Groundswell Community Mural Project
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We are artists, youth & community members coming together to use art as a tool for social change.
In 1996, a group of New York City artists, educators, and activists founded Groundswell based on the belief that there is something unique and powerful about the collaborative artmaking process. This process combines the sanctity of personal expression with the strength of community activism. Groundswell’s programs are based on principles of individual, group, and community development. Collaborating with communities, we strive to physically and mentally build up the individual, group, and community during the making of the mural or other artwork.
10/06/2026
Join us for a Community Paint Day this Thursday, October 8th from 1:00PM–3:30 PM at Industry City Courtyard 1/2, 220 36th Street, Brooklyn 🎨
Help us bring the SBMT Mural to life!
Join neighbors, artists, and community partners for an afternoon of collaborative mural painting.
No experience necessary. All ages and abilities are welcome.
Please enter Industry City through 220 West 36th Street and follow the signs to the Courtyard.
09/23/2026
‼️We're Hiring‼️
Position: Director of Programs
Application Deadline: September 30th, 2026
The Director of Programs is a senior leadership role, where you will oversee our full Program Department, manage a talented six-person team, and serve as a key strategic partner to the Executive Director and Board.
You'll shape how we deliver on our mission every day, across every program! You'll be in the field, at the table with funders, in the room with young people, on the phone with community partners. You'll bring structure and strategy to a team that already does great work and help them do it even better!
For more information on the position, please visit the link in our bio!
09/21/2026
Our free Fall/Spring After School Studio Programs are BACK ! 🎨
We are offering four exciting programs this semester that will run from November 16th 2026 through April 1st 2027 at our studio in Gowanus:
🖌️ Advanced Portfolio: Making Art that Matters
Ages 16-24; Mondays from 4:00-6:30pm
🧵 Fiber Arts: For a Sustainable Future
Ages 14-19; Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00pm
🎨 Voices Her'd: Community Mural Project
Ages 14-19; Wednesdays from 4:00-6:30pm
💥 Print Power: Art for Organizing
Ages 14-19; Thursdays from 4:00-6:00pm
Visit the link in our bio to apply today! Applications are due on October 27th, 2026.
09/17/2026
We dedicated one of our newest murals as a part of the P.S. 69Q The Jackson Heights School Community Playground Grand Opening Celebration! 🌱
The mural was created by Groundswell teaching artist, Yana Dimitrova and a group of students from P.S. 69Q.
Thank you to P.S. 69Q The Jackson Heights School, The Trust for Public Land, Council Member Shekar Krishnan for the support in creating this mural for this new beautiful community space!
📸: Alexa Hoyer
09/15/2026
Join us THIS FRIDAY in celebrating the 12 new community murals we created this summer across all five boroughs in collaboration with the Office of the Mayor, NYC Parks, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development as part of the World Cup Activiations Events! ⚽️🎨
📆: September 18th, 2026
📍: Walton Playground; 2115 Walton Ave at E. 181 St between Walton Ave & Jerome A
Fordham Heights, Bronx
⏰: 10:00am
We hope to see you there!
We talked with our SLI Murals for Change teaching artist, Demetrius Fender, who gave us insight into the mural and the elements that represent the program’s community mural partner, Weeksville Heritage Center, and talked about his experience working and collaborating with the youth artists this summer✨
We talked with our Sli Murals for Change teachinf artist, Demetrius Felder, who gave us insight into the mural and the elements that represent the program's communitu mural partner, Weeksville Heritage Center, and talked about his experience working and collaborating with the youth artists this summer ✨
We visited Viktoriya Basina, who is one of the 12 Groundswell Teaching Artists working with us this summer to create murals as a part of the NYC World Cup Activations, at her finished mural and she talked with us about how her mural design reflects the park and the community that lives in the neighborhood!
Mimi Ditkoff, one of the 12 Groundswell Teaching Artists working with us this summer to create murals as a part of the NYC World Cup Activations, talked to us about her mural design and how the elements represent NYC, Staten Island and the importance of having spaces for people of all ages to play!
She also has had a little member of the community wanting to come and help her paint every day, shoutout Montel!
We talked to Lina Montoya, who is one of the 12 Groundswell Teaching Artists working with us this summer to create murals as a part of the NYC World Cup Activations. She gave us insight into the elements within her mural design and the impact community has on transforming public spaces with art!
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540 President Street, Ste 1A
Brooklyn, NY
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| Monday | 9am - 7pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 7pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 7pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 7pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
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