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Email PageGroundswell Gala & Art Auction
September 20, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Exit Art
475 10th AveGroundswell Gala & Art Auction celebrates 10 yrs in mural making Diego Rivera's daughter helps promote NY mural group
(New York, NY) Aug 24, 2006 Artists from around the country have joined together to raise support for Groundswell Community Mural Project, a non-profit organization that uses public art to empower NYC youth and communities and artists to take active ownership of their future and equips them with the tools necessary for social change. The 10th Anniversary Gala Benefit and Art Auction will take place Wednesday, September 20, 7-10 pm in Chelsea, NYC at EXIT Art (475 Tenth Ave at 36th St.). Tickets will be sold at the door on the evening of the event for $35
Prada, Local Celebs & Street Artist Swoon Lend their Support This special 10th anniversary event will feature a silent auction the works of more than 90 contemporary artists including Swoon, Elizabeth Neel and Franklin Evans, as well as a raffle of items from such sponsors as Nolita House, Prada and Kenneth Cole Productions. A retrospective of Groundswell’s work over the past ten years will be on display and youth from Groundswell’s programs will demonstrate their skills by creating a mural at the event. All of the proceeds will benefit Groundswell’s programs. The event will also include the induction of our Honorary Advisory Board which is comprised of accomplished individuals ranging from celebrities to public officials, whose achievements in the public sphere are a positive example and a beacon of hope to the hundreds of New York City youth that Groundswell serves each year. Inductees include Guadalupe Rivera Marin, daughter of seminal Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera and President of the Diego Rivera Foundation, former CNN, BET Nightly News anchor, and current co-host of Steve Harvey’s WBLS Morning Show, Jacque Reid and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Other invited guests include actor Steve Buscemi and artist Faith Ringgold. Honorary Advisory Board Member Gary Younge, (NY correspondent for the Guardian, contributor to The Nation and author of No Place Like Home: A Black Briton’s Journey Through the Deep South) will speak.
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About Groundswell Community Mural Project Groundswell has much to celebrate! This summer’s Summer Leadership Institute employed seventy-five teenagers to create six murals around Brooklyn and Harlem—earning this summer’s youth the title: New Yorkers of the Week from NY1 News. A special partnership with the Red Hook Justice Center helps graffiti offenders serve time through after-school programs which, this fall Groundswell will replicate at several sites. This year Groundswell was also awarded the Turning Point Award for community service in Sunset Park, Brooklyn..
Website: http://www.groundswellmural.org
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