks). www.oaklandkajukenbo.com/
Reflections of Healing is anchored in LIFE is LIVING (LiL), a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. LIL has carried out audience development through the lens that combines a focus on community development, and a celebratory promotion of life in urban communities.
Kate Hobbs after Life Is Living contributions 2010
Kate Hobbs After collaborative coloring
Oakland Studio/Practice Center
Reflections of Healing
2010-2011.
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that includes the collaborative development of 24 large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project culminates with temporary and permanent installation of the works across the city of Oakland, CA in 2010-2013
Pictured near 15 years old, each of the subjects of Reflections of Healing both reflect the message of collective potential of the age group that Youth Speaks serves and converse with the organization. Focusing on portraits of community champions when they were adolescents, the project reflects new definitions of youth identity while producing a city-wide installation that celebrates past, present, and future models of healing.
Sifu Kate Hobbs holds the rank of fifth degree Black Belt in the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo Kung Fu. She currently studies Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Michelle Dwyer. She has spent much of her time as a Black Belt focusing on how martial arts can help young people face the violence and injustice they encounter with power and intelligence. She has worked on curriculum for community-based and school-based programs that teach specific tools for conflict resolution, violence prevention and community building for youth aged three to eighteen. She was cofounder of Oakland’s famous Destiny Arts Center, and the national youth play organization Sports for Kids (now known as Playworks). www.oaklandkajukenbo.com/
Reflections of Healing is anchored in LIFE is LIVING (LiL), a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. LIL has carried out audience development through the lens that combines a focus on community development, and a celebratory promotion of life in urban communities.