Videos

Celebrating Hoda “Right on Time”

Happy Birthday, Hoda! Thrive Collective’s 600th mural came “RIGHT ON TIME” to celebrate Hoda Kotb’s 60th birthday with the Today show. Mural by Marissa Molina Project Management by Pelumi Ayeni Student Artists: Eli, Chris, Josh, Charlize, Aaliyah, John, Aaron, Henry, and CJ Mural painted at Loisaida Center. Today reported on the mural. Here’s an excerpt:…

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The Brooklyn Paper Celebrates Bay Ridge Mural

The Brooklyn Paper celebrates the “Welcome to Bay Ridge” mural by Michael “Kaves” McCleer, with support from NYC Council Member Justin Brannan and the Brooklyn Nets. Here’s an excerpt. Full article. The “Welcome to Bay Ridge” mural on 86th Street, near the corner of Gatling Place, memorializes some of the neighborhood’s most prominent figures, including…

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John Dewey High School: Project Pivot

Thrive Collective returned to John Dewey High School for the 2023-2024 school year to inaugurate its Project Pivot program with an integrated arts academy. Collaborating once again with our partners Projectivity and Speek Lyfe, we produced a 36-week, multimedia experience in three 12-week modules: RHYME Hip Hop and Mentoring The JDHS Podcast School Murals Veteran…

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MS 839 Reaching For The Stars

MS 839 x R.H.Y.M.E & Speek Lyfe sponsored by Roads To Success MS 839 scholars present “Reaching For The Stars” a student led Hip Hop banger!  MS 839 students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME and Speek Lyfe teaching artists Paul and Lawrence Coles for the 2024 spring semester…

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PS 272: DON’T WORRY

NYC Council Member Mercedes Narcisse x PS 272 x R.H.Y.M.E & Speek Lyfe PS 272 scholars proudly present “Don’t Worry,” an unforgettable Hip Hop anthem. PS 272 elementary students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME and Speek Lyfe teaching artists Paul and Lawrence Coles for the 2024 spring semester…

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R.H.Y.M.E x RSA School Daze

R.H.Y.M.E x NYC Council x RSA Renaissance School of The Arts students in East Harlem NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME teaching artist Jason “Conquest” Roberts for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “School Daze” Special thanks to RSA, NYC Council,…

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R.H.Y.M.E x MS 206 WANT FREEDOM

R.H.Y.M.E x Roads To Success x MS 206 MS 206 students in East Harlem NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME teaching artist Kevin Toledo for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “Want Freedom” Special thanks to MS 206, Roads To Success,…

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R.H.Y.M.E x John Dewey High School

JDHS x RHYME x Speek Lyfe JDHS students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with Speek Lyfe / RHYME teaching artists Lawrence and Paul Coles for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “Push through Follow Through.” JDHS students also collaborated to…

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R.H.Y.M.E MS 42Q WAY UP REMIX

R.H.Y.M.E x Speek Lyfe x NYC Council x MS 42 MS 42Q students in Far Rockaway Queens met twice a week for 12 weeks with Speek Lyfe / RHYME teaching artists Lawrence and Paul Coles for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official R.H.Y.M.E remix titled “The Way Up Remix”…

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