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Announcement: As we navigate a leadership transition and focus on financial planning, our summer programming will center on Arts, Care, and Connection. This intentional pause in other activities will help strengthen our foundation as we prepare to relaunch our core Right Brain Initiative this fall—supporting students, schools, and teaching artists with renewed energy and focus. Arts for Learning Northwest remains deeply committed to making arts and creativity accessible to all.
Mic Crenshaw performs live poetry and social justice oriented rap music.
Mic can explore the challenges and opportunities of these times with the students as an audience and collaborators. Themes include race, class, systemic oppression, movements for social justice and the role that art and culture can play in transforming society.
This program offered by: Mic Crenshaw
Program Model: Assembly Performance
Art Form: Music
Curriculum Connections: Character Education, Community Building, Language Arts, Social Justice, Social Studies, World Cultures
Grades: 10, 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9
Program Requirements: PA, microphone, projector, screen, space to perform and hold an audience.
Instruction Language(s): English
PLEASE NOTE: Arts for Learning NW has paused its support of all residencies, workshops and performances outside of Right Brain Initiative contracts. We encourage you to work directly with the teaching artists. If you're interested in being connected directly with this artist, please email [email protected] with your request and we'll forward your message.
About the Artist
Mic is a global Hip Hop and spoken word artist. Mic has toured extensively in Africa, Europe and the U.S. and is a Lead Organizer for the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan. His company Global Fam he has helped build two computer centers in Burundi Central Africa.
"Mic Crenshaw brings a raw authenticity that helped forever define my students' relationship to hip hop." --Portland Principal
Program costs are based on a variety of different factors including number of sessions, planning hours needed and material costs. Please contact Arts for Learning NW for help determining the actual cost of your programs. Email us at [email protected] or call 503-225-5900, ext 705