Episode 49: Project Artivism

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Project Artivism Restore 49 Program Projects on Kearney St, Montgomery St, Haight St, Geary Blvd, and Mission St

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“Now we're seeing that through our programs and programs of other organizations that there's really this emphasis, that these are essential services that artists are providing for business owners, communities, and people, students, and anyone really, you can think of it's really important work.”

Our featured voices are Justin Hoover the Director of Programs, and Karim Zelenka the Chief of Staff at Project Artivism.

Throughout our series, we have been featuring arts and culture nonprofits that are working with the community to provide innovative solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic impact on our economy, health, and sense of community. Project Artivism is another wonderful example of using art as a vehicle to bring together artists, youth, business, philanthropy, and the public to drive change in our community.

Karim Zelenka

Karim the Chief of Staff is a multi-lingual development professional with over 10 years of experience in fundraising and international development. He has worked in West Africa, on the East Coast, and most recently with UC Davis and Project Artivism. He is passionate about community development projects and the opportunity to work with artists, businesses, and neighborhoods on innovative solutions to urban challenges.

Justin Hoover

Justin Hoover the Director of Programs develops artistic projects and community engagement platforms. His work looks at issues of cultural disjuncture, language, and migration through the lens of visual art, social practice, and performance. He has held positions as the Curator of the Chinese-American Museum of Los Angeles, Creative Director of Fort Mason Center, Curator and Gallery Director of SOMArts, and Curator of Exhibitions at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.

Project Artivism

MISSION STATEMENT
Project Artivism (PA) strengthens communities by promoting healthy urban living via public art programs and by supporting established and new multidisciplinary artists. PA creates opportunities for artists by providing studio/performance/exhibition spaces, organizing public art/live audience events, and offering educational and financial opportunities so that artists can pursue professional careers in the Bay Area and beyond.

CORE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
PA's overarching goal is the empowerment and financial support of artists, who, by virtue of their work, support community development solutions to some of the Bay Area’s most pressing challenges. PA provides services to artists, businesses, neighborhoods, and residents through innovative arts programming. Since its inception, PA has actively managed four distinct programs:
- Hot Spots/Music Safety (in association with Lava Mae), a music-based program supporting displaced/homeless communities by providing social service-related organizations with live music performances to enhance a sense of security and community in lieu of law enforcement services for similar programs.
- Unused Spaces, an initiative to activate vacant/unused urban spaces (e.g. homes, businesses, streets, etc.) in order to build community through the arts. By converting previously unused spaces into performance venues/artist studios/galleries that are free and open to the public, emerging artists are able to interact with community members in SF to beautify marginalized and blighted areas.
Our Covid-19 response programming includes:
- Restore-49, a public art program that has worked with local artists to paint over 50 murals for shuttered businesses in SF, serving local businesses and neighborhoods that might otherwise suffer from vandalism and blight.
- Artivate: Public Art Now!, a community-art mentorship program for Bay Area artists aged 13-18 that provides students with connections into the art world, a stipend for participation, and most importantly the confidence to jumpstart a career in the arts.
These programs, particularly those developed in response to COVID-19, allow PA to fill the gap for artists who have lost professional opportunities due to the pandemic while building an educational curriculum centered around public art for students who are missing out on real-time opportunities in the current online learning environment. These programs also encourage healthier urban living and community-oriented solutions to current challenges. You can follow Project Artivism on Instagram and Facebook Apply to the Artivate Public Art Now program

Donation/Volunteer

Help support Project Artivism's work to revitalize the city of San Francisco by donating today to support their Restore 49 program to help both artists and small businesses. To get engaged in supporting Artivisim’s programs as a volunteer please send an email to: support@projectartivism.org

Videos

To find out more about the Restore 49 Project please check out the video:

Restore 49 mural arts program from Justin Charles Hoover on Vimeo.

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“I’ve not seen business districts, this active in identifying opportunities for artists. So what I see is with this renewed focus on being local, it’s really a renewed focus on place making through the arts. ”

— Justin Hoover,Director of Programs, Project Artivism

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