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R.H.Y.M.E x Murry Bergtraum High School During the 2024 spring semester, Murry Bergtraum High School students in NYC came together twice a week after school with RHYME teaching artists Jason Roberts and Kevin Toledo to learn about Hip Hop culture, the art of rap and a host of transferable skills embedded within the art such…
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The Dream Walls inspired everything. In 2007, we had no idea that a one-off school beautification project would plant the seeds that would eventually mature into: One of NYC’s largest arts education non-profits in Thrive Collective; Thrive’s flagship Murals programs, which have expanded beyond NYC to California, Maryland, Texas, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and Mexico;…
read moreOn the final day of Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Year, we offer our love letter to hip hop: “Coke La Rock is Still Here.” Video by Eric Mason. Filmed at the Hip Hop 50 Block Party. Hip Hop is for the Children MURRY BERGTRAUM HOME OF THE BLAZERS By: Randy Mason June 9, 2024 0…
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Thrive Collective’s latest collaboration with the Brooklyn Nets celebrates AAPI Heritage Month for their NETS UNITE poster series. The Nets invited Thrive’s creative director — and our longest tenured artist — Kekoa and his wife Kristen to design this extraordinary poster, and distributed 5,000 prints to fans attending the Nets v. Chicago Bulls game at…
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Thrive Collective and Projectivity Group are expanding to the DMV Region (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia). Christian Penn, the Operations Manager at Thrive Collective, has lived in New York City for the last 21 years, but is relocating back home to Maryland. Penn is looking forward to using the same creativity and passion there that…
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Thrive Collective’s “So Amazin!” mural was featured at Citi Field when the New York Mets celebrated Hispanic Heritage Night and Roberto Clemente Day on September 15, 2023. Mets’ fans young and old participated in the interactive art piece during a Friday night game against the Cincinnati Reds. Inconic artist Maria “Toofly” Castillo directed the project…
read moreThrive Collective’s RHYME program at PS 105Q in Far Rockaway, Queens was recently featured on NY1 News. Reporter Roger Clark interviewed students, Principal Laurie Shapiro and RHYME staff on June 2, and returned three days later for a live segment with Jeremy Del Rio, founder and executive director of Thrive. Three years ago, Thrive Collective…
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This post was adapted from the March 2023 edition of the Fordham/NYC CSTAC Community Schools Spotlight e-newsletter. A complete mural makeover at P.S. 9 in the Fordham Heights neighborhood of the Bronx has been credited with helping to improve school culture and create a welcoming environment at the school. Partnering with Thrive Collective, P.S. 9 recently…
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Pilar Batista, a former teaching artist with Thrive Collective, will be featured on the upcoming digital series, “How Art Changed Me.” Streaming on the ALL ARTS network’s app, website, and social media platforms, the series explores the transformative potential of arts by highlighting personal stories. Batista, who will be featured on the second episode of…
read moreThrive Collective was recently featured on WPIX during its 6 p.m. evening newscast. On Feb. 17, at P.S. 155 and the Renaissance School of the Arts (RSA) in East Harlem, WPIX reporter Michelle Ross interviewed Jeremy Del Rio, founder and executive director of Thrive Collective, and sixth-grader Justin Guanilo, a student in the organization’s R.H.Y.M.E.…
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