Summer Leadership Institute

Celebrate Transformative Art at Our Upcoming Mural Dedications

 

Categories: Events

Join Groundswell in celebrating the accomplishments of teams of young artists citywide at seven upcoming mural dedications, occurring August 29 – 31.
 
The celebrations represent the hard work of young people in all five boroughs who were dedicated to transforming empty walls into monumental works of art.
 

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GROUNDSWELL ARTISTS EXPLORE POLICE-CIVILIAN RELATIONS

 

Categories: Youth Programs

This summer, a team of young men tackled the relationship between police and young men of color in "I Just Want To Come Home," a 120-foot-long mural in Bushwick. 

 

In the first video of a two-part Thirteen WNET exclusive, these artists discuss the many perspectives and experiences they had to consider to create this monumental artwork.

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If I'm alone, I try not to anger them.

 

Categories: Youth Programs

Catcalling is not a compliment. It's harassment. Groundswell and twenty young women fought back this summer with a mural in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Now, THIRTEEN tells their stories.

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Join Us at This Critical Moment in Time

 

Categories: Youth Programs

Today, teams of youth artists enter a critical moment of their Summer Leadership Institute: they begin the process of fabrication for seven murals across New York City.

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Amplify Youth Activism to Empower Us All

 

Categories: News

What is the voice of an activist?
 
This summer, upwards of 140 youth will discover and amplify their activist voices through the creation of seven Groundswell murals across New York City.

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