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Groundswell Visioning Session & Paint Day
This year, AND partnered with Groundswell, a nonprofit that brings together artists, youth, and community organizations to use art as a tool for social change, to create a mural to be installed on the fence of 244 E 106th Street, the site of our ShareNYC development. In August, AND and Dakotah West, the mural artist, held a community visioning session and paint day with several clients of Ali Forney Center (AFC). AFC is the largest community center helping LGBTQIA+ homeless youths in the United States and our development partner for ShareNYC. Dakotah led the youths through a collective brainstorm of themes, messages, colors, text, and titles for the mural.
The mural is called Transition Goals. It is based on the clients' messages for the next generation of queer youth. The visual vocabulary, color palette, text, and title came directly from the youths.
Installation of the mural was completed on October 28th. AND is planning a celebratory opening event in early November.
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