Thrive Collective
The ninth Art of Healing Festival came to Thrive’s backyard of Dry Dock Park in the Lower East Side’s 9th Precinct on August 2, 2025. Located literally across one street from our current office and another street from our first after school location and future murals headquarters, it also adjoins our flagship PS/MS 34’s schoolyard.…
read moreHundreds of young people faced off against police officers in a friendly game of basketball. The event raises money for the families of first responders who lost their lives in the line of duty. PIX11’s photojournalist Darren McQuade has the story. Thrive Sports and our friends at Chosen NYC proudly supported the 4th Annual Detectives…
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At the Art of Healing Festival on August 2, NY State Assembly Member Harvey Epstein honored Jeremy Del Rio and Thrive Collective with an Assembly Citation for “exemplary service … teaching students to live bold, courageous lives,” and much more. IMG_20250813_172936 IMG_20250813_172955 IMG_20250813_172959 Whereas, a state is only as great as those persons who give…
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Thank you, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (“DCLA”), for investing in Thrive Collective’s mission to eradicate artless education since 2016. From July 2024 to June 2025, our New York City students and artists completed: 120 school and community murals in 34 NYC Council Districts totaling 30,000 square feet of public art at sixty-five locations in…
read moreFOX 5 NY reports on the transformational murals at the BQE underpass at Atlantic Avenue. The report features Peach Tao, lead artist for “Biodiverse” mural on the South Wall. Kelly Carrol of the Atlantic Avenue BID explains how the project helps reclaim the waterfront. Atlantic Avenue BQE Murals 0 Atlantic Avenue Murals: The Avenue Makeover…
read moreVideo produced by Tony Horn / BRIC Arts Media for NYC Council As the Art a Catalyst for Change provider at three schools in The Bronx and Manhattan, it was our pleasure to collaborate with the Bronx Museum in producing the 7th Annual Art a Catalyst for Change final event at the Bronx Museum on…
read moreVideo produced by Tony Horn / BRIC Arts Media for NYC Council The 8th Annual HeART Beat Festival returned to Roy Wilkins Park in Queens on May 29, 2025. Middle school students painted murals, designed video games, experienced virtual reality, danced, freestyle rapped, performed a drum circle and so much more. Thrive Collective collaborated with…
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TimeOut New York calls the murals at the BQE underpass at Atlantic Avenue, “One of the most ambitious street art projects in NYC right now.” Read the full story in the slider below or on TimeOut NY here. Next time you’re sitting in traffic on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (knock on wood), take a glance out the…
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The Art of Healing 2025 Festival comes to Dry Dock Park at Avenue D and 10th Street in the Lower East Side, on August 2nd from 12 – 4 pm. This one is a little extra special given the park and neighborhood and intersection being Thrive Collective’s literal home base. Bring your family, or join…
read moreTogether with the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, we’re working to spread color and creativity throughout Queens! Mets players and their family members joined Thrive teaching artists led by Peach Tao to help paint a mural that highlights the New York Mets team values of family and community. A grantee partner of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, Thrive…
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