Murals of New York City 2012

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Presenting twelve of the most striking public art murals created by NYC’s leading organization dedicated to preserving, teaching, and advancing the study and practice of collaborative mural-making. From Washington Heights to Rikers Island to Red Hook, these murals visually transform public space, and will inform, inspire and engage you. Locator map facilitates walking tour.

• Full color, 14 x 22 on your wall
• People’s history/muralist annotations
• Holidays for many faiths
• Lunar cycles

Groundswell Community Mural Project brings together artists, youth, and community organizations to use art as a tool for social change. Their projects beautify neighborhoods, engage youth in societal and personal transformation, and give expression to ideas and perspectives that are underrepresented in the public dialog. Over their fifteen year history, youth in their programs have worked with professional artists and community organizations to transform more than 250 public spaces, enhancing the quality of life for thousands of New Yorkers every day.

ISBN: 978-0-935155-78-5

Check out this great article on the 2012 Murals of New York City calendar in the Syracuse New Times [pdf]

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JANUARY
ONE WORLD UNITY

Partnering with Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Groundswell's 2006 Summer Leadership youth artists captured the spirit of Sunset Park, a community whose residents have come from many different places in the world. Lead artist: Paul Deo

FEBRUARY - African American History Month
INFORMED, EMPOWERED

Created by a group of young women as part of the Voices Her'd program, this mural addresses the issue of military recruiting, and targeting of youth in low-income areas. The mural uses a visual style inspired by war-time propaganda. Lead artist: Katie Yamasaki.

MARCH - Women’s History Month
WOMAN RISE

Developed by young women in Groundswell's Voices Her'd program, the mural was created in partnership with BRC. It recognizes struggle, hope and solidarity as essential themes relating to all women. Lead artists: Menshahat Ebron and Katie Yamasaki

APRIL
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS

In partnership with The Trust for Public Land, this mural was created in 2008 as part of the PS221 playground re-design. It stresses the importance of creating green spaces in the city, with the biodiversity in the mural reflecting the diversity of the Crown Heights community. Lead artist: Bayunga Kialeuka

MAY - May Day/Labor Month
Asian-American Awareness Month
STRONGER TOGETHER

The 2007 Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship program worked with youth to create this mural for the lobby of SEIU 32BJ's headquarters lobby. It focuses on the diversity of membership and the strength and unity of 32BJ. Lead artist: Conor McGrady

JUNE - Gay Pride Month
WATER IS THE LIFE OF NYC

This monumental mural depicts NYC's water cycle in an effort to make city-dwellers more aware of how precious their water is. An allegorical figure of Mother Nature protects the two main reservoirs that feed water to the city. Lead artist: Nicole Schulman

JULY
LIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA OF YOUR DESTINY (LEAD)

This collaboration with the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation's Lead Safe House educated youth and community members to the threat posed by environmental contamination. Lead artists: Christopher Cardinale and Youme Landowne

AUGUST
PIECE OUT, PEACE IN

Focusing on the causes and consequences of urban gun violence, this mural also expresses the power of strong communities to support youth in finding solutions. Lead artist: Joe Matunis

SEPTEMBER - Latina/Chicano Awareness Month
(Sept. 15-Oct 15)
NOT ONE MORE DEATH

This large-scale mural was developed in 2007 for an organizing campaign to reclaim neighborhood streets from uncontrolled traffic. It depicts three children who were killed by cars on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. The campaign resulted in residents having a voice for change in their community. Lead artist: Christopher Cardinale

OCTOBER - Domestic Violence Awareness Month
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Twelve inmates from the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island created this mural as part of a program that improved literacy skills through the vehicle of poetry. The young women read Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," and designed and painted a thought-provoking work of art. Lead artist: Chris Soria

NOVEMBER - Native American Heritage Month
THE CHILDREN'S GROVE

A vacant lot in Brooklyn and the future site of Children's Grove Park was the setting in 2002 for this inspiring vision of community transformation. The neighborhood activist group Make the Road By Walking was a catalyst for the project. Lead artist: Christopher Cardinale

DECEMBER
SOME WALLS ARE INVISIBLE

This mural on Brooklyn's Red Hook waterfront examines the ways that visible attributes of race and ethnicity, often invisible barriers to equality, can be overcome with attention to shared humanity and principles of human rights. Lead artists: Nicole Schulman and Chris Soria.