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PROGRAMS
Each year, Groundswell empowers young people to create public art across New York City in partnership with schools, community organizations, and city agencies, transforming neighborhoods and strengthening communities.
We believe the arts belong at the center of education and community life. In each mural residency, professional Groundswell artists guide young people in developing their own visual language and shaping it into a finished mural, giving them the inspiration, tools, and agency to take ownership of their futures. The result is learning you can see: art as a tool for a more just and equitable world.
Groundswell's Programs
Studio Afterschool Programs
Groundswell’s Studio Programs are a highly diverse series of youth art development opportunities hosted at our Gowanus studio. They offer a suite of opportunities for youth to develop the skills necessary for a creative practice.
Summer Leadership Institute
The Summer Leadership Institute is Groundswell’s flagship summer jobs program that employs youth as apprentice artists from July to August to create beautiful large-scale works of public art throughout New York City.
Through our school-based mural residency program, Groundswell creates access to challenging, standards-based visual arts learning for public school students through the research, design, and fabrication of public artworks.
Community Collaborations
Through our community commissions, Groundswell is commissioned by community groups, non-profit organizations, and public agencies to develop unique partnerships rooted in our collaborative artmaking process.
Special Initiatives
Through multi-project special initiatives, Groundswell works with community organizations to coordinate and present a series of mural projects that build toward long-term and meaningful change around a target social justice and equity issue.