SCHOOL-BASED
AFTERSCHOOL
PROGRAMS
Groundswell’s School-Based Programs provide access to fun, challenging, and developmentally-aligned visual arts learning experiences rooted in principles of social justice for public school students across New York City.
Our mural making and social justice artmaking programs offer an encouraging and creative space where young people can engage with a variety of artistic media while exploring identity, self-expression, mental wellbeing, peer-relationships, environmental responsibility, and other issues. We encourage our youth artists to draw inspiration from New York’s many cultural institutions and neighborhoods and well as from their own personal experiences.
Afterschool Program School Partners
- PS 197, Midwood
- IS 220, Sunset Park
- PS 270, Clinton Hill
- IS 62, Kensington
- Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (MELS), Forest Hills
- PS 69, Sunset Park
- PS 1, Sunset Park
- The Young Women’s Leadership School, Astoria
- IS 126Q (in collaboration with Zone 126), Astoria
School Partnerships
Groundswell works with NYC public schools, from elementary through high school, with funding through the City Council’s CASA (Cultural After-School Adventures) initiative, City Council’s STARS Citywide Girls Initiative (STARS CGI) to provide 16-session mural making or social justice artmaking courses. We also work with schools through our Community Collaborations Program (6-8 sessions).
CASA awards are made through the Council Member representing the school’s district, with applications due annually in February for the following school year. If you are interested in working with Groundswell on a CASA program, please reach out to schools@groundswell.nyc.
