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Wild Art at Glenfeliz Elementary, 2024
Take a look inside RuckusRoots' program, Wild Art! Completed over 3 months at Glenfeliz Elementary during the spring of 2024, we explored the local desert, foothills and river habitats that exist right here in L.A.
Over 3 rounds, this 12-week program integrated collaborative art-making with lessons about plastic waste, creative reuse and wildlife endangerment and conservation for ages K-6th grade. Each round created a 4’ x 5’ collaged mural, made entirely of repurposed materials!
We reached 155 students and converted nearly 350 trash items into art!
Program supported in part by the Tah Dah Foundation and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.
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Art is Blooming in the Friendship Garden!
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It's time for an update on the Friendship Garden! Since transforming this 2000 sq-foot lawn into a native plants habitat in 2023, we've been busy planting 60 more plants, pulling up grass, and beautifying the space with artistic signage. First, we made signs for each type of plant: shrubs, herbs and trees. Then, students helped wheatpaste the signs with pollinators that will visit our garden wh...
Peek Inside a Mural Unveiling with RuckusRoots
มุมมอง 13หลายเดือนก่อน
To celebrate our recently completed A.L.I.V.E Mural program at the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, which had 120 direct youth participants from Environmental Charter Middle School Gardena, RuckusRoots held an unveiling event On March 17, 2024. We welcomed a variety of stakeholders, from participants and volunteers to funders and the greater community, to the ribbon-cutting of this 70-foot mur...
The Rebel Garden Project, Year 3 (2024)
มุมมอง 352 หลายเดือนก่อน
Our 3rd year of The Rebel Garden Project focused on a collaborative mural highlighting the love and labor put into the Rebel Garden over the years since its inception. Designed by Rebel Garden co-founder and artist Erica Montelongo, this colorful mural honors mentors from Chuco’s Justice Center both past and present, symbolizes interconnectedness of nature and humanity, and pays homage to indig...
Garden Magic 2024: Play with Clay!
มุมมอง 642 หลายเดือนก่อน
Garden Magic is a FREE outdoor art series by RuckusRoots for youth age 7-10 in Los Angeles. This was our 3rd Garden Magic series since launching the program in the fall of 2021. Previous Garden Magic artworks have focused on painting, drawing and mural making, and this time we decided to play with clay! Led by ceramicist Ching Ching Cheng, participants learned three different techniques for cre...
A.L.I.V.E. (Art Living in Vibrant Environments)
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A.L.I.V.E. (Art Living in Vibrant Environments) unites art, plants, and people to transform industrialized and underutilized urban areas into thriving hubs of arts education. Our primary goal is for each A.L.I.V.E. site to offer free opportunities for youth to engage in the arts in, for and about nature. Each site will also be bolstered by urban micro-farms and native plants. We believe combini...
Stakeholder Stories: RuckusRoots Mural Program, 2024
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Hear from students, administrators, Board members and participants about how our 2024 collaborative mural program impacted them. BIG THANKS to: Nuria Ortiz AKA Ms Yellow and her amazing volunteers Danielle Marquez, The Willows, RuckusRoots and ECMS Superstar! 8th Grade Class of 2024, Environmental Charter Middle School Dave Trejo, Principal, Environmental Charter Middle School Sarah Burger, Art...
Making a Mural at the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve
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RuckusRoots worked with the 8th Grade class of Environmental Charter Middle School Gardena and local artist Ms. Yellow to create a mural honoring the indigenous people, native plants and animals of the preserve and the surrounding area. BIG THANKS to: Nuria Ortiz AKA Ms Yellow and her amazing volunteers Danielle Marquez, The Willows, RuckusRoots and ECMS Superstar! 8th Grade Class of 2024, Envi...
Bring Art to the Friendship Garden in 2024!
มุมมอง 1479 หลายเดือนก่อน
Support the Friendship Garden: secure.givelively.org/donate/ruckusroots-inc/be-a-friend-of-the-friendship-garden Over the last year, we transformed 2000 square-feet of muddy, under-utilized lawn at Eucalyptus Elementary School into a native plants, art learning garden for 800 elementary students who attend school there. It is, in fact, the very first school garden featuring all native plants in...
Hear from Our 2023 Youth Apprentices!
มุมมอง 45ปีที่แล้ว
Through our summer program at Environmental Charter High School's Gardena campus, apprentices had the opportunity to team up with artist NiNo Alicea to bring Atabey's Treasure to life, a solar-powered and sustainable public art sculpture created in honor of the Puerto Rican goddess of water. Hear directly from them about the experience! This program was funded in part by the California Arts Cou...
Summer 2023 Youth Public Art Apprenticeship with RuckusRoots
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Through our summer program (part Wild Art and part TRASHformation) at Environmental Charter High School's Gardena campus, apprentices had the opportunity to team up with local artist NiNo Alicea to bring "Atabey's Treasure" to life, a solar-powered and sustainable public art sculpture created in honor of the Puerto Rican goddess of water. This awe-inspiring piece was then installed at Burning M...
Spring 2023 Workshops from RuckusRoots
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Take a peek inside some of our ruckus-raising community workshops from the first half of 2023! These program was funded in part by the California Arts Council, the Perenchio Foundation, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and the Dodger's Foundation.
Wild Art at Glenfeliz Elementary School 2023
มุมมอง 90ปีที่แล้ว
Take a peek into our latest Wild Art program at Glenfeliz Elementary School, which reached 100 youth over 16 sessions and repurposed plastic and cardboard into wildlife and ocean-awareness-raising art! Thanks to all who made this program possible! This program was funded in part by the California Arts Council, the Perenchio Foundation and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.
The Rebel Garden Project, Year 2 (2023)
มุมมอง 119ปีที่แล้ว
The Rebel Garden began as 3 small, raised planter beds in the Chuco’s Justice Center parking lot in 2019. Thanks to combined efforts of garden caretakers and RuckusRoots, in 2021-22 we piloted The Rebel Garden Project internship with students from FREE L.A. High School, an alternative school for systems-impacted teens and young adults. The garden now includes 5 garden beds, artistic signage, a ...
Native Plants Mural by RuckusRoots + Studio Tutto at Hungry Gardens Urban Farm
มุมมอง 742 ปีที่แล้ว
Our 200-foot native plants and pollinators mural is finally complete! We hope you love it as much as we do. In light of recent news, we see this mural as a love letter to our planet and to nature. We are more committed than ever to protecting and supporting nature and communities through our work. To see the making of the mural, check out our previous video. Thank you to the community of Sun Va...
Mural Kits: A RuckusRoots and Studio Tutto Collaboration
มุมมอง 1502 ปีที่แล้ว
Mural Kits: A RuckusRoots and Studio Tutto Collaboration
The Rebel Garden Project
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The Rebel Garden Project
Wild Art Video for Students During Pandemic
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Wild Art Video for Students During Pandemic
A Chat with Board President Stephanie Spehar and Founder Christine Spehar
มุมมอง 632 ปีที่แล้ว
A Chat with Board President Stephanie Spehar and Founder Christine Spehar
Garden Magic: An Art and Ecology Experience
มุมมอง 852 ปีที่แล้ว
Garden Magic: An Art and Ecology Experience
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 6): Make a Mixed-Media "Shadow Drawing!"
มุมมอง 543 ปีที่แล้ว
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 6): Make a Mixed-Media "Shadow Drawing!"
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 5): Create Your Own Cereal Box Sketchbook!
มุมมอง 933 ปีที่แล้ว
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 5): Create Your Own Cereal Box Sketchbook!
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 4): How to Make a Plastic Bottle Sculpture!
มุมมอง 1413 ปีที่แล้ว
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 4): How to Make a Plastic Bottle Sculpture!
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 3): How to make "Eco-Flowers"
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The Roots of Reuse (Episode 3): How to make "Eco-Flowers"
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 2): How to Make a Vessel or Sculpture Using Plastic Bags!
มุมมอง 1193 ปีที่แล้ว
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 2): How to Make a Vessel or Sculpture Using Plastic Bags!
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 1): Learn to Make Plarn and Pom-Poms Using Plastic Bags!
มุมมอง 3333 ปีที่แล้ว
The Roots of Reuse (Episode 1): Learn to Make Plarn and Pom-Poms Using Plastic Bags!
RuckusRoots Online Programs 2020
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RuckusRoots Online Programs 2020
A Breakup Letter to 2020 from RuckusRoots
มุมมอง 4093 ปีที่แล้ว
A Breakup Letter to 2020 from RuckusRoots
Wild Art 2019 with Julio Munoz
มุมมอง 684 ปีที่แล้ว
Wild Art 2019 with Julio Munoz
Kites for a Cause: L.A. River Clean-Ups and Art Workshops
มุมมอง 754 ปีที่แล้ว
Kites for a Cause: L.A. River Clean-Ups and Art Workshops