CITYarts, Inc.

CITYarts' Young Minds Build Bridges Program invites you to join our movement IMAGINING the World after the Global Crisis: Artists and creative minds of all disciplines are already using their imagination to come up with incredible ideas in response to this alarming pandemic. We'll all benefit greatly from this creative output - Our best answer to turn these hard times into great opportunities...! Tap into your positive creativity and energy...... Draw, paint, collage, write a poem, song, or story in order to depict OUR WORLD as ONE COUNTRY - where all peoples help & inspire each other to live in Peace while reaching new heights....!! By creating your very own CITYarts Pieces for Peace in this way, your call for Peace and Unity will be shared on our global platform including our social media channels, Online Exhibition (https://bit.ly/2J7g9R2), and email newsletter. Download our print-out template (https://bit.ly/2U9ob2u) or our template for mobile (https://bit.ly/2U7WeIa) to get involved. Post your piece to Facebook or Instagram and tag us. Good luck--we can't wait to see what you come up with!

As we await the election results, with nervousness and hope, it’s a good time to reflect on the peace visions of youth from the United States and around the world through the Young Minds Build Bridges. Here is ‘Peace is What’s Up!’ from Yugma, who is 13, in the United States of America! Check out more of the Pieces for Peace artworks at cityarts.org!

We are proud to announce that CITYarts was featured in a GothamToGo article about our restoration efforts last Thursday at the General Grant National Memorial! Thank you to all the volunteers who came out at Montefiore, the staff at the General Grant National Memorial, and GothamToGo for publishing a wonderful article https://gothamtogo.com/a-day-of-restoration-with-montefior/

From the CITYarts founder, Tsipi Ben-Haim, The Rolling Bench continues to bring the community together to celebrate their most significant occasion and so it has as last Thursday by brining together the brave doctors at Montefiore, who helped those with COVID-19, and the General Grant National Memorial & CITYarts staff!

Is there truly any better way to spend a Thursday than by restoring a wonderful mural? We don’t think so!

We’re excited to show you a newly released video The Magnificent Dozen, a project Zigi created to raise awareness of the harmful ways animals are treated by people in their own habitats on planet Earth. Happy World Animals Day! Let’s respect and celebrate them today and everyday. Love, the CITYarts Team... https://vimeo.com/441495187

Check out the new Pieces for Peace artworks on our website, at cityarts.org! To find them start at Global, then Pieces for Peace Online Exhibition, to Costa Rica, and Country Day School. We’re proud to present these fantastic artworks, starting with Rebeca, Stefano, and Juli. #art #peace #costarica

While Summer ending may bring down our spirits, our spirits can be brought right back up with CITYarts Wine! Available in NYC and while supplies last... Make a Toast to Peace with CITYarts! What is your favorite design? Let us know

Today we share amazing art from young students in NYC during this quarantine period for our Paint Your Neighborhood/School from Your HeART project. These students took the time to develop their skills and create fantastic work that requires a look or two (and a like!).

We are proud to announce that CITYarts was recently featured in the GothamToGo in an article about our recent mural restoration at the St. James Triangle Park in Chinatown! https://gothamtogo.com/cityarts-begins-mural-restoration-i/

Social Impact Heroes: How Tsipi Ben-Haim of CITYarts is actively transforming New York City with the power of art An interview with CITYarts Founder, Executive and Creative Director Tsipi Ben-Haim is out now in Authority Magazine: YW: Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?... TBH: The voices of our children. I strongly believe that when kids create, they do not destroy. And in spite of the fact that it seems so simple and so understandable, people tend to not listen to our youth, especially teenagers. We tend not to ask them for their opinions, people don’t ask them to get actively involved in doing something impactful for themselves and for their community. It starts with friends, family, siblings, etc. There are millions of creative young minds out there, minds that are just waiting to get involved and engaged in a productive, interesting project. If they are not being asked to do something positive, they may be asked to do something negative! Activating that youthful force and their amazing imagination became a goal of mine.

CITYarts on NY1 News!

Our favorite astronaut @lelandmelvin . Inspiring our youth to achieve beyond the stars before the anticipated launch in Florida . . .... . . #kidscreate #publicart #astronaut #spacex #nasa #volunteer #cityarts #shootforthestars See more

Our first participants from Nigeria creating visions of peace representing the Umeneke Ngor community Many thanks to the Nze-Ugo Educational Foundation for being a stellar collaborator and making this workshop happen! There is no doubt that the world is facing a surreal, unprecedented situation right now. With many young people sequestered at home, our youth need us more than ever. To offer a ray of light in this dark time, we are spreading the word about CITYarts Piec...es for Peace, which can be created anywhere at any time. If you know a young person in need of inspiration or engagement, encourage them to get involved from the comfort of their own home by clicking this link (https://bit.ly/2IYtYBi) and downloading our template #piecesforpeace #peace #p4p #nigeria #artforgood #peaceandjustice #worldpeace #creativity #funathome #funathomewithkids