Studio Programs
Learning the tools for our liberation.
Registration for Groundswell's 2021-22 Studio Programs are now open! Programs run from October 2021 - April 2022. All programs are free and participants will receive free art-making supplies, Adobe Creative Cloud software, college & career readiness resources, guidance sessions, and more. Register here!
Groundswell’s Studio Programs are a highly diverse series of youth development opportunities hosted at our Gowanus studio. Groundswell’s Studio Programs offer a suite of opportunities for youth to develop the skills necessary for a creative practice, engage in a dynamic community of like-minded people, and explore social justice issues relevant today.
Studio Programs
Portfolio Development
Portfolio Development is a rigorous afterschool program for youth interested in creating a dynamic portfolio for college admission and scholarships.
Print Power
Print Power introduces youth to the Groundswell community, mission, and use of art as social justice. Students will engage in radical printing and designing, and exploring ways to use public space as gallery space. No background in art is necessary and everyone is welcome to join!
Voices Her'd
Voices Her'd is an afterschool and summer program serving self-identified young women who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to using art as a tool for social justice.
Making His'tory
Making His’tory is an afterschool program for exceptional young men that challenges notions of identity to break cycles of inequity facing young men of color today.
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.
Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship
Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship (TEMA) is an afterschool program for young people ages 16-19 to learn how to paint a mural and use art for social change.
