Red Road to Mars

What: CITYarts collaborated with NASA to help combine art education and leadership skills for a much needed mural project at P.S. 328 for underserved youth in the East New York community. Beginning in June 2012, neighborhood youth worked with professional artists to create a mural entitled Take the Red Road to Mars, representing their dreams for a better future.

Where:
P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley
330 Alabama Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207

Who:

  • Lead Artist: Pansum Cheng

  • P.S. 328 students

  • Board of Education

  • Groundwork, Inc.

Why:

  • To bring together youth and community members from East New York to work together to design and paint an image representing their dreams for the future

  • To learn about color, composition, and the technical components of painting

  • To uplift the often unheard voices of youth in underserved communities

  • To counteract the increasing art program cuts in New York City schools

  • To provide positive summer programming for students in a declining school

  • To promote peace through lasting relationships between participants and community

When: January 2013 – August 2013