Street Wise is looking for new board members! Interested? fill out the form below and we will be in touch!
Allyson Burbeck is a writer, art historian, and art administrator. She received her M.A. in art history from the University of Colorado Boulder. While a graduate student, Allyson worked with the Latino History Project and CU Boulder Visual Resource Center to archive the materials of renowned Chicano artist Emanuel Martinez. She also collaborated with the Chicano/a/x Murals of Colorado Project to aid its mission of protecting, preserving, and promoting Chicanx murals in the state. Her master's thesis investigated the connection between Chicanx muralism and placemaking in Denver’s La Alma-Lincoln Park neighborhood and the rising threat of gentrification and street art culture. Allyson is passionate about making sure that street art remains a democratic and inclusive realm that represents the local community and raises awareness for social justice issues.
Allison Greene is an experienced art educator and program manager with a background in advertising and marketing. After years as an Art Director in New York City, Allison earned her Master of Arts in Teaching and taught in the New York City public school system for many years. She later began staging events for the wider art community there, which led her to curating and managing public art festivals as well. In addition to working for Street Wise Arts, Allison currently helps a consortium of arts organizations in Denver, developing programming for creatives that provides inspiration and enhances creative skill development. She recently completed the Leadership Arts program through the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, and is committed to art advocacy, increasing access to creative expression and career development for youth, adults, and marginalized communities here in Colorado.
These murals and our events take place on traditional unceded territories of the Cheyenne, Ute and Arapaho people as well as 48 additional Nations that called Colorado home. We ask that you join us in acknowledging the Cheyenne, Ute and Arapaho and all of the 48 nations, their communities, their elders, present day as well as future generations. We must commit to giving reparations financially and in the form of land back if we have the means. We must organize and commit to ally-ship. We must listen to and learn from Indigenous people, who lived sustainably with the land for thousands of years before colonization.
Street Wise Arts stands in solidarity with Black Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement. We vehemently oppose the ongoing brutality and murder of Black Americans by law enforcement. As an organization, we are committed to the well-being and safety of our community, especially those that have historically been marginalized. It is our goal to empower our community through celebrating our diverse experiences. We vow to create an inclusive and accessible platform for artistic expression. And to amplify the voices of artists and activists through events and opportunities. We are committed to work to dismantle white supremacy in our organization, in our community and in our country.
Street Wise Arts programs and operating costs is partially supported by the Boulder Arts Commission, an agency of the Boulder City Council, the Boulder County Arts Alliance, The Denver Foundation, The Community Foundation of Boulder County and Colorado Creative Industries.