ArtEsteem is the youth arts program of the Attitudinal Healing Connection.
Since 1995, ArtEsteem has fostered transformative healing through the arts for youth in West Oakland schools and throughout the Bay Area.
Calhoun is a student of ArtEsteem’s West Oakland Legacy & Leadership Project (WOLLP), a visual arts and environmental program that supports youth in developing powerful, educated voices for social and environmental justice.
WOLLP used the curriculum from the book “Self As Super Hero,” by AHC’s executive director Amana Harris, to develop the fifth and last mural in the Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project.
Among the issues addressed in the mural are air pollution, gun violence, drug abuse, defor “We are seeing young people rise up, communities organize, and history taking place” writes
WOLLP student and host of the exhibit Chosang Tenzin after attending the recent protest of George Floyd’s death and the many black lives ended by police that was led by Oakland Technical High School alumni.
