Come check out the newly renovated Dogpatch Community Court on Tuesday, June 27th!!
Event Registration: Eventbrite - HERE
The Golden State Warriors Community Foundation, in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, Alive & Free - Omega Boys Club, and the Good Tidings Foundation, will unveil a newly refurbished basketball court at Alive & Free on June 27. The dedication ceremony will begin at 3:00 p.m. at the site and will be followed by a basketball clinic for local youth, hosted by Warriors Basketball Academy, from 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.
Youth Clinic and Neighbor Participation: We have invited the Bayview YMCA and the NABE to bring youth to the event where we are excited to offer a youth clinic. This clinic aims to provide a fun and educational experience for children aged 7 to 15. No prior skill level is necessary for participation.
The refurbished court is made possible by the Making Hoops program, a partnership between the Warriors Community Foundation and the Good Tidings Foundation, which has refurbished more than 90 basketball courts around the Bay Area. This is the third time this partnership has refurbished the court, first in 2008 with Warriors player Stephen Jackson, and another time in 2016 with then-Mayor Ed Lee.
Event Registration: Eventbrite - HERE
About the mural:
Patrick Martinez is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work has been exhibited domestically and internationally and is in the permanent collections of many institutions including Whitney Museum of American Art, The National Museum of American History, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and many more. Martinez is dedicated to honoring and uplifting Black and Brown youth in California. His paintings reference vintage Pee-Chee folders, transforming the popular school supplies into protests against violence, displacement, and racial injustice. Martinez created this mural in the style of his Pee-Chee series to celebrate graduates from Alive & Free’s violence prevention and leadership programs. The mural was painted in collaboration between Patrick Martinez and the Bay Area Mural Program (BAMP), The BAMP is a nonprofit organization of local artists dedicated to facilitating and creating public art. Their vision is to turn bare, blighted walls into artistic gateways to the community's surrounding environment.