CITYarts, Inc. is a nonprofit public arts and education organization, focusing on creating murals and mosaics with youth and professional artists. About For over 30 years, Tsipi Ben-Haim has been the Executive and Creative Director of CITYarts, Inc. As stated on their website, the mission of CITYarts is to "engage youth with professional artists in the creation of public art, including murals and mosaic. Through this creative process, CITYarts empowers, educates, and connects youth and children locally and around the world to become active participants in realizing their potential and transforming communities." History CITYarts, Inc. was founded in 1989 by Tsipi Ben-Haim. The organization takes part of its name from Cityarts Workshop, which closed down after losing its funding in 1988. Since its inception, CITYarts has created over 330 mural projects predominantly in New York City, and five Peace Walls internationally. Projects 2021 Projects A Bridge to Peace The Golden Door The Joker Stairs The Next Wave Restoration: Mosaic Rolling Bench at General Grant National Memorial Always in Bloom CITYarts' projects are created under five programs: Young Minds Build Bridges, Community Identity, Global HeARTWarming, Kids for Justice, and Windows of Opportunity. These projects are produced and created in under-served communities in the five boroughs of New York City, with the exception of Young Minds Build Bridges, which extends internationally. CITYarts includes a broad constituency of participants in order to expose youth to a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. CITYarts executes its programs through the youth-adult partnership model, in which young people are treated as responsible individuals with the capacity to meet challenges and make decisions. Through this creative process, CITYarts empowers, educates, and connects youth and children locally and around the world to become active participants in realizing their potential and transforming communities. The Rolling Bench (1972–1974) One of CITYarts' projects is The Rolling Bench at Grant's Tomb. A 400-foot mosaic bench, The Rolling Bench was described as the largest public arts project in the country when it was built between 1972 and 1974 by City Arts Workshop, the organization that would later become CITYarts, Inc. The Rolling Bench was designed by a group of artists and youth, and the work on the bench was led by Chilean-born New York artist Pedro Silva and the architect Phillip Danzig. The benches were not universally popular and there was much debate over whether or not to destroy or move the