Creative Wellness
Design & Culture
Remix The Kicks
A Healing Arts Sneaker Customization Workshop.
Overview
What it is.
Remix The Kicks transforms the creative energy of sneaker culture into an engaging Healing Arts experience for K-12 students. Through hands-on sneaker design, storytelling, and reflection, students explore personal identity, emotional expression, and career-connected creative skills.
Guided by teaching artists and wellness mentors, participants learn to design, paint, and present custom sneakers that express who they are and what they stand for. The process cultivates focus, patience, collaboration, and pride, while connecting art, culture, and entrepreneurship.
Who it is for
Students already fluent in sneaker and streetwear culture, and anyone who learns better with an object in their hands.
Student learning
- Design fundamentals and customization techniques
- Personal storytelling through visual art
- Creative entrepreneurship and branding basics
- Focus, patience, and craftsmanship
Real-world application
Connects to careers in fashion, product design, branding, and entrepreneurship while reinforcing creativity as a viable economic pathway.
Student outcomes
What a student leaves with.
- Increased confidence and self-expression
- Development of creative identity and cultural awareness
- Strengthened attention to detail and perseverance
- Portfolio-ready creative work
Delivery
How it runs.
In-school
Pop-up activation
Afterschool
Festival and event
Creative Pathways
More programs
Other signature programs.
Bring this program to your students
Bring Remix The Kicks to your school or community.
Schools, libraries, community organizations, and public spaces all work. The design changes; the outcomes do not.