“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while… [redacted]” -Banksy

The Street ED program, created and taught by New York-born, Portland-based artist and muralist Adam Brock Ciresi, is a comprehensive opportunity to extend the many facets of Street Art to students and artists. The program exposes students to a variety of methods of street art both conceptually and technically, spray paint to wheat paste, performance to text, stickers to installations, and everything in between. Students will learn about Street Art history locally, regionally, and internationally, including social and cultural aspects of making art work in the public realm and breaking down in simple terms the permitting processes. Some classes will feature guest lectures and class discussions with prominent Street Artists.

The Street ED program is committed to creating and enforcing a safe space for students to not only feel fully comfortable in participating enthusiastically, but to be cognizant of others, as to benefit most from a cohort that ensures safety and support, especially important when taking chances within personal art practices. By default, street art has always been a movement that is multi-culturally rich, birthed out of cities and communities that have largely been fringe, marginalized, underground, and working class. Offered as a linear curriculum for students seeking deeper involvement, and asynchronously for part-time commitment and interest, Street Ed is a place that students will be encouraged to apply their own creative practices to the public sphere, while simultaneously learning appropriate acknowledgements for respectful and inspiring public engagement. Street ED is a profound intersection with academic education, giving students real world experience and the direction towards being successful creators and community members.