ART ON THE STREETS IS NOW
THE CLUTCH CITY ART PROJECT (CCAP)
To date, the Clutch City Art Project has reached more than *6,000,000 individuals
· Middle and high school students from the Houston Independent School District (HISD) have submitted over 3500 pieces of artwork to CCM's Clutch City Art Project.
· It is estimated that our students' artwork has been viewed more than *6,000,000 times via billboards, calendars, street displays, exhibits, social media, websites, conferences, postcards and more.
Highlights of the Clutch City Art Project:
- CCAP is the largest public display of youth artwork in Houston/Harris County
- 2018 – Exhibited at the Texas Department of State Health Services HIV/STD Conference in Austin, TX
- 2019 – Poster presentation at the National Sexual Health Conference in Chicago, IL
- 2020 – Commissioned Houston artist Mathieu Jean Baptiste is inspired by the CCAP and creates a 20ft mural banner entitled ‘The Preventions’. The banner is displayed publicly and has been archived at the Fondren Library in the Woodson Research Center of Rice University
- 2020-2023 and Beyond – Collaborative effort with Baylor College of Medicine, Texas FIMRSH and Texas Department of State Health Services to produce an annual calendar featuring artwork from the project.
- 2021 – Banners are displayed at the City of Houston’s World AIDS Day Remembrance ceremony held at Sam Houston Park in Downtown Houston
- 2023 – Abstracts written and submitted in 2022 for poster presentation consideration were accepted and presented at the National Coalition for STD Directors in New Orleans, La. and at NACCHO 360 in Denver, CO.
- 2023 – CCM commemorates 36 years of World AIDS Day with a mural entitled "The 35"
- 2024 - Art on the Streets, now rebranded the Clutch City Art Project, display featured at the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) council meeting.