GROUNDSWELL IN THE NEWS
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Wednesday, 07/16/2008
Washington Heights Youth Look to Leave Mark on Their Community
Some young people in Washington Heights will be leaving their mark on the community with a new work of art for their neighborhood.
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Monday, 04/14/2008
The Vision Thing
It’s not just in design schools. It’s not just in mentorship programs at top firms. Design and education can meet in the streets, too.
John Emerson, Communication Arts -
Friday, 10/12/2007
Urban Art Group Uses Murals to Dress Up City
"We're trying to get that wall right there," said Amy Sananman, her voice falling to a near-conspiratorial whisper.
Clem Richardson, New York Daily News -
Friday, 08/31/2007
City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening
With weeping family members and the ghostly, smiling images of three boys watching over them, city officials and elected representatives joined 100 community members on a Brooklyn street corner Tuesday evening to pledge "Not one more death."
Aaron Naparstek, streetsblog.org -
Thursday, 08/30/2007
Community Asks for Safer Streets Through Mural
In recent years, Third Avenue in Brooklyn has seen three children killed by vehicular traffic.
Jen Chung, Gothamist -
Monday, 08/20/2007
Student’s, Non-Profit Group Work Together to Beautify Neighborhoods
For more than a decade, a non-profit group has employed young people around the city to help beautify neighborhoods with murals.
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Saturday, 08/18/2007
Mural support on 3rd Ave
A stop sign with a human face is rising over Third Avenue.
Ariella Cohen, The Brooklyn Paper -
Friday, 08/17/2007
Haunting and Sobering Message for Drivers
It could possibly be one of the most effective traffic-calming campaigns ever created: a dignified yet heartbreaking mural of children run down by cars on 3rd Avenue holding up signs encouraging drivers to take their feet off the gas.
Thomas Tracy, Courier Life -
Monday, 06/04/2007
Walls of Art for Everyone, but Made by Not Just Anyone
The sticky-sweet smell of spray paint hung in the hot air as members of Tats Cru covered a rooftop wall with crazy kinetic letters.
David Gonzalez, The New York Times -
Friday, 08/11/2006
Groundswell Project Unites Young Women to Paint Public Murals
Some teenagers are using a temporary summer job to permanently change the New York landscape.
NY1 News