Mixed Media: Urban Art – A Call to Action!

Call to Action! This workshop encourages students to express their passion for injustice or something they believe needs to change. Students will be presented with a brief history of urban art and draw inspiration from the work of contemporary urban artists.  

Through the design of a stencil, students will use their problem-solving skills to make a simple yet powerful image with positive and negative shapes that expresses a need for social change!

• Debate the merits of urban art while understanding the historical and social conditions that led to its evolution.
• Explore graffiti stencil techniques as a tool for communication.
• Produce a stencil to express their message for social change.