GROUNDSWELL IN THE NEWS
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Tuesday, 07/01/2014
Closing Bell: Groundswell Beautifies Brownsville With Two Murals
Groundswell has just unveiled two murals painted by young adults on probation along Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville.
Rebecca Baird-Remba, Brownstoner -
Wednesday, 06/25/2014
Transform/Restore Mural Dedication
Murals created as part of “Transform/Restore: Brownsville,” a two-year participatory public art project in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Ocean Hill-Brownsville -
Saturday, 06/21/2014
P.S. 109 students place anti-violence murals on Glenwood underpass
Students of an East Flatbush school painted anti-violence murals in hopes of reducing crime in their neighborhood.
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Friday, 06/20/2014
The 25 Most Amazing Community Art Projects
For social workers, being involved in a community art project can be among the most rewarding and dynamic experiences. Primarily focused on engaging a community or a group of people, community arts projects involve a variety of media and often function to facilitate a dialogue within a group.
Social Work Degree Guide -
Tuesday, 06/17/2014
Teens Design Mural for Planned Parenthood
A Planned Parenthood-themed mural designed by local teenagers recently went on display inside the clinic's Bleecker Street headquarters.
Rosa Goldensohn, DNAinfo -
Monday, 06/16/2014
When Street Art Meets High Finance
In 2012, the European Central Bank gave a local arts group permission to paint a fence surrounding the construction site for its new headquarters, in Frankfurt, and provided ten thousand euros for paint and reusable wood panels.
Elizabeth Greenspan, The New Yorker -
Wednesday, 05/14/2014
“Stages of Greenpoint,” Unveiled at Broadway Stages
A student-created, hand-painted mural took its place on Greenpoint Avenue, to welcome people as they arrive into the community across the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge.
Tanay Warerkar, Greenpoint Gazette -
Monday, 05/12/2014
The 8 Best BQE Murals in Brooklyn
The worst part about cars is the aesthetics of their necessary infrastructure, and no bit of automobile architecture is uglier than the highway. Thankfully, Brooklyn residents have for decades tried to brighten this blight with art.
Henry Stewart, Brooklyn Magazine -
Friday, 05/09/2014
Groundswell Unveils Greenpoint Mural
Splashed across the front of music and film production center Broadway Stages, the vibrant mural greatly improves this block of Greenpoint Avenue, which sits next to the sci-fi digester eggs of the Newtown Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Rebecca Baird-Remba, Brownstoner -
Thursday, 05/08/2014
Young Artists Unveil 'Stages of Greenpoint'
Young artists joined together in Greenpoint to celebrate the past, the present and the future of the neighborhood.
News 12