“Set in just a few city blocks, it’s a story about intractable loss as well as collective refusal, depicting artists’ role in grassroots activism that builds power by bridging communities…”
- Sam Lefebvre, KQED Arts, March 2, 2020
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE OF ALICE STREET
Hotel Oakland was built in 1912 as one of the largest hotels in Oakland. It is now a home for over 400 Chinese-American, low-income seniors. The center has created a "village" model that consists of resident-taught workshops in traditional arts and health. Learn More
Made up of diverse community members representing Oakland Chinatown and the Black Arts Movement Business District, the Community Coalition for Equitable Development (CCED) fights for community benefits from new developments coming into downtown Oakland. Learn More
Originally built in 1927 as the Women's City Club of Oakland, the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts is now a multi-cultural art space and is the largest African-Diasporic dance center on the West Coast. Learn More
Founded in 2005, CRP is a mural arts organization based in Oakland. Two of CRP muralists, Desi Mundo and Pancho Peskador, engage the community to design and paint their largest mural to date in downtown Oakland. Learn More
ALICE STREET IN THE SCHOOLS
Alice Street film brings local arts education to high schools in partnership with Malonga Arts Collective, a group of working artists from the Malonga Arts Center in Oakland. The center is one of the premier spaces in the United States for creative arts. Many of our partner artists are featured in the film and are available for talks, workshops, and performances. To view photos and
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“Alice Street’ tells a story of how a mural is more than paint on wall, but rather a representation of a community from the past and present for our future.”
– David Roach, Oakland International Film Festival Director
“The Alice Street mural has become a chief symbol of cultural resilience in a neighborhood that is being threatened by Oakland’s displacement crisis.”
– East Bay Express
“This documentary shows how art can work as a tool for grassroots activism and underscores the power of coalition-building to disrupt the displacing forces of privilege.”
