Introduction to Street Styles
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The Street Styles workshop was begun by street artist Dave Warnke in San Francisco. Dave has worked with Holly Combs to bring the program to Indianapolis through Young Audiences. The Street Styles workshop teaches students the basics of art: line, composition, balance, flow, color theory, rhythm, contrast, value, depth, perspective, etc. using street art and graffiti as the foundation for exploring these basics. It also teaches students important social values with an emphasis on respect for themselves, their teachers, and their community.
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About Holly Combs
Holly Combs graduated from Herron School of Art in 2001 with a BFA in Visual Communications and a minor in Art History. She has published internationally distributed street art magazine, PEEL, managed and curated Alias Gallery dedicated to showing international street art, and co-authored the street art book, PEEL: The Art of the Sticker. She has served as the Girls’ Development Director, working with inner-city youth on the Southeast side of Indianapolis, and is the mother of two beautiful children. Holly has taught art classes to students ranging from pre-K through 12th grade.
As an artist she seeks to communicate powerful, positive, socially relevant messages through the use of simple, clear, and visually direct images and typography. Her project “CHECK YOUR SELF” leverages young people’s interest in street art to raise breast cancer prevention awareness in young women. She has worked with the You Are Beautiful collective to create street art installations to provide moments of positive realization.
I believe every individual has a unique perspective which can be shared through art, and I seek to nurture the desire within everyone to express themselves visually. I believe in celebrating everyday moments and my enthusiasm for life often invigorates even students that are otherwise disinterested in school.
Other teachers and parents have reported that Holly’s students exhibit overall academic and behavioral improvement since being in her class. By focusing on the process of creating as opposed to the final product, Holly has found that students develop an enjoyment of making art without the pressure to produce something in which others find value.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. - Edgar Degas
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