Creativity in Action for Adolescents
Hit the Streets is a summer work program in which underserved Central Area and South Seattle youth make public art for their community. Every July Coyote partners 24 adolescents aged 12-14 with professional public artists to create art for a neighborhood park, street corner, or vacant lot.
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The Hit the Streets team of artists and youth create public art projects that transform vacant lots, city parks, and building façades into significant community landmarks. They spend the month of July in workshops where problem solving and creative thinking underpin each stage of the project. They design and fabricate their artwork from materials including metal, concrete, glass, clay, wood, and Milestone. In the process they learn to use many hand and power tool such as table saws, drill presses, plasma cutters, and routers.
Hit the Streets is the first job experience for many participants as they learn to fill out time sheets, set daily goals, meet deadlines, and practice team work, reliability, and initiative. Their daily job incentive is working toward earning a savings-account stipend of up to $200.
Hit the Streets leaves a legacy of major public art installations throughout the Central Area, in the south end, on First Hill, and in Squire Park. For close to five hundred participants, it is has been an opportunity to learn how to better problem solve, tackle challenges creatively, and to handle a job successfully. The final impact is a fine sense of pride for creating an important and lasting contribution to their community.
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Isaiah Edwards Pocket Park
Phase 1 of the pocket park included concrete trees, a walkway, & seating area, punctuated by hanging wire "banners".
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