STEAM URBAN
Art Form(s):Artist Statement
STEAM URBAN collaborates with green spaces, schools, and community organizations in Black and Brown areas to provide dynamic and healing programmatic offerings that will begin to eradicate educational disparities, connect and uplift community members and expand community resources. Working with students of all ages and seeing everyone’s humanity strengthens the community thread and creates brave, collective, and collaborative spaces.
Artist Bio
STEAM URBAN is a S.T.E.A.M.-disciplined program that was founded to change the way education looks and feels for Black and Brown students of all ages by tackling three main topic areas: Environmental Justice, Social Justice, and Educational Equity. Our comprehensive S.T.E.A.M. curriculum is taught using innovative and interactive educational experiences while using trauma-conscious healing modalities and addressing the realities of those located in under-resourced communities.
S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) is an educational framework that integrates art and design into learning, increases the happiness and well-being of students, adds to students problem-solving skills, creativity and innovation, and is customizable for ALL students! Social/Emotional healing modalities are important because they use the arts as a basis for discovery and change. Combined, STEAM URBAN uses a STEAM-disciplined, trauma-conscious approach for teaching and learning to address three broad topic areas: Environmental Justice, Social Justice, & Educational Equity.
