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One mural on Van Dyke Street in Red Hook is called New Amsterdam, and celebrates 400 years of history between the Netherlands and the U.S.

Artists say it has a much deeper meaning.

"It's a human rights mural, and then more specifically focusing on racial profiling, and immigration, and we talked a lot about how we wanted to have a strong message, but not too negative of a message. we wanted people to walk away with sort of a positive feeling, and a hopeful feeling," said mural artist Christopher Konecki.

"While we're doing a mural, we learn about a lot of things. We especially need to learn about our theme, which is human rights. One, I learned a lot of human rights. So, that's going to affect me in the history side of the class because I can say, 'Hey, I learned about human rights. I know what's going on right now,'" said mural artist Keyla Rijo.

Each mural dresses an issue important to the community.

There are also murals in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Cypress Hills, and Sunset Park.

They're expected to be finished by August 19.

For more information, visit http://www.groundswellmural.org.