• Monday, 07/09/2012

  Five New Murals Gracing Brooklyn This Summer

  Groundswell, the nonprofit community group that brings young people and artists together to paint murals around the city, just announced five new art projects for public spaces around Brooklyn.

  Emily Nonko, Brownstoner
• Tuesday, 07/03/2012

  These P.S. 304 students sign on for traffic safety

  Stop, look and listen before crossing the street. That’s the message third, fourth and fifth grade students are trying to tell pedestrians in their neighborhoods.

  Kirsten Sanchez, Bronx Times
• Friday, 06/01/2012

  Mural Complete at the Sands Street Gate

  We missed it, but yesterday afternoon the new mural on the Sands Street Gate was unveiled near the Navy Yard.

  Emily Nonko, Brownstoner
• Wednesday, 05/16/2012

  New Mural Going Up at Sands Street Gate

  There’s an large mural going up now on the Sands Street Gate, courtesy of the Groundswell Community Mural Project.

  Emily Nonko, Brownstoner
• Sunday, 04/01/2012

  Creating a Groundswell in Brooklyn

  At the time of his arrest in January 2011, James was a 15-year-old high school sophomore. The charge? Possession of marijuana.

  Eleanor J. Bader, The Brooklyn Rail
• Saturday, 03/24/2012

  A Mural Grows in Brooklyn

  I discovered this 2009 work of public art at 960 Prospect Place in Brooklyn while walking recently from the Jewish Children’s Museum to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.

  Lynn Trimble, Stage Mom
• Friday, 01/27/2012

  The Hot Seat: Amy Sananman

  Interview with Amy Sananman, the Founder and Executive Director of Groundswell Community Mural Project.

  Emily Nonko, Brownstoner
• Monday, 01/23/2012

  Union Square Awards - Financial Boost to Nonprofits - To Shut Down

  The Union Square Awards are closing up shop. The Union Square Fund Board - administrators of the awards - announced earlier this month that it is no longer taking applications and will cease operations within three years.

  Clem Richardson, New York Daily News
• Saturday, 01/07/2012

  Public Art and the Challenge of Evaluation

  In the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of Public Art Review, Jack Becker writes, “There is a dearth of research efforts focusing on public art and its impact. The evidence is mostly anecdotal. Some attempts have focused specifically on economic impact, but this doesn’t tell the whole story, or even the most important stories.”

  Katherine Gressel, Createquity
• Tuesday, 11/08/2011

  Posters Against Violence in Teen Relationships

  This summer Artists Nicole Schulman and Tanya Albrigtsen-Frable worked with 15 young women, ages 14-18, in the Groundswell Community Mural Project Voices Her’d program to design a series of 8 posters for the organization Day One to educate young people about intimate partner violence in teen relationships.

  John Emerson, Social Design Notes

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