“The Street Arcade” is still Teaching the Youth about Social Issues
The Street Arcade was a project that began in the summer of 2015 by Steven Ciampaglia, a professor at Northern Illinois University, and Kerry Richardson, a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in collaboration with Plug-In Studio and 13 teen artists. This project slammed together science and art to create 8-bit style games that teach players about social issues including but not limited to white privilege, racial profiling, and peer pressure.
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