Projects

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  • Cypress Hills Fights for Food Justice

    Cypress Hills Fights for Food Justice is a compelling piece that addresses the issues of food justice in the Cypress Hills community. The mural informs the students of the dangers of sugar in...

  • The People’s History of Flatbush Junction

    A team of youth artists from Midwood High School transformed an overpass with a mural representing Flatbushs history. Their mural design incorporated the experiences of students, who live in the...

  • Sunsets and Stars

    Students at PS 169 created a welcoming mural inspired by the Core Values of their school: F. I. R. E. (Friendship, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence). These values are an opportunity to encoura...

  • Illumination

    Students from West Brooklyn Community High School brought Illumination to their peers through a bright, meaningful mural installed in the schools entrance and side staircase. For many of t...

  • We Are a Community of Knowledge

    The mural is inspired by the participant's ideas developed after the community partners' presentation. It conveys the notions of the importance of education, sports and art at PS 282 by using speci...

  • Welcome

    Through an afternoon mural-making program through Groundswell, a team of IS 62 Ditmas 8th grade students transformed five sets of the school's entrance doors to welcome students with a love of lear...

  • Bronx Heritage Fordham - Belmont

    In a mural installed in a high-traffic staircase, students at IS 254 used art as a tool for social change to educate their peers about the history and heritage of the local Fordham Heights and Belm...

  • INpower

    Groundswell, New York City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, and Dominican Women's Development Center collaborated to bring a new mural at the George Washington Educational Complex. INpower wa...

  • Legacy

    A team of students from the Boys and Girls High School Campus created a mural that reflects the legacy of the campus schools and its many alumnus who excelled in numerous fields, including academia...

  • The Fruits of Our Labor

    The Fruit of Our Labor, a new mural located in Mount Eden, was painted by the communitys youth in order to improve the publics perspective on agricultural and food workers. The young ar...

  • Knowledge is Power

    The Gateway to Tomorrow is a celebration of the hidden treasures within the Brownsville community, namely its school and students. The participants of the artist team are students of Brownsvi...

  • Viva the Healthy City

    Groundswell, New York City FC, and PS 24 collaborated to create a beautiful new mural organized and designed by female students to enhance the schools new soccer field. To create this mural, 3...

  • Sin Armas Sin Odio

    At PS 54 in the Bronx, a team of students created a mural to teach that they can live peacefully if everyone respects and values one another regardless of their differences. With this in mind, the ...

  • The Next Step

    The Next Step is a celebration of Frederick Douglass Academy by students about to graduate the middle school and enter high school. On one side of the hallway, the team tackled the importa...

  • Reason

    In “Reason,” the final of the three projects at PS 41, three panels display instances when students are making decisions.

  • Respect: Respect Yourself, Your Peers, Your Elders, The Spaces We Share.

    Groundswell partnered with SCO Family of Services and PS 41 to complete three murals for the school to generate one large project. Each section focused on either respect, responsibility, or reason....