ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL / DESIGN STUDIO located at Scadding Court Community Centre, Room 3, 707 Dundas St. West (at Bathurst), Toronto M5T 2W6 Classroom Phone: 416-393-0845. Main Office of Oasis Alternative S.S. TDSB at 416-393-9830. Email Contact for Info & Registration: lauren.hortie@tdsb.on.ca (Lauren Hortie, OSF Teacher)
Why be bored in school? Go to a Skateboard School!
This Toronto District School Board alternative school design program helps students earn high school credits and graduate by creating their own brand and running a skateboard business / professional design studio.
OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY (OSF) "ON THE GRIND": TDSB's ART & ENTREPRENEURSHIP O.G.s since 2006!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Art Entrepreneurs
- Visit to Show & Tell Gallery and talk with owner Simon Cole about the economics of art. Students working on cutting their own multi-layer skateboard stencils were inspired by seeing the different techniques used by international stencil artists Logan Hicks and C215.
-Talk about the local poster scene and business of being an artist with Michael Comeau, who will be collaborating with an OSF student on an upcoming limited edition series of boards.