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Your wall. Your story. Your world.

Young people pick the issue, take a real role, and make public art alongside professional artists. Every wall on this page was designed and painted by the young people who live beside it.

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Walls a neighborhood chose for itself

Every one of these was designed and painted by young people who live within walking distance of it, working alongside a professional artist.

Shakespeare Stairs, Bronx, NYC
Shakespeare Stairs · Bronx, NYC
Peace Wall, New Haven, CT
Peace Wall · New Haven, CT
Always in Bloom, Manhattan, NYC
Always in Bloom · Manhattan, NYC
Peace Wall, Harlem, NY
Peace Wall · Harlem, NY
Peace Wall, Tel Aviv–Jaffa
Peace Wall · Tel Aviv–Jaffa

Where the work is

Every project on this page, plotted

Shakespeare Stairs — Bronx, NYCPeace Wall — New Haven, CTAlways in Bloom — Manhattan, NYCPeace Wall — Harlem, NYPeace Wall — Tel Aviv–JaffaPeace Wall — Berlin, Germany112 Prince St Mural — SoHo, NYCRolling Bench Mosaic — General Grant Memorial
8 sites plotted, from the list below 380+ projects since 1989, as reported in CITYarts' FY26 grant filings
Shakespeare Stairs — Bronx, NYCPeace Wall — New Haven, CTAlways in Bloom — Manhattan, NYCPeace Wall — Harlem, NYwith Peter Sís, with youth and community leadersPeace Wall — Tel Aviv–JaffaPeace Wall — Berlin, Germany112 Prince St Mural — SoHo, NYCRolling Bench Mosaic — General Grant Memorial
380+projectscompleted since 1989as reported in CITYarts' FY26 grant filings
100,000+youthhave made work with CITYartsas reported by CITYarts across four organizational documents
600+artistsprofessional artists collaborated withas reported in CITYarts' Organizational History
80%+of participantsfrom underserved BIPOC communities or economically disadvantagedas reported in CITYarts' FY26 grant filings

Those numbers are made of gallons of paint, boxes of pencils and tiles. Pick one.

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Tsipi Ben-Haim, founder and director of CITYarts

Meet the Founder

When kids create, they don't destroy — they inspire us all.

Through hands-on art projects, we empower youth to collaborate with artists who turn their visions into reality — giving them a seat at the table and a voice in their communities.

They transform blank walls into beacons of hope, neglected spaces into vibrant landmarks, and their own futures into new possibilities.

Founder, Executive & Creative Director

Join us. Invest in their imagination. Dare to make a difference.

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Where the money goes

A gallon of paint is forty square feet of wall.

Choose what you want to buy. It takes two taps — no account, no redirect, and you never leave this page.

Make it monthly — a mural takes a season, not an afternoon.

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A mural takes a season. We will tell you when this one is finished, and we will not sell your address to anyone, ever.

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