GROUNDSWELL IN THE NEWS
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Tuesday, 08/10/2010
Brooklyn Students Paint Mural to Prevent Gun Violence
The 14-by-100-foot mural facing Brower Park in Crown Heights is big, bold, and sends a powerful message to passersby: local teens won't tolerate gun violence.
In Our Schools Today, The New York City Department of Education -
Friday, 08/06/2010
New York City’s Waterfronts, Covered
A woman pushes a stroller by an aquatic mural at Coney Island.
Aidan Gardiner, The New York Times -
Tuesday, 08/03/2010
Brooklyn Artists Join Public Mural Project
Dozens of teens and young adults in Brooklyn are teaming up with professional artists this summer to create six large murals.
NY1 News -
Thursday, 07/01/2010
Mosaic Unveiled At Chinatown Senior Center
A new work of art is bringing the young and old together in Chinatown.
NY1 News -
Wednesday, 06/16/2010
The Collaborators: Artists Working Across Disciplines
This spring, in lieu of yet another show of disparate student work, my MFA class decided to create an entirely collaborative exhibition.
Lily Rossebo, Art21 Blog -
Thursday, 05/27/2010
Art Cheers Up Lutheran Hospital Wing
New art work graces a wing at Brooklyn’s Lutheran Hospital.
NY1 News -
Saturday, 05/01/2010
Brooklyn NY – Change Happens
Explore the culture of memorial murals and the mourning, memories, death, life, friends, family and art that goes along with them on Segment C.
State of the Re:Union, WNYC -
Friday, 03/19/2010
Re: Big Art, Big Money
While I enjoyed Calvin Tomkins’s profile of the artist Julie Mehretu, I was surprised and disturbed by some of her comments in reference to her work “Mural,” commissioned by Goldman Sachs (“Big Art, Big Money,” March 29th).
Joe Matunis, The New Yorker -
Wednesday, 01/27/2010
Career Profile: Amy Sanaman, Executive Director, Groundswell Community Mural Project
Amy Sananman, the Founder and Executive Director of Groundswell Community Mural Project, talks about what it means to be an Executive Director, the day to day of her work, her personal path and advice for people looking at starting their own organization.
Idealist.org -
Saturday, 12/19/2009
Mural Celebrates Hunts Point and its Women
On Hunts Point Avenue, a smiling woman in green pulls a fresh vegetable from a thriving garden. Another woman is perched atop an apartment building, enjoying the warmth of the brilliant sun as birds fly overhead. A father reads to his child at the foot of a large tree.
Sasha Wortzel, The Hunts Point Express