
TODAY, Saturday, April 19th, Groundswell Community Mural Project is giving guided bus tours to see a selection of their murals celebrating immigrant communities in Brooklyn. Tours are offered from 11am-1:30pm and 2pm-4:30pm. Open to all ages, suggested donation $10.
Tours begin at their studio, contact ryan@groundswellmural.org to RSVP.
Wed. April 23, Groundswell Executive Director Amy Sananman will particpate in a panel moderated by Angela Davis "Urban Artists and the Politics of Visibility: A Conversation with Angela Davis". Panelists include Dread Scott, Alan Ket, and Hank Willis Thomas and will explore making the invisible, visible. Pratt Institute, Main Campus, Memorial Hall 12:30-2:30pm. FREE. No ticket necessary.
If you know a NY teen that wants a summer job making radical socially consicous murals, tell them about Groundswell's Summer Leadership Institute.
Job Details:
For teens 14 and 21 years old
Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm
$7.15 hourly pay for 175 hours
Begins Tuesday, July 1st
call Ryan at 718-254-9782 or contact summerjobs@groundswellmural.org to set up a time to visit the studio and fill out the SYEP application. Applications must be submitted by May 18th