Friday, May 21, 2021
We are so excited to make our new OSF GRRLZ SK8 CREW X A.K.A. street deck available to the public June 1 at the launch of our online OSF Pop Up Shop with Anomaly (details TBA):
Surf the streets and through the concrete jungle on the new OSF X A.K.A 8.5” street deck ($75) prototyped by OSF and manufactured by Control MFG! This design was a collab of 3 different art styles, by 3 Black student designers from the OSF GRRLZ SK8 CREW. We hope with this new shop deck we can encourage more diversity and inclusion in the skateboarding community. - A.K.A. are Hysteric Esoteric, Magic Forte & Hanahaki Pink
alt9 Art Show Window Display: Artist Statement
Student artists/designers from 9 alternative schools contributing to this installation manufactured by the Oasis Skateboard Factory’s design leadership students in partnership with GelaSkins include:
Chi-Chi Njoku, Tehila Orhue, Teia Brown, Kyana Browne-Dixon, Arianna Todman, Anna Deterville, Kioni Rhule, Thilini Pradhana, Eunice Kim, Alicia Reis, Selina Maharaj, Saskia Sillaste, Kei Tran, Teyara Bardoo, Savvoi Pessoa
As one of the fifteen alt9 contributing student artists of this window display, this skateboard installation has given me the opportunity to feel seen, heard, and worthy. This year’s window display is a statement on giving Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth the chance to have the spotlight. The significance of this public art display is to heighten the voices and showcase the talent of those who have been overlooked by society countless times.
Like the branch stretching across the 9 boards representing hopeful growth, reaching towards future possibility, I believe that alt9 schools have created a place where Black, Indigenous and racialized youth can unapologetically be ourselves and be supported to thrive. With staff who recognize and understand the importance of creating a safe space that invites diversity, alternative schools allow students to express themselves while encouraging others to do the same. It’s extremely important to recognize that there are people that deserve equal opportunities but haven’t been given them due to society’s outdated hierarchies. With this in mind, I encourage everyone, especially those who consider themselves leaders to continue to amplify youth voices. There is no future without change and there is, and always will be, power in diversity.
- Memento Moon (Oasis Skateboard Factory Student Designer)
Nothing Escapes the Alternative Tentacle: Year 16!
Our yearly alt9 Art Show with Xpace Cultural Centre has been modified again this year due to COVID-19, but that hasn't held us back in our celebration of our alternative school student creativity! The nine Toronto District School Board alternative high schools in the alt9 family of schools are leaders in student-centred education and have been launching pads for many emerging artists and designers in Toronto and beyond.
Check out our Year 16 online art show at:
• Website Launching May 12th, 2021
This year's show features diverse forms of cultural production taking place in our schools with the added feature of a window display amplifying the creative voices produced by some of our Black, Indigenous and
racialized students. Student artists/designers contributing to this installation manufactured by the Oasis Skateboard Factory’s design leadership students in partnership with GelaSkins include:
Chi-Chi Njoku, Tehila Orhue, Teia Brown, Kyana Browne-Dixon, Arianna Todman,
Anna Deterville, Kioni Rhule, Thilini Pradhana, Eunice Kim, Alicia Reis, Selina Maharaj, Saskia Sillaste, Kei Tran, Teyara Bardoo, Savvoi Pessoa
• Window display on view from May 12th through May 31st, 2021
• For more information please contact teacher Craig Morrison, craig.morrison@tdsb.on.ca
alt9: City School, Contact, East York Alternative, Inglenook, Oasis,
School of Experiential Education, SEED, Subway Academy II, West End Alternative
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