[2005 Projects]
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SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE/ Home in Our Eyes
HOME IN OUR EYES
Groundswell Community Mural Project ©
www.groundswellmural.org
Acrylic on Panel
8 x 8 Ft
2005
Lead Artist: Christopher Cardinale
Assistant Artist: Carolina Veloso
Youth Artists: Nekia Ayala, Delsy Cacho, Durel Demostenes, Bridgette Depay, Antionette Guzman, Enrique Marin , Victoria Rivery, Steven Taveras and Renee Williams
Location: 555 Bergen Avenue, South Bronx
Community Partner: SOBRO (South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation)PROJECT DESCRIPTION
As part of our Summer Leadership Institute 2005, Groundswell collaborated with SOBRO to create a mural on two 4'x8' MDF panels for the lobby of their main building on Bergen Avenue. The artists worked with teens recruited through the Summer Youth Employment Program to plan and paint the mural during July and August. Three weeks into the project the team held two community design presentations to share their design ideas with SOBRO staff and community.
Working indoors and using a projector, the group built up layers of images on the panels in a controlled and methodical process. The images reference the history and transformation of the South Bronx form an urban wasteland in the nineteen eighties to a renewed and thriving urban community today. Bronx landmarks permeate the design which is ringed with portraits of the diverse range of people and communities who make up the South Bronx. The mural was completed in August and dedicated in a public ceremony in September.
The 2005 Summer Leadership Institute was made possible by generous foundation support from the Rush Philanthropic Arts Pepsi/Hip Hop / Ludacris Challenge, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Inc, The Puffin Foundation. We are also grateful for the generous support of our community partner, SOBRO and Colgate Scaffolding. |
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