Artist/Vendor experiences participating in the Xavier challenge, an event meant to expose university students to the experience of homelessness.
Content categorized as Art
Xavier adventures with the urban challenge
Street Sense Media artists visit Touchstone Gallery
The vendors took in portraits created with unique items to represent the people.
New Year, New Friend
I’ve had the pleasure and honor to be a cardmaker with Second Story Cards for the past year. Second Story Cards is a D.C.-based social enterprise that… Read more »
Vendors create an art project to call attention to ending homelessness in the D.C.
With art supplies donated by Scrap BMORE, members of Street Sense’s experimental art workshop created Our Common Threads, an installation project designed to call attention to ending homelessness in Washington, D.C. The project was displayed in front of the Church of the Epiphany on 1317 G St. NW.
Bathrooms for All
Man experiencing homelessness writes about the importance of public restrooms in Washington DC
The Crane of Damocles
A man experiencing homelessness writes a poem on a crane that has been looming over Georgetown after the stop of construction.
Review: Annie Finch’s poetry between the worlds
Woman experiencing homelessness’ review on author Annie Finch’s poetry performance.
We Can Make a Change
A man experiencing homelessness shares his thoughts about the need for change through his lyrics.
How to mend broken bridges
Street Sense Media vendor Chad Jackson shares his mind on broken people.
The Monkey Escapes
Michael Craig’s story of a monkey and a zoo
Break Up to Make Up
Street Sense Media vendor/artist Ronald Dudley’s poem of love.
Street Sense Media celebrates 15 years of impact
Street Sense Media’s 15th anniversary celebration was much more than a great evening.
Visit to the cemetery and Dad’s birthday
Street Sense artist & vendor talks about visiting her father’s grave.
THE HOBO: Black Fields screams,
“KEEP D.C. FOR ME!!!”
Part 5 of “The Black Fields Chronicles: The HOBO,” a fiction story based on the reality of homelessness.
Self-Expression Helps Me
Vendor Gwynette Smith discusses self-expression.
Despite homelessness, an artist continues his work
An artist uses Street Sense Media to advance his goal of ending his homelessness and pursuing his art.
Rest in peace Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang
Pound for pound, Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang was the most inspiring “homeless advocate” I have ever known. It was not her vocation. It was her passion. Devising Hope… Read more »
Love, always, for Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang
A memorial for Street Sense Media Artist-in-Residence Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang.
THE HOBO: Black Fields answers,
“Why are you homeless?”
Part 1 of “The Black Fields Chronicles: The HOBO,” a fiction story based on the reality of homelessness.
I am the DMV
A poem by a Kimball Elementary School student about her identity as a member of the DMV community
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