DCTV - The Wall: Freedom of Expression

DCTV created a short documentary about art and street art, highlighting one of our Summer Leadership Institute mural teams.

Info about the mural:
"Weaving Change Beyond the Shadows" © 2011

Groundswell Community Mural Project in collaboration with
American Friends Service Committee & CLOTH (Community League of the Heights)www.groundswellmural.org

Lead Artists: Crystal Bruno & Frank Parga

Youth Artists: Tadina De La Rosa, Dranisleidi Disla, Travis Hewitt-Roach, Melissa Lopez, Pamela Luna, Malikah Mahone, Sarah Martinez, Adan Palermo, Miguel Paulino, Stephanie Pena, Angel Sanchez, Danilsa Santana, Shadey Rojas, Kimberley Valcarcel, Avery Williams,

This project is made possible through the generous support of the American Friends Service Committee and Community League of the Heights. Major financial support for Groundswell's 2011 Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) is also contributed by Brooklyn Community Foundation, Catalog for Giving, Charles Lawrence Keith and Clara Miller Foundation, David Rockefeller Fund, Edelman Community Investment, Eileen Fisher, Ethel and W. George Kennedy Family FoundationLambent Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation, in addition to numerous individuals.

SLI is made possible in part by public funds administered by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development Summer Youth Employment Program, New York City Department of Education, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts.

CLOTH is grateful to Councilman Robert Jackson and Columbia University Medical Center for their support of this project.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

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• art
• artist
• mural
• murals
• painting
• community
• arts
• documentary
• youth
• activism
• groundswell
• street art