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Teach Them Tuesdays

April 28, 2020

Free Resources for Teachers Thrive Collective’s School Media Director Christine Casado inspires today’s #KindnessBeatsTheVirus challenge by reminding schools to sign…

What Makes us Human?

April 20, 2020

Meet some of the architects of #KindnessBeatsTheVirus: street art legend Toofly and some of her students Sydney, Lymarie, and Edmond.…

A Gift from the Spider-Verse

April 14, 2020

Acclaimed actress Luna Velez (Miles Morales’ mom from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) joins Thrive Collective students and artists because #KindnessBeatsTheVirus.…

Free Mural Contest

April 11, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/13/2020 …

Quarantine Coloring Book by WallWorks NY

Featured Partner: WallWorks NY

April 5, 2020

As part of our ongoing collection of Tools for Schools, WallWorks NY has curated the “Quarantine Coloring Book,” featuring legendary…

We Mourn with Those who Mourn

April 4, 2020

In 2016 at the We Are Thrive exhibition, we had the privilege of honoring NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer for inspiring…

Tools for Schools

March 28, 2020

Free Resources for Remote Learning During the Coronavirus quarantine, unleash your creativity with these free coloring pages, lesson plans, daily prompts, the hashtag challenge…

Help Kindness Go Viral

March 19, 2020

What if Kindness goes viral? What if a novel strain of #CoronaKindness infected #humanKIND during the quarantine? A kindness not…

Responding to COVID-19

March 14, 2020

Update as of 3/16/2020 As New Yorkers, we know that the roots of NYC’s resilience run deep. During times of…

ThriveCollectiveKids

March 5, 2020

This crew right here (plus several not pictured) just developed a social media strategy and launched @thrivecollectivekids on Instagram. They…

Why the Hip Hop Revolution could not happen in 2020, and how you can help

January 8, 2020

Thrive’s Hip Hop Director Randy Mason presents Beats & Bars songwriting club at PS 188 this winter. With the Birth…

Spongebob’s New Island School Home

December 20, 2019

Look who helped celebrate our new “Islanders Dive Deeper” School Murals collab with Nickelodeon and Romero Britto! Children and staff…

Queens HeART Beat 2019

December 16, 2019

Video produced by Tony Horn / BRIC Arts Media for NYC Council The 2nd Annual HeART Beat Festival returned to…

Sterling K. Brown spending time with kids at the hub

Giving Tuesday 2019: Do You Love It?

November 27, 2019

Do You Love It? Donate At Thrive Collective, that’s the standard. Our mission matters, our people matter, our work matters,…

NYC Council Honors Thrive

November 19, 2019

With an enthusiastic group of students, interns, teaching artists, staff, and mentors in attendance, the New York City Council honored…

Nickelodeon x Romero Britto x Spongebob’s 25th

November 13, 2019

New School Murals collab with Nickelodeon celebrates Spongebob’s 25th birthday and features art direction by Romero Britto & Marissa Molina.…

Collaborative Art: A Transformational Force within Communities

October 30, 2019

Thrive Collective exemplifies “collaborative art as a transformational force to strengthen community and enhance well-being.” So said the University of…