Closing Bell: Groundswell Beautifies Brownsville With Two Murals

Groundswell Mural Project has just unveiled two murals painted by young adults on probation along Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville. The works are part of “Transform/Restore: Brownsville,” a two-year public art project that aims to transform vandalized walls into colorful canvases that highlight the neighborhood’s hidden strengths.

The wall pictured above, Moving Forward, depicts important community figures like Rosetta “Mother” Gaston, a Brownsville organizer who lived to be 96 and founded the Heritage House cultural center on the second floor of the Stone Avenue library. The second mural, pictured after the jump, is called “Hidden Treasures of Brownsville” and celebrates the neighborhood’s youth. You can find the murals at 1788 and 1747 Pitkin Avenue.

Groundswell Unveils New Mural on Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville [Brownstoner]
Photos by Groundswell Mural Project