CURRICULUM VITAE (June 30, 2013)
OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY:
School / SK8 & Street
Art Design Services
(Toronto District School
Board)
Address:
Scadding Court Community
Centre
Room 3, 707 Dundas St. West
Toronto M5T 2W6
Phone:
Classroom: (416) 393-0845
Contact:
craig.morrison@tdsb.on.ca;
lauren.hortie@tdsb.on.ca
Websites:
http://oasisskateboardfactory.blogspot.ca
http://shoposf.blogspot.com
Program Description:
OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY
School / SK8 & Street Art Design Services
Just ask students at the
worldʼs first skateboard design school site where it starts
and theyʼll tell you it begins with the board. How do
skateboards and schools mix? At Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF), a publicly
funded alternative school site in the TDSB, skateboards are a way to experience
success and earn high school credits. OSF teachers and community partners
reengage students who had not previously experienced school success. These
young boarders apply to enter the program so they can learn to design and build
decks, create a brand that reflects their personal vision and to spray graphics
with impact. They explore a range of curricular areas through high profile,
public arts and entrepreneurship projects run in collaboration with
professional mentors, earning a range of credits including English/Media,
Business/Marketing, Arts/Design and Leadership. With the focus and courage it
takes for individual skaters to master a trick, OSF students also become part
of a hard-working team, building a successful business while succeeding in
school and developing transferable creative and entrepreneurial skills. They
experience a feeling of success when they push their branded boards onto the
street!
An internationally
recognized model of student engagement that inspires other youth organizations
and a unique TDSB educational program that doesnʼt exist
anywhere else in the world, the OSF recently achieved a 100% course completion
rate for previously non-attending, non- achieving, hard to engage youth! OSF is
an award-winning innovative school / social enterprise whose mandate is to
reengage "at-risk" youth both in school and in the community.
Awards and Recognition:
Ken Spencer Award Winner for
Innovation in Teaching and Learning Canadian Education Assoc. (2011-12)
Art Educator of the Year:
Craig Morrison, Founding Teacher
Ontario Art Education Association (2012)
TedX Talks Presenter: Lauren Hortie, OSF Program Teacher
Queens University (2012)
#1 On the Toronto Star’s “Coolest Schools”
(March
17, 2011)
Hottest on the Now Magazine “Barometer”
Design Issue (Feb. 2012)
Selected Exhibitions:
National Youth Arts Week -
Artists in Residence & Gallery Installation
Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto ON, May 2013
Board N' School - Art
Skateboard Exhibit
Gladstone Hotel Art Bar,
Toronto ON April 2013
Pop-Up Shop/ Upcycling
Display - Toronto Design Offsite Festival
The Baitshop, Toronto
ON Jan 2013
Featured Brand and Pop Up
Shop Display
LongBoard Loft, Manhattan
NYC, June 2012
"Tomorrow Should Be
Ours", Public art (street posters/large vinyl banner in Yorkville)
Collaboration with UK artist Mark Titchner/AGO, Fall 2012 to present
The Alternative Tentacle-
Window displays and board installations
XPace Cultural Centre, Ongoing
(2009-present)
Longboard Product Launches
in Kensington Market
Longboard Living, Toronto
ON, Ongoing (September 2010-present)
Dorothy H. Hoover Library-
Featured Artists
OCADU, Toronto ON June 2011
Dangerous Grinds Pop-Up
Shops & Product Launches (*ongoing projects with independent coffee shops)
Manic Coffee, Toronto On,
2009, 2010
Sam James Coffee Bar, 2011,
2012
Year End Art Shows at
Roarockit Skateboard Company
2009-present
Partnerships/Community
Projects:
OSF customized TORD Roller Derby Helmets auctioned to support local female athletes
Championship Game, June 2013
"Free after 3 Skateboard Design Workshops" at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Championship Game, June 2013
"Free after 3 Skateboard Design Workshops" at the Art Gallery of Ontario
OSF Student run workshops
for Toronto teens every Wednesday
2012-Ongoing
OSF x Bamboo Skateboards
(California)
Student sustainability
themed graphic design contest / art show
2010-Ongoing
Bannockburn Montessori
School
Student leaders run mural
workshops for elementary school students
Spring 2012, 2013
Concrete Wave Magazine
Student writing featured
bi-annually in this international skateboarding magazine
Ongoing (2009 - present)
"slo_skate zine"
(featured in the OCADU sine library)
Students publish, distribute
and sell a bi-annual zine focussing on skateboarding, art & social
justice/sustainability
Ongoing (2009 - present)
Change the World Grant with
City View Alternative Elementary
"Heels on Wheels - Girl
Empowerment through Skateboarding"
Dec 2011
Clay and Paper Theatre-Night
of Dread Community Event
Commissioned "Hell on
Wheels" themed large scale puppets
2009-Ongoing
OSF & Student Branded
Products (T-shirts, stickers, buttons, griptape stencil art, custom boards)
Sold in various shops
(Cardinal Skateshop, The Baitshop, Longboard Living)
Conference Presentations:
OSF Teachers/Students have
presented at numerous conferences (Ontario Arts Educators Association annual
conference, TDSB Professional Development Days, New Business Movement youth
conference, Hart House UofT, Public Alternative Schools Conference at Ryerson)
Selected Media:
*For a complete list vist
http://oasisskateboardfactory.blogspot.com
http://www.thegridto.com/city/places/hogtown-and-z-boys/
http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2013/01/oasis_skateboard_factory_pops_up_at_the_baitshop/
http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/skateboard-factory-curriculum-design
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Toronto/ID/2278559679/
http://www.sbcskateboard.com/video_display/video:2057/Oasis-Skateboard-Factory
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