Fall 2010 Youth Program Applications

Download information about our fall 2010 programs and submit your application by September 24 at 4:00 PM to be considered!

If you have any questions, please contact jessica@groundswellmural.org or call (718)254-9782.

 

Portfolio Program [Download PDF]

Groundswell’s Portfolio Program provides intensive portfolio development for youth, 10th, 11th and 12th grades, focused on preparing young people for art college admission and scholarship. Facilitated by Groundswell artists and staff, the program is open only to youth who have participated, or are currently participating, in one of Groundswell’s teen projects or programs.

For acceptance into art colleges and universities, you need to present a portfolio, a collection of artwork organized to demonstrate your drawing skills, personal artistic exploration, and your creative potential. The program will help you prepare your portfolio and applications for admission to art colleges around the nation.

The Portfolio Program meets once a week, Mondays, 4pm-7pm, October 4 through December 20.

 

Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship [Download PDF]

Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship (TEMA) is a paid after-school pre-professional public art
apprenticeship program for teens (14 to 19-year-olds) interested in using visual arts for the benefit of local communities.

TEMA apprentices create public works of art collaboratively with Groundswell professional artists on projects commissioned by community partners.

TEMA meets once a week – 3 hours (plus 1or 2 Saturdays); start week of October 4 through May 18, Tues or Wed. Apprentices receive a stipend for full participation in the program.

 

Voices Her’d Visionaries [Download PDF]

Voices Her’d Visionaries is a leadership development group that focuses on the research and discussion of issues facing young women. The program is an intensive school-year seminar that develops the theme of the following summer’s Voices Her’d mural project. Facilitated by Groundswell’s women artists, the program is open only to young women who have participated, or are currently participating, in one of Groundswell’s projects or programs.

Voices Her’d will meet once a week, starting the week of January 10 through May 27.