Programs

  • Youth Arts and Social Justice Projects

    DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, GROUNDSWELL WORKED WITH APPROXIMATELY 360 YOUNG PEOPLE, 21 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PRODUCE 17 COLLABORATIVELY-DESIGNED MURALS AND ADDITIONAL SOCIAL JUSTICE-RELATED ARTWORKS, IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN BROOKLYN, QUEENS, AND MANHATTAN. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, GROUNDSWELL WORKED WITH 340 YOUNG PEOPLE, 25 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO COMPLETE 18 COLLABORATIVELY-DESIGNED ART PROJECTS, PLUS VARIOUS MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS, IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS FOUR BOROUGHS. GROUNDSWELL'S STUDIO PROGRAMS (INTRODUCTION TO PORTFOLIO, ADVANCED PORTFOLIO, MURALS FOR CHANGE, PRINT POWER, YOUTH CURATORIAL COMMITTEE, AND VOICES HER'D) AND THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SERVED 81 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH GUIDANCE FROM 10 TEACHING ARTISTS, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (SUCH AS FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE AND RAICES). SEVERAL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN MULTIPLE SESSIONS OF GROUNDSWELL PROGRAMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. GROUNDSWELL PARTNERED WITH 12 SCHOOLS FOR OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMMING, PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL ARTS PROGRAMS FOR 176 STUDENTS, GUIDED BY 12 TEACHING ARTISTS. SCHOOLS SELECTED FROM A CUSTOMIZED MENU OF PROGRAM OPTIONS FROM GROUNDSWELL, WITH SEVEN CHOOSING MURAL PROJECTS AND THE OTHER FIVE CHOOSING ARTS PROGRAMS SUCH AS PRINTMAKING, FEMINIST ART, AND MIXED-MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY. AS PART OF AND IN ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAMMING DESCRIBED ABOVE, GROUNDSWELL PRESENTED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT SERVED APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDED EXHIBITIONS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHARES LED BY GROUNDSWELL YOUTH, COMMUNITY PAINT DAYS, AND MURAL DEDICATION EVENTS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.2M