WNBC: Black Lives Matter murals begin
Melissa Russo of WNBC 4 New York reports on the Black Lives Matter murals being painted in Harlem and Foley Square this week.
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BLM Mural: Day 2 Diary
I spy Marissa Molina, Jon Souza, Rosabella Garcia, Peach Tao, Dax Matlock, Eric Orr, Crash and many of our volunteers in today’s NY Daily News. Enjoy our Day 2 Diary, curated from Instagram, here. We are so grateful to play a small role in bringing artists’ Tijay Mohammed, Sophia Dawson, and Patrice Payne vision to…
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BLM Mural: Day 1 Diary
Here’s our Day 1 Diary from the BLM mural, as chronicled on Instagram. View this post on Instagram It’s going down. Right now. #KindnessBeatsTheVirus x #BlackLivesMatter in front of Thurgood Marshall’s federal courthouse in Foley Square. The first volunteers arrived at 10. #CreateWithUs #WeAreThrive #BringArtBack @tatscru @galeabrewer @wxystudio @andre_trenier @crashone @mcmaniphes @nycyouth @nycschools…
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Historic BLM Mural in Manhattan
This. Tomorrow and Friday, July 2 – 3, Thrive Collective joins an all-star lineup of artists to paint the Black Lives Matter mural in Foley Square. Our assignment: the A in “Black.” The mural will span 3 blocks in front of the Federal and State Courthouses. Our letter sits directly in front of the Thurgood…
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The Free Mural Winner Is
The winner of the inaugural #KindnessBeatsTheVirus Free Mural contest is: PS 155 William Paca in East Harlem Special thanks to all the amazing students and NYC public schools that participated with more than 1,100 Instagram entries!
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Watch HeART Beat Online 2021 here. Replay the Live Stream Enjoy the replay edited by Tony Horn of Bric Arts Media. Originally hosted on Zoom and live-streamed on June 25 by Moving Image Studio of Museum of the Moving Image. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 An interactive, online arts festival with special guest, actress Luna Velez from Spider-Man: Into the…
read more“Reach High,” with Spongebob
“Reach High,” music, mural, and music video by PS/MS 188 Thrive Collective hip hop students (2020) Hip Hop teaching artist Randy Mason Video by Eric Mason / Mason Jar Productions Mural design by Marissa Molina with Romero Britto Sponsored by Nickelodeon, NYC Council Member Carlina Rivera, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, and NYC…
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Univision features Bio of TatsCru for #KindnessBeatsTheVirus, and spotlights the “Wildstyle Coloring Book.” Download the entire collection at thrivecollective.org/kindness. The international, all-star selection was curated by legends Bio, Crash, and Sonic, and is presented in collaboration with WallWorks NY. Featured Artists: Banga | BG-183 | Bio | BRE | COPE2 | Cren | Crey132 | Daze…
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Free Mural Contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/13/2020 Contact: Jeremy Del Rio 347-921-4426 Email #KindnessBeatsTheVirus Thrive Collective Launches Free Mural Contest and Provides Arts Resources for Students and Educators in response to COVID-19 Art has always helped humanity process and heal from trauma.…
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Featured Partner: WallWorks NY
As part of our ongoing collection of Tools for Schools, WallWorks NY has curated the “Quarantine Coloring Book,” featuring legendary artists: BIO, BG183, Br163, CRASH, DAZE, FENX, Jahan, Joe Iurato, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks, MadC, MIST, NICER, Nick Walker, Olga Correa, Remi Rough, Shiro, Smetsky, and Steph Burr. Wallworks proprietor Crash, a longtime friend of…
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