Join renowned author, activist, and scholar Angela Davis and a distinguished panel of Groundswell-affiliated artists and academics for a conversation about youth incarceration and making art inside the walls of Rikers Island.

Calling all educators, activists, and artists!

Join us for the CreateNYC Brookyln borough-wide workshop. 

All proceeds support Groundswell and our work to use art as a tool for social change!

See Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement community center transformed with a new Groundswell mural. (Queens)

Join us in celebrating the transformative power of art at our Castle Hill Houses mural dedication. (Bronx)

At this dedication, we unveil the final mural at St Nicholas Houses completed as part of a year-long initiative. (Manhattan)

The Making Hist'ory artist teams unveils their mural about knowing your rights as young men of color.

Voices Her'd artists make visible the power of women of color through unveiling their new mural. (Brooklyn)

Celebrate youth art at the unveiling of a new mural at Stapleton Houses. (Staten Island)

Young artists at Tompkins Houses unveil a community mural at this dedication. (Brooklyn)

Come paint with us at a new mural at Queensbridge Houses. (Queens)

Create social change through art at our Castle Hill Houses community painting day. (Bronx)

Help transform Saint Nicholas Houses Senior Center by painting alongside Groundswell youth artists. (Manhattan)

Leave your mark on Stapleton Houses! (Staten Island)

Pick up a paintbrush at our Making His'tory community painting day! (Brooklyn)

Join our all-women's team, Voices Her'd, in painting a monumental new mural. (Brooklyn)

Show your artistic side by painting alongside Groundswell youth artists at Tompkins Houses. (Brooklyn)

Hear more about the new mural at Queensbridge Houses. (Queens)

Give Groundswell teen artists feedback on their upcoming mural. (Bronx)

Have an impact on a piece of art in your community at our design share. (Manhattan)

Give your input on a new mural at Stapleton Houses. (Staten Island)

Learn more about an upcoming mural from Making His'tory, our artist team of young men.

Contribute to the design of a new mural on women's empowerment in Crown Heights. (Brooklyn)

Join us for the public design share of our newest mural at Tompkins Houses, the third in a series. (Brooklyn)

Join us in celebrating the recently completed murals by Stapleton youth residents. (Staten Island) 

Celebrate the creation of two new murals at Queensbridge Houses. (Queens)

Congratulate youth artists for a good well done at St Nicholas Houses. (Manhattan)

Learn about the Bronx heroes at the dedication of a new mural at IS 254. (Bronx)

Join us in congratulating the awesome work of young women artists at this mural dedication. (Brooklyn)

Come to the dedication of two powerful murals at Castle Hill Houses. (Bronx)

Join us for the dedication of the first two murals completed at Tompkins Houses for this year. (Brooklyn)

Celebrate the creation of a mural new at Boys and Girls High School.

Have fun on a Tuesday at this dedication of a new football-themed mural. (Brooklyn)

Welcome in a new mural at PS/MS 282 at this dedication. (Brooklyn)

Acknowledge the power of youth imagination at this mural dedication. (Brooklyn)

Celebrate this kiki scene inspired mural created to recognize Housing Works' services. (Manhattan)

Celebrate youth art at Midwood High School with this mural dedication. (Brooklyn)

Celebrate the work of young women artists at this mural dedication. (Manhattan)

Celebrate youth artists in this mural dedication. (Brooklyn)

Admire the new mural completed at West Brooklyn Community High School. (Brooklyn)

Come learn about this anti-violence mural in IS 54. (Bronx)

Help paint a new mural with Groundswell! (Manhattan)

Join us for a community painting day at Queensbridge! (Queens)

Bring your creative spirit to help paint a new mural. (Bronx)

Develop your craft and teaching technique as a teaching artist at our Staten Island Teaching Artist Institute workshop.

Grab your friends and take over The Met for the night. 

Pick up a brush and transform a wall at Stapleton Houses. (Staten Island)

Take up a paintbrush and paint with Groundswell youth. (Brooklyn)

Join Groundswell for a Jane's Walk of our Gowanus murals.

Join us at Stapleton to create a new mural.

Join us for a community painting day at Queensbridge!

Help paint a new mural with Groundswell!

Join Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell in an event to learn more about the Vision Zero citywide initiative. 

Bring your creative spirit to help paint a new mural.

Take up a paintbrush and paint with Groundswell youth.

Add your voice on a mural about Crown Heights.

Join us for a discussion featuring organizations and leaders within the Crown Heights community.

After two years, the Creative Time Summit - the world’s largest international conference on art and social change-is headed home to New York City! 

Participation in the arts can be a game-changer for teens and young adults involved in the justice system.

This fall, Van Alen explores the evolving edges of the city in their "Periphery" conference. Join us for our presentation.

Join us for a Gowanus Open Studios tour of our Gowanus murals.

Join Council Member Brad Lander and neighborhood art organizations Groundswell, Arts Gowanus, and the Old Stone House for a walking tour of the new Gowanus Public Art series on Sunday, September 20 at 11am.

How can artists empower both themselves and others to overcome financial and social barriers? Join Groundswell for a panel discussion and workshop at the Old Stone House to learn more. This event is part of the exhibition "In Search of One City: Sensing (In)equality" curated by Katherine Gressel. 

Come and celebrate the completion of this monumental mural at EBCHS!

Celebrate the completed of our "Transform/Restore: Brownsville" initative at this mural dedication!

Hear the powerful anti-violence activism of our Voices Her'd team!

Hear the stories of our Making His'tory mural on police / community relations.

Come learn about DWI prevention at this mural dedication!

Join us to hear the stories about this mural on the Habits of the Mind philosophy.

The All City Art Expo 2015 is a three-day indoor/outdoor art festival that for the first time brings together, showcases and celebrates ALL of New York City's outdoor art culture and its long history in the streets of the Big Apple.

Support safer streets by painting with our artists!

Help us celebrate EBCHS spirt by painting with us!

Discover the hidden treasures of Brownsville by painting with us!

Join our youth artists to advocate against DWIs. 

Join our Making His'tory team on the wall to paint a mural on police brutality.

Bring a friend and paint with us! 

Paint with our young women artists on a mural about gender-based violence.

Listen to youth speak about a mural advocating for livable streets.

Contribute to the design of this mural at EBCHS!

Help "Transform/Restore Brownsville" with your input to our design.

Add your voice to our mural design! 

Contribute to the conversation around this mural on police brutality. 

Hear about our new mural on the Habitys of the Mind educational philosophy.

Hear young women speak about their mural design on gender-based violence.

As a part of the Prospect Heights Music & Arts Festival, Groundswell will be leading walking tours of our Prospect and Crown Heights murals, ending at the Way Station in time for a panel discussion followed by live music.

As a part of the Prospect Heights Music & Arts Festival, Groundswell will be leading walking tours of our Prospect and Crown Heights murals, ending at the Way Station in time for a panel discussion followed by live music.

Join us as we celebrate the unveiling of our newest mural.

Join Groundswell, the Secondary School for Law, and Councilmember Brad Lander for a dedication ceremony highlighting the unveiling of a new street art-inspired mural that affirms the core values of the school: Justice, Equity, Family, and Community.

Groundswell, in partnership with P.S./I.S. 109, Councilmember Jumaane D. Williams, and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR), is pleased to announce a dedication ceremony highlighting the unveiling of a new mural, entitled “Local Heroes.” 

Groundswell, in partnership with the Hetrick Martin Institute, are excited to announce the unveiling of a mural at the First Street Garden. The mural, "We're in this love together," uses tarot card imagery to illustrate queer communities/families of color and their vibrant legacy.

Groundswell, in partnership with the NYC Department of Correction and NYC Department of Education, is pleased to announce a dedication ceremony celebrating the unveiling of a mural that imagines restorative futures for themselves and other women who have been or are incarcerated. 

Join Groundswell, in partnership with P.S. 310 The School for Future Leaders, Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, and NYC DOT Art, to celebrate the unveiling of a monumental new mural that transforms a graffiti-ridden bridge in Sunset Park.

Groundswell, in partnership with South Brooklyn Community High School (SBCHS) and Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, invites you to join us for a dedication ceremony celebrating the unveiling of a new mural illustrating personal and community transformation.

Join Groundswell, in collaboration with Community League of the Heights and Community Health Academy of the Heights, invites you to a dedication for illustrating that the building of a strong healthy child is a community responsibility. 

Join Groundswell at the New Museum's Ideas City festival.

Join Groundswell and Row New York for the unveiling of a mural banner series celebrating watershed stewardship and contemporary use.

Join Groundswell, Councilmember Ritchie Torres, and Kappa III Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy for a mural dedication and support youth artists as they speak out against violence through public art.

Groundswell, in partnership with VIP Community Services, is pleased to invite you to join us for a dedication ceremony celebrating the unveiling new mural designed by a talented team of New York City young women.

Join Groundswell, Councilmember Mathieu Eugene, and Ditmas I.S. 62 at an unveiling of a mural in Kensington created by middle school students to celebrate unity from diversity. 

Groundswell and the Center for Court Innovation, a national leader in the effort to reform the justice system, unveil a mural panel series which creates a powerful visual identity for the innovative restorative services provided by the Midtown Community Court.

Join Groundswell, Councilmember Julissa Ferreras, Bogopa Service Corp, and students from the HIgh School for Art and Business for the unveiling of a monumental new mural celebrating the vibrancy and diversity of Corona, Queens.

Join Groundswell and the National Park Service at an unveiling of a mural panel series exploring past and present immigration issues at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. 

Join Groundswell, Councilmember Brad Lander, and West Brooklyn Community High School for the dedication of a new mural created by high school students to celebrate freedom through creativity.

Join Groundswell at the Brooklyn Public Library's 3rd annual Bike the Branches on Saturday, May 9.

Join Groundswell for a Jane's Walk of our Gowanus murals.

What does community mean? How is community in Brooklyn evolving as demographics rapidly shift? Long-time and new members of our Brooklyn community will share what their neighborhood means to them.

Join us for a Game Jam-- a one-day event where teens come to play, hack, and make games!

Between November 3 and November 29, Ariana Rockefeller's SoHo pop-up shop will be donating 15% of all sales to Groundswell! Check out her Fall/Winter ready-to-wear collection while benefiting our work to use art as a tool for social change.

Part of a monthly speaker series at the Way Station, join Groundswell's Project Manager, Daonne Huff, as she discusses Groundswell's impact on the community.

Join Groundswell and Reel Works for a screening of Groundswell's Transform/Restore: Brownsville short, followed by a screening of acclaimed graffiti documentary Wild Style.  

Celebrate the ribbon cutting of Groundswell's newest mural at Southside United HDFC-Los Sures, a senior housing center.

Join Groundswell on a tour of four pieces from our mural collection as a part of Gowanus Open Studios. The tour begins at 11am in front of Groundswell's studio at 540 President Street.

Join Groundswell on a tour of four pieces from our mural collection as a part of Gowanus Open Studios. The tour begins at 11am in front of Groundswell's studio at 540 President Street.

Painting pictures on the sides of buildings is more than just simple decoration.

Join us in celebrating the hard work of the DWI Jackson Heights artist team and witness the unveiling of a new public artwork at a mural dedication event.

Come and witness the transformative power of public art and celebrate the creative talents of Groundswell youth artists!

Join us at MS 126 Magnet School for Environmental Engineering in Greenpoint to celebrate the neighborhood’s history of environmental justice activism and learn more about the importance of watershed stewardship. 

Join us as we unveil the third mural in our two-year "Transform / Restore: Brownsville" participatory public art project!

Join us in the celebration of a new mural created as part of a broader playground renovation for the C.S. 300 Twin Parks campus.

Join Groundswell and VIP Community Services to celebrate the unveiling of a new mural and help Groundswell harness the power of public art to inspire social participation!

Add your voice to the conversation on the causes and effects of incarceration. Join us at our mural dedication to congratulate the Making His'tory artist team for its hard work.

Join us in celebrating a new mural created by Groundswell’s Voices Her’d Visionaries team and add your voice to our shared call for positive reproductive health!

Join us in visiting Groundswell mural sites around the city and see our amazing youth artist in action!

Join Groundswell for a hands-on mural painting event! Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can generate public awareness around the complex issue of chemical dependency.

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate a shared vision for a safer New York City.

Our Community Painting Day invites the public to join emerging teen artists in a fun day of painting while making a meaningful impact on the beauty of the neighborhood!

Come paint with Groundswell youth artists and add more color and vibrancy to the streets of South Jamaica.

Our Community Painting event invites the public to join us in a fun day of painting while making a meaningful contribution to the public dialogue around the causes and effects of incarceration.

Come up to the C.S. 300 Twin Parks campus to get your hands dirty and enrich the final mural with your creative touch!

Pick up your paintbrush and share the beauty you see in Brownsville!

EVENT CANCELLED

Be a part of our dialogue. Join us in a fun day of painting with our Voices Her’d Visionaries youth artist team! 

Want to know more strategies for  DWI deterrence? Join us at our Public Sharing for an opportunity to learn from Groundswell youth artists about their research into this topic and offer your input on the final mural design.

Join us at our Public Design Sharing for an opportunity to meet with  youth artists, our community partners, and offer input on the final mural celebrating Greendpoint’s history of environmental justice activism.

Curious about how  youth view the national high school dropout crisis? Join us for a Public Design Sharing and add your voice to the final mural design.

Groundswell’s Making His’tory artist team comes together to discuss the causes and effects of incarceration. Join us for  the Public Design Sharing and share your view on the design for the mural.

Join us for a Public Design Sharing event and share your vision for a new mural created as part of a broader school playground renovation!

Our Public Design Sharing event invites you to join us in the discovery of Brownsville’s hidden gems and learn more about the local residents engaged in strengthening the community!

Join us in this meaningful discussion of the causes and effects of chemical dependency and share your ideas for the final mural.

Join us for a Public Design Sharing event and help us extend the conversation around reproductive justice!

Photographer Randy Duchaine will chat with individuals featured in the photographic series, "Created in Brooklyn.” 

Join us for a celebration and unveiling of the first two projects in Groundswell's "Transform/Restore: Brownsville" two-year participatory public art project .

Join us to celebrate the work of the IS 109 student artists that worked to create the mural. 

Groundswell youth will unveil a mural project created in partnership with Planned Parenthood NYC on the theme: "Care. No Matter What." The mural promotes access to healthcare and education for young people and adults of all ages, genders, and backgrounds.

Join Groundswell and project partners Barrett Design and Development and The Urban Assembly Unison School at an unveiling of "The Seasons of 4 Downing."

Join us at this dedication to celebrate the accomplishments of the young people, see the works at our studio, and meet the artists before the panels depart for their travelling exhibition. 

Come check out an exhibition of Groundswell's spring Portfolio Development participant's work. Enjoy refreshments while congratulating the graduating class on their success and 100% college accepance rate. 

Groundswell Executive Director Amy Sananman moderates an intimate conversation with artists KET, Katie Yamasaki and Esteban del Valle, which explores the challenges and possibility of creating artwork in public.

Beyond The Walls was filmed with three Brooklyn organizations: Groundswell, El Puente and Artmakers. The film features many Brooklynites and the Composer lives in the borough.

Join us at Broadway Stages in Greenpoint to celebrate "Stages of Greenpoint," a mural highlighting the neighborhood's past, present, and future.
 

Join Groundswell for a Jane's Walk of our Gowanus murals!

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

Join Groundswell for hands-on mural painting alongside our teen artists. Pick up your paintbrush and help us illustrate how arts and culture can create a more just and equitable city for all New Yorkers. 

How can arts & culture create a better New York? Contribute your vision and ideas to the Talking Transition mural design process.

How can arts & culture create a better New York? Contribute your vision and ideas to the Talking Transition mural design process.

How can arts & culture create a better New York? Contribute your vision and ideas to the Talking Transition mural design process.

How can arts & culture create a better New York?
 
Join Groundswell to kick off the creation of a Talking Transition mural. 

Join Groundswell youth and artists as they do a live painting of a mural that explores issues around Superstorm Sandy with respect to Sunset Park. This live painting will occur during Industry City's Come Together: Surviving Sandy exhibit.

Join Groundswell youth and artists as they do a live painting of a mural that explores issues around Superstorm Sandy with respect to Sunset Park. This live painting will occur during Industry City's Come Together: Surviving Sandy exhibit.

Join Groundswell, Goldman Properties, and Swoon for the unveiling of a temporary site-specific mural on the famed Bowery Mural wall, highlighting healing and recovery on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.

Join Groundswell youth and artists as they do a live painting of a mural that explores issues around Superstorm Sandy with respect to Sunset Park. This live painting will occur during Industry City's Come Together: Surviving Sandy exhibit.

Join Groundswell youth and artists as they do a live painting of a mural that explores issues around Superstorm Sandy with respect to Sunset Park. This live painting will occur during Industry City's Come Together: Surviving Sandy exhibit.

Join Groundswell on a tour of four pieces from our mural collection as a part of Gowanus Open Studios. The tour begins at 11am in front of Groundswell's studio at 540 President Street.

Join Groundswell youth and the Brooklyn Museum for Between the Door and the Street, a free public performance initiated by internationally celebrated artist Suzanne Lacy. 
 

Join Groundswell on a tour of four pieces from our mural collection as a part of Gowanus Open Studios. The tour begins at 11am in front of Groundswell's studio at 540 President Street.

Witness the unveiling of a new public artwork for Coney Island, celebrating healing and recovery.

As Riverbank State Park celebrates its 20th anniversary, Groundswell youth unveil a mural celebrating our local water cycle.

Join us in celebrating the unveiling of the final mural in Groundswell's StreetWise: Hunts Point series.

Join us in celebrating a new mural mirroring the vibrancy of Atlantic Avenue’s shopping district and the beautifully restored Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Join us in celebrating a monumental new mural along historic Pitkin Avenue.

Groundswell invites you to the celebration of a new mural in Staten Island, illustrating healing and recovery.

Join us for a mural dedication and press conference, highlighting ongoing healing and recovery needs following Superstorm Sandy.

POSTPONED As a response to the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy, Groundswell unveils a new mural in Red Hook.

Join us for a free mural tour and inside look at our work!

Come paint the final mural in our StreetWise: Hunts Point public art series with Groundswell youth.  

Come meet with Groundswell youth, and help them complete this mural. 

Hear what our youth artists have planned for our final mural for the StreetWise: Hunts Point series.

Come add color to the Atlantic Avenue Underpass with Groundswell youth.

Come paint with Groundswell youth at Riverbank State Park.

Come check out what youth artists have in store for this mural project.

Listen to what youth artists have planned for Riverbank State Park this summer.
 

Come see the initial designs for Recovery Diaspora: Coney Island, and share your thoughts with our Voices Her'd Visionaries.

Hear what Making His'tory has planned for Recovery Diaspory: The Rockaways.
 

Meet with youth artists and hear what they have planned for this summer's mural project.

Hear what Groundswell's Voices Her'd Visionaries team has planned for Recovery Diaspora: Staten Island.
 

Come see what Groundswell's Making His'tory has in store for Recovery Diaspora: Red Hook. 

Celebrate today's workforce at the dedication of the Brooklyn Navy Yard's newest mural! In partnership with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.

Youth in our afterschool Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship program explored the theme "Redefining Success!" in a mural created with the Bronx Regional GED Plus High School.

Groundswell celebrates this year’s Portfolio Development accomplishments with an exhibition of youth artworks created throughout the program.

Tap into your untapped capital with Groundswell's teen artists at a live mural painting event.

Tour mural projects created by Groundswell youth artist teams in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

Join Groundswell youth and Times Square Arts in the Rockaways for French artist JR's global initiative INSIDE OUT PROJECT.

Join Groundswell youth and Times Square Arts in Red Hook for French artist JR's global initiative INSIDE OUT PROJECT.

Join Groundswell's artists, staff, Board, youth and their families in celebrating the holiday season, and the end of this year's fall afterschool programs.

Join us for a mural tour and inside look at our work!

Join the Voices Her'd Visionaries for a moderated panel discussion at the Brooklyn Museum.

Voices Her'd honors women around the world with their gorgeous mural on “Women as International Community.”

Join us as we introduce Corona's latest mural!

Commemorate positive male influences with Making His'tory's now completed mural!

Hunts Point receives a beautiful mural by Groundswell youth artists today!

East New York becomes even more colorful today with a new mural!

Groundswell unveils a mural celebrating Sunset Park’s urban transportation!

Support local industry at the dedication of the Brooklyn Navy Yard's newest mural!

Join us for a closing exhibition to celebrate the work of the young artists engaged in our Youth Media Council!

Join the girls as they paint their mural on “Women as International Community."

Come love East New York with us!

Come and paint to celebrate the male role models in your life with Making His'tory, Groundswell's team of all young men!

Join Groundswell in painting a mural celebrating the Brooklyn Navy Yard!

Join us for a mural tour and inside look at our work!

Help beautify Hunts Point with Groundswell!

Promote traffic safety with art to keep our streets walkable!

Paint and support traffic safety in your neighborhood!

Have an impact on the mural being installed in your community! 

Hear about the new artwork being installed in the neighborhood! 

Reflect on how male role models positively impact our lives!

Learn about women’s movements from around the world.

Groundswell’s youth artists share their plans for a mural on urban transportation! 

 Youth artists will create a mural on the subject of liveable streets

Engage with the lively community in Brooklyn Navy Yard through art!