Grown from the Concrete: Youth workshop on hip hop culture

There are four traditional pillars of hip hop that make up the fundamentals of the culture -- Breaking, MCing, DJing, and Graffiti. Each of these pillars was founded in urban spaces from Black and Latino communities – creating new ways to occupy street corners, subway cars, brick walls, staircases, empty lots, apartment complexes, and parks.

What stories of spaces and places are told through hip hop culture? How did cities originate a culture that was grown from the concrete (in the words of Tupac Shakur)?

Join us for a 90-minute workshop where we will listen to rap music, write lyrics, and map out in graffiti the evolution and legacy of hip hop and urban space.

This is a free workshop for teenagers aged 14 – 17. Snacks will be provided.

11am – 12:30pm Workshop in English. Register here

1pm – 2:30pm Workshop in French. Register here

These workshops are part of the CCA’s initiative started in spring 2022, to increase engagement and accessibility of architecture education to members of the BIPOC community through public programming. Please contact us to learn more about the Diversity Incentives Youth Program. This workshop is made possible thanks to the support of Scotiabank.

Image: David Alan Taylor and Martha Cooper. Graffiti-Covered Billboard. Paterson New Jersey United States, 1994. -09-15. Photograph

Host or Publisher Centre Canadien d'Architecture (CCA)