Youth Programs

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.

Tags: Summer Leadership Institute, Making His'tory, Video


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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.

Tags: Summer Leadership Institute


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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.

Tags: Summer Leadership Institute


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CLIMBING UP THE SCAFFOLD TO COLLEGE

CLIMBING UP THE SCAFFOLD TO COLLEGE

 

Categories: Youth Programs

"Congratulations, you're accepted!" These three words have popped up in the mailboxes of Groundswell youth all over the city this month. 

Tags: Spotlight


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SPOTLIGHT: YOUTH MEDIA COUNCIL IN ACTION

 

Categories: Youth Programs

Last Wednesday, Variety the Children’s Charity of New York was on the scene at our Transform/Restore: Brownsville project site to interview representatives from our Youth Media Council for a special short video. 

Tags: Summer Leadership Institute


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CREATING CHANGE: EIGHT COMMUNITIES AT A TIME

 

Categories: Youth Programs

What do we mean when we say “Art creates community and community creates change”? This summer, Groundswell will create change across NYC through the Summer Leadership Institute (SLI).

Tags: Summer Leadership Institute


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Streetwise: Hunts Point Video on ArtsFwd.org

Bronx Rising Detail

 

Categories: Youth Programs

A new documentary by EmcArts showcases Groundswell murals and street sign projects created by youth and community members over the course of our two-year Streetwise: Hunts Point initiative. 


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Spotlight on Youth Muralist Maybelline Amaya

Maybelline Amaya

 

Categories: Interviews, Youth Programs

The Brownsville resident and high school senior is now working for Groundswell on two simultaneous mural projects in afterschool art apprenticeship programs taking place currently in our Gowanus studio.

Tags: Spotlight


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