Oasis Skateboard Factory
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Introduction | In November 2006, twenty students completed a successful month-long pilot project on skateboard design as part of the new Arts & Social Change Program. With Toronto District School Board and Toronto Foundation for Student Success funding to extend the project, an art room at Oasis Alternative S.S. was transformed into a skateboard/longboard design studio where students ran a skateboard building and graphic design cooperative business. Drawing on the expertise of artist/teacher Craig Morrison with support from designers Norah Jackson & Ted Hunter (Roarockit Skateboard Company), students learned through the hands-on experience of constructing and shaping their own original skateboard decks, designing and applying stencil graffiti style graphics and displaying, marketing and selling their creations by outreaching to the local school community of the Queen St. Arts & Design District and beyond. In September 2009, the OSF expanded programming into a classroom in the Scadding Court Community Centre (located at Dunbat Skate Park), becoming one of the world's first skateboard design high school sites where students earn credits through this unique focus. |