SD Arts Alliance

Your voice matters! This is a statement that The Alliance emphasis during our lessons with our students. Our instructors are intentional to create a space where our students feel comfortable to share their thoughts, perspectives, and feelings on what is happening in their school, lives, and our country. Let Your Voice Be Heard: Vote!

SDCAA is proud to announce that we are working with the First Baptist Church of National City to create a mural that reflects the community. Before we can get started, it's important to conduct a Listening Session, which will be held on Nov. 10. This will be a time for all community residents to discuss the project and have their voices heard as the Artist, Cody Griffith, listens. He will then draft the design of the mural that encapsulates what the community discussed during the session.

#throwbackthursday Last year, Diane Bell wrote a thrilling column for the The San Diego Union Tribune about how SDCAA Uses Art to Change Kids' Lives Column: Graffiti vandals’ brush with the law takes a positive turn Learn more about our partnership with the District Attorney's Juvenile Division, the artwork created by Jose Venegas, and Linda Sheridan's idea to team up with the juvenile justice system to help kids find a different path through art.... Full article can be found on our website, link in bio

Words cannot describe how thrilled we are that the Unity in the Community in Teralta Park is officially in the works! Big thanks to everyone present in this photo for they each had a part in getting this mural one step closer to becoming a dream come true for the community! ... #community #mural #muralart #unityinthecommunity #teraltapark #art4change See more

To learn more on this long journey, check out this article by Priya Sridhar https://www.kpbs.org//city-heights-leaders-fight-five-yea/ Article can also be found on our website. Link in bio... . . . #art #sandiegoart #mural #community #teraltapark @ City Heights, East San Diego See more

#throwbacktuesday to our RBV students enjoying a fun spray painting exercise on what would be the last class day of the semester... ... #art #sandiegoart #muralart #graffitieducation #studentwork @ San Diego, California

Coloring book pages are available on sdartalliance.org under the ARTWORKS page! Send your beautiful works of art to [email protected] or tag us on Instagram! #art #muralart #sandiegoart #localartist #sandiegoartists #studentart #color #graffitieducation @ San Diego, California

Very proud to see local artists, one of them being SDCAA Crew member, Cody Griffith @Vincentghoste, coming together to lend a helping hand and create powerful murals regarding issues that are happening right now. It is important now more than ever to continue listening, learning, unlearning, and planning, to discover new ways that you can actively take part in fighting against injustices. Watching communities in all parts of the world take a stand and show up for the Black Lives Movement reveals that there is more love in this world than we know. @ La Mesa, California

SDCAA is an organization that strives to provide a safe and inviting environment in order to fulfill our mission to inspire, empower, and educate youth from all neighborhoods in San Diego County. SDCAA encourages everyone to take action. This fight against injustice is all of our fight! Please, take the time to STOP, LISTEN, LEARN, MAKE SPACE FOR BLACK VOICES, and LEARN MORE. #blackouttuesday

Happy Tuesday! We’ve added a mural page to our website to feature the murals our wonderful crew and students have created or been a part of. We create murals because this art form improves the civic and cultural landscape along with inspiring lasting change. We not only create a safer, cleaner, and more aesthetically pleasing environment but also incorporate the concepts of restorative justice through art instruction, mural making, and community service work.... Our Mural Arts Program has created 21 murals since 2015 in both public and private sectors that have helped to revitalize urban neighborhoods and commercial corridors... Learn more on our website! Link in bio #mural #muralart #sandiegoart #muralartsprogram #graffitieducation #streetart

Amazing news! SDCAA has been awarded the @CalArtsCouncil grant. This grant will support our Graffiti Education and Mural Arts Program as part of its record-setting investment in CA arts & culture. . . . Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, our beloved programs have been placed on hold. Due to the new circumstances, the Alliance is coming up with new ways that we can implement our program that follow the CDC, state, and local government guidelines regarding stay-at-home and gathering r...estrictions. We look forward in connecting once again! #mural #muralart #graffitieducation #muralartsprogram #sandiegoart #studentart #art4change #artstagram #art See more

(2/2)City Heights is one of San Diego’s oldest and most diverse neighborhoods-Over 45 different languages and 100 dialects are spoken in City Heights. The Alliance and Crawford High School Students aimed to highlight and honor City Heights’ diverse community by creating this mural of portraits of youth from different backgrounds. . . . Check out this video to watch 10News broadcasting the students work of replacing graffiti with meaningful art that benefits the community... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNWM13nmLLw( See more

(1/2)We’re happy to share that the Crawford High School Student Mural painted in 2014 is in good standing! Prior to this mural, this wall would constantly be vandalized, repainted, and vandalized again. Since the creation of the mural, this wall has been respected and untouched-apart from Mother Nature.