Archive for 'Children'

Arizona Murals Tell History, Stir National Attention and Controversy

Arizona Murals Tell History, Stir National Attention and Controversy

Arizona is a state with a strong and diverse Latino community and an Indian population with a history that goes back over a thousand years. Along the East Coast of the United States, the newcomers from [...]

Inspiration as Currency, an Interview With Bret Blevins

Inspiration as Currency, an Interview With Bret Blevins

Artists influence our culture, but what influences the artists? Inspired art has always shaped the culture around us, though it’s a relatively new concept that art would be used for individual profit rather than community enrichment. [...]

Mural Tells Untold History of Local Tribe

Mural Tells Untold History of Local Tribe

Arizona is a state with a strong and diverse Indian population with a history that goes back over a thousand years. Along the East Coast of The United States, the newcomers from Europe arrived from the [...]

Native Comic Artist, Ryan Huna Smith Presents Frybread Man

Native Comic Artist, Ryan Huna Smith Presents Frybread Man

How has the education system taken the fun out of learning, and how can we put fun back into it? Students have become media savvy, growing up with cell phones, texting, internet and social media, so [...]

IS THE ‘PEACE TRAIN’ COMING? A GOOD-NEWS BLOG FOR 2012

IS THE ‘PEACE TRAIN’ COMING? A GOOD-NEWS BLOG FOR 2012

The news you are about to read would fold a newspaper, it would shrivel the ratings of any TV news show. Why? Because it is good news, incredibly good news in fact. Ordinarily, many of us [...]

Chalk for Change

Chalk for Change

In the fall of 2010 Culture Collective collaborated with Buildon in San Francisco and Oakland to create a video for the Chalk for Change program initiated by Tom Silverman. Chalk for Change challenges youth to inform themselves about [...]

Merry Makers Around the World

Merry Makers Around the World

Every culture and tradition around the world has masks, costumes, dances, puppets, and ceremonial characters that teach or bring meaning to the community. In most circumstances, these are not considered “performances” to be watched, they are [...]

We Dream The Future

We Dream The Future

It all starts with a dream. Speaking your dreams out loud and having someone listen and be interested is one of the most empowering things you can do for yourself and those around you. Have You ever [...]

Teddy The Traveler

Teddy The Traveler

An exciting collaboration between Dennis The Red, Academy of Art University, and Culture Collective, Teddy The Traveler is a children’s travel show. Each week Teddy, (a puppet bear) and Miss Tickle The Mouse travel to a different country to discover [...]

Parenting for A Peaceful World

Parenting for A Peaceful World

“How we treat the child, the child will grow up to treat the world” -Pam Leo My interest in positive change and creating a better future always has me thinking about children and the world they [...]