Thrive Collective
Bring Art Back is about justice. We can’t imagine a world without visual or performing arts, music or film, or any expression at all — and neither can you. Yet we sentence a quarter of a million of our most vulnerable New Yorkers to that kind of artless education everyday. 419 public schools in New…
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For those of you who think you can’t volunteer with School Murals because, “I’m not an artist,” this third grader has been muraling with Thrive Collective since age 2. On Saturday he returned to MS 42 in Arverne (the Rockaways) because he says, “Art inspires me to try new things.” Follow his lead and create…
read moreWe were proud to host the latest Microcosm workshop by Teng Teng at Thrive Collective Studios on April 2. More to come. Teng Teng is an artist from China, currently based in New York City. For over 15 years, she has developed a wide array of themes across many mediums, including watercolor, oil, acrylic and tempera. Microcosm by…
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This spring, Loisaida Center, FABNYC, and Thrive Collective are collaborating on a community mural at First Street Green (at the corner of Houston Street and 2nd Avenue) to commemorate the twenty-six “La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues” murals originally produced in the Lower East Side in 1985. Production of the commemorative mural coincides with the “La Lucha…
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Ed. Note: On March 23, 2017, Rolling Stone magazine published false allegations about Thrive Collective conspiring with Betsy Devos to undermine public education, and using murals and mentoring programs as a pretense for churches to evangelize. Below are our published responses in the magazine and on the website. 1. ONLINE: “Update” posted on Rolling Stone’s website on 4/5/17, appended to…
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We are thrilled to partner with Hope for New York as a new affiliate this year. That means HFNY helps us recruit amazing volunteers to serve at our arts and mentoring projects citywide. Join us in welcoming our newest affiliate @nycthrive! 🎨 🎉 Thrive Collective mobilizes students, parents, artists, & community stakeholders to partner with…
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Our Spring #SchoolMurals calendar is (mostly) set, and brings thirteen new mural projects involving eighteen great schools and dozens of community partners to Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Queens. Volunteer details and sign ups are online here. For the season, we’ll add approximately 100 volunteer shifts with room for 5-30 volunteers each. Join us, please. Sorry, Staten Island isn’t…
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Hosted by The United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 On September 26, we will celebrate our students, artists, and community supporters with a benefit fundraiser hosted and sponsored in part by the United Federation of Teachers in Lower Manhattan. Join us for a cocktail reception, interactive experiences, auction, and showcase of student…
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Since 2014, eight current and former NYC Council Members have brought Thrive Collective’s Murals, Music, and Media programs to twenty-five schools in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. We are so grateful to these trailblazing advocates and allies: Rosie Mendez, District 2 Fernando Cabrera, District 14 Maria Del Carmen Arroyo, District 17 Donovan Richards, District 31 …
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Our Spring 2017 Teaching Artists are trained and ready to start the new semester. The team gathered on January 27 for a full day orientation and interactive training for our accredited curriculum, built around our core values of creativity, collaboration, knowledge, excellence, transformation, and justice. We can’t wait for the new semester to begin! ‹ ›…
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