Summer Leadership Institute (SLI)

Groundswell’s flagship Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) is a summer job-training program for upwards of 100 youth. Six teams of youth spend seven weeks working with artists and community-based organizations, learning job skills and creating public art for their neighborhoods.

SLI projects include our ongoing Voices Her’d program, in which young women create large-scale works of art that reflect their hopes, challenges and concerns. In other projects youth create large-scale works of art that reflect the mission of community-based organizations and work with grassroots organizations to use public art to enhance their organizing efforts.

Applications for our 2012 Summer Leadership Institute are now available.
For more information click here.

 

"Justice Mandala"

Through a unique partnership among the New York City Department of Correction, Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID and NU Hotel Brooklyn, a team of young artists, including some formerly-incarcerated youth, will connect their personal experiences to the larger conversation about restorative justice and transform the State Street side of the Brooklyn Detention Complex.

Community Partners: New York City Department of Correction, Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID and NU Hotel Brooklyn

Mural Site: 275 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201 (Downtown Brooklyn) - State Street side

Lead Artist: Chris Soria
Assistant Artist: Misha Tyutyunik

"Weaving Change Beyond the Shadows"

Together with the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) and American Friends Service Committee, Groundswell youth will explore alternatives to violence and peace promotion.

Community Partners: Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) and American Friends Service Committee

Mural Site: 500 W 159th Street, New York, NY 10032 (Washington Heights)

Co-lead Artists: Crystal Bruno and Frank Parga

 

"Love Should Always Be Safe" - a collaboration between Voices Her'd Visionaries and Day One NY

Groundswell’s Voices Her’d Visionaries team of exceptional young women will launch a public art campaign in partnership with Day One that explores healthy relationships in an age of technology.

Community Partner: Day One NY

Project Site: 540 President Street, Brooklyn NY 11215 (Gowanus) and online

Lead Artist: Nicole Schulman
Assistant Artist: Tanya Albrightsen-Frable