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During the Coronavirus quarantine, unleash your creativity with these free coloring pages, daily prompts, lesson plans, hashtag challenges and more.
Meet the student visionaries here.
Register to win a free mural here.
Share your stories, photos, media, and art on social media, and tag #KindnessBeatsTheVirus and @NYCThrive.
Win a Free Mural
NYC public school buildings may be closed through June, but this spring participating schools can win a FREE one-of-a-kind school mural. Every NYC Public School that registers as part of “Kindness Beats the Virus” will be eligible to win a FREE mural designed in the days before the quarantine by five students and street art legend Toofly. To register your school, complete this simple form. The mural will be awarded to the school that has the highest percentage of enrolled students participating in Thrive’s #KindnessBeatsTheVirus activities. The winning school will be chosen based on the number of public student Instagram posts that utilize both the #KindnessBeatsTheVirus hashtag AND the unique school hashtag included on the registration form.
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Coloring Sheets
Download individual coloring sheets, or the collections as pdfs. Share your colorized versions on Instagram or Facebook and tag #KindnessBeatsTheVirus and the artist.
New Release (6/10)
Curated by Bio, Crash, and Sonic. Presented with WallWorksNY.
Featured Artists: Bio | Crash | Coraima Santana | Daze | Joe Pimentel | Julio Olvera | Kekoa | Kristen Hubbard | La Borinqueña | Larry Valenzuela | LAZOO | MadC | Nicer | Nick Walker | Nico Collazo | Olga Correa | Oliver Rios | Ronnie Robles | SONIC BAD | Shiro | Toofly
New Release (4/29)
31 Pages: 1 a Day for the Month of May
Download the entire collection, an international, all-star selection curated by legends Bio, Crash, and Sonic. Presented in collaboration with WallWorks NY.
Featured Artists: Banga | BG-183 | Bio | BRE | COPE2 | Cren | Crey132 | Daze | Flavor | Ice One TWA | Jon Phes Souza | Kaves | Kekoa | Nicer | Nico Collazo | Pwoz | Quik | Ruse BAD | Santiago Jaén | Sar TMB | Soem | SONIC BAD | Toofly | Wuze
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For Masterpiece Minds
Daily Prompts
Activate your imagination everyday with these daily prompts. Share stories, pictures, media, and art on social media. Tag #KindnessBeatsTheVirus and @NYCThrive. Examples:
1. Music Monday: Write a short poem using only song titles.
2. Tell Them Tuesday: Draw a black and white illustration of someone showing kindness within the rules of social distancing. Then tell someone else to color it in. Share both versions. (From Week 3)
- Download Week 1 (pdf)
- Download Week 2 (pdf)
- Download Week 3 (pdf)
- Download 21 Days (pdf)
- Download Week 4 (pdf)
- Download Week 5 (pdf)
- Download Week 6 (pdf)
- Download 42 Days (pdf)
Art Lessons for Remote Learning
Lesson Plans
Written by Thrive Teaching Artists for non-artist instructors; utilizing non-specialized, readily available, at home materials. Download individual lesson plans as pdfs.
- Animal Character Design (pdf)
- Graffiti Lettering Basics (pdf)
- Guess Who Does What? (pdf)
- Man/Animal/Machines (pdf)
- Unconventional Mosaics (pdf)
- Natural City (pdf)
- Paper Totem Poles (pdf)
- Paper Cutout Masks (pdf)
- Perspective Drawing (pdf)
- Self Portraits (pdf)
- Stickers (pdf)
- Unusual Combinations (pdf)
Featured Partner: Projectivity
Music Samples & More. Download Projectivity’s “Producer Sample” packs and coloring book. Producer samples can be used to make your own music or videos. Download them now and make sure to tag @projectivity and the artist when you create with them, along with #KindnessBeatsTheVirus.
DownloadOnline Workshops
Interested in online arts and music workshops during the quarantine? We have options (as of 4/6).
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The Hashtag Challenge
Use the #KindnessBeatsTheVirus hashtag and tag @NYCThrive. “Like” your favorites to feature them in an upcoming art exhibit. The exhibit will include two Hashtag Challenge categories. The top two entries from each category will have the opportunity to merchandise their submission as a collaboration with an acclaimed artist.
Completed 5th grade mural collaboration for Taft Elementary School in Washingtonville, NY. Unfortunately the kids couldn’t participate this year but they all contributed their self portrait drawings to the project. #schoolmural #schoolmurals #washingtonville #hudsonvalley #hudsonvalleymagazine #hudsonvalleyartist #mural #muralist #muralart #muralpainting #muralsdaily #kindnessbeatsthevirus #diversity #kindness #pimentelmurals #gpmuralpaints #goldenmuralpaint
Coming soon: How To Clean Your Paintbrush So The Camera Guy Doesn’t Have To⚡️
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A bit late but finally finished a gratitude card for essential workers . And thank you extending to everyone who’s fighting for a cause they believe in .🔹 .
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#thankyou#quarantinediaries #illustration #poster #design #drawing #blueandwhite #bestnyphoto #nyc #essentialworkers #covid19 #art#drawing #health #hospitals #frontlineworkers #blue #timeoutnewyork #kindnessbeatsThevirus #nycthrive #pen#ink #inkdrawing #lettering #posterhousenyc nychealthsystem nycthrive posterhousenyc isometricstudio
Keeping the school mural spirit alive ❤️. #pimentelmurals #kindnessbeatsthevirus #instadraw #artistoninstagram #muralsketch #quarantine #quarantineart #quarantineartchallenge #schoolmural #schoolmurals #heart #digitalillustration #hifructosemag #juxtapozmag #illustration
The adventures of Martymar54 and the tales of WORK FROM HOME. By martymar54 #characterdesign #characterart #ipad #procreate #illustration #art #digitalart #applepencil #art #digitalart #workfromhome #workfromhomelife #work #quarantine #2020 #bunny #bunnyslippers #coffee #zoom #zoommeeting #hero #essentialworkers nycthrive #kindnessbeatsthevirus
Old woodcut inspired by my visiting Dubai many years ago . Carving is so relaxing 😌 . .
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#woodcut #carving #printmaking #prints #woodcarving #prayers #dubai #travel#memories #illustration #donkey #lamp #fairytale #im_printed #printing #middleeastern #arabic #studio #studioclearing #dreamy #dreamworld #UAE#storytelling #木刻 #版画 #details #detaillover
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"WILDSTYLE WEDNESDAY" | "Wildstyle Coloring Book" curated by street art legends biotatscru, crashone, and sonicbadnyc, and presented in collaboration with wallworksny.
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Download the entire 31 page collection for FREE at Thrivecollective.org/kindness [link in bio ☝️] 1 a Day for the Month of May. Share photos of your colored pages and tag #KindnessBeatsTheVirus NYCThrive and the contributing artist.
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Featuring bangastyleparis |bg183_tats_cru_ | biotatscru | brebarcelona | cope2_art_life | cren_art | crey132 | dazeworldnyc | favor.one | iceonertwa | mcmaniphes | misterkaves | artbykekoa | nicertatscru | armordtribe91 | thepwoz | quiklinrollingthunder | ruse_bad | santiagojaen_chan | sar.tmb |soemmac | sonicbadnyc | toofly_nyc | wuze_uno
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#wearethrive #BringArtBack #wallworksny #wallworksnewyork #wallworksgallery #wallworksatkreatehub #quarantinecoloringbook #wallworkscoloringbook #streetart #streetarteverywhere #CultureFromHome #DYCDAtHome nyculture nycyouth nycschools nyccouncil nycservice nycmayor
IT’S HERE! Our next free, downloadable coloring book is up on our website. Volume 3 is a collaboration with Tom Slaughter Studio to being you the late arist’s iconic alphabet! We hope you love it and remember to tag us and tslaughterstudio in your creations!
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#wallworksny #wallworksnewyork #wallworkscoloringbook #tomslaughter #tomslaughterstudio #alphabet #ABCs #free #download #coloringbook #quarantinelife #staycreative #supportsmallbusiness #kindnessbeatsthevirus
Get creative with Robot Building Zone, my contributed page in Wildstyle Coloring Book. Impressive work, sochlart 🤖 #kindnessbeatsthevirus nycthrive
Organizing my drawers . Still have a few of this print left for sale ! DM if you want some summer lemonade 🙂 biking to avoid subway .
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#print #drawing#ink #lemonade #summer #fun #hairstyles #lemon #whenlifegivesyoulemons #archive #illustration #beauty #yellow #style #outfit #fashion #fashionblogger #influencer#biker #bike #biking #brushpen #paint #kindnessbeatsthevirus
One of my favorite maps of Inspiration hanging in my bedroom - a Map of Beijing in 1936 illustrated by Frank Dorn . He was fluent in Chinese and lived in China during Ww2 and drew maps for the US army . The decorative map was drawn with great care . Cartoon vignettes of chinese history surround the image. pretavoyager .#makeamapfieldtrip creativemorning .
#map #illustratedMap #illustration #1936 #traveling #history #map #vintage #vintageMap #frankDorn #beijing #China #TheBeijinger #chinese #drawings #penandink #creativemornings #inspiration
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"FUNNY FRIDAY" | The Nicer Collection | Because sometimes laughter is the best Rx.
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Prompt: "Be Nicer." Which #KindnessBeatsTheVirus coloring page by nicertatscru is your favorite? Scroll ➡️ for the Nicer Collection. Download more than 120 coloring pages, including the "Wildstyle Coloring Book" volumes 1 and 2 at Thrivecollective.org/kindnes. Link in bio☝️
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Share photos of your colored pages and tag #KindnessBeatsTheVirus NYCThrive and the contributing artist.
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Stay home, healthy, and safe. AND help kindness go viral during the #Coronovirus Quarantine.
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#WeAreThrive #BringArtBack #CultureFromHome #DYCDatHome nycyouth nycschools nyculture NYCService nyccouncil nycmayor nygovcuomo #covid19 #covidkindness #wallworksny #wallworksnewyork #wallworksgallery #wallworksatkreatehub #quarantinecoloringbook #wallworkscoloringbook #streetart #streetarteverywhere #itsonlyanickname #nicertatscru
Painting more New Yorkers for the 7pm clapping today 👏🏼. WIP shots of this mural of staying-at-home iguana and bird I’m painting on my roof 🐦 🦎.
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#painting #mural#muralart #rooftop #painting🎨 #stayhome #nyc #brooklyn #thankyouhour #newyorktough #quarantinelife #wip#illustration #iguana #bird #acrylic #ladieswhopaint #kindnessbeatsthevirus seawalls_ pangeaseed whanganuiwalls ladieswhopaint #paintforapurpose #home2020 #newyorkers #clapping nycthrive bolognachildrensbookfair timeoutnewyork gothamist #timeoutnewyork #timein
Painted this little springtime mural at home 🌸 Staying-at-home iguana and bird cheering for essential workers from the windows 🌸 .
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#painting #mural #muralart #rooftop #paint #spring #iguana #bird #flowers #acrylicpainting #acrylic #ladieswhopaint #home2020
#thinkspacehappyplace #stayhome #brooklyn #nyc #quarantinelife #kidlitart #illustration thinkspace_art seawalls_ pangeaseed whanganuiwalls ladieswhopaint #kindnessbeatsthevirus #mayday #timein #timeoutnewyork gothamist #beautifulbizarre
My window-painting demo from climatecollectivenyc ‘s earthDay art workshop. With two other artists , we shared our work and backgrounds and drew inspiration from erholthaus ‘s writing on envisioning a better future 🙂 it was a very inspiring and motivating two hours well spent ! .thank you thefliang for capturing moments🎨 .
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#painting #windows #stayhome #climatecollectivenyc #art#drawing #climateart #colors #floraldesign #leaves #nyc #brooklyn #acrylicpainting #fireescape #quarantine #quarantinelife #earthday2020 #nature seawalls_ whanganuiwalls pangeaseed #kindnessbeatsthevirus #environment #protectwhatyoulove #fun #homedecor #timein pttnyc
Completed Falcon mural for J. V. Forrestal Elementary School. A big thanks to Principal Sessoms and jvforrestalptso! All of the character drawings were submitted by the 4th and 5th graders for this collaboration. I wish the kids could’ve helped with the process but I know they’ll be excited when they see it in person. #schoolmural #schoolmurals #falcon #beaconschool #beaconny #hudsonvalley #hudsonvalleymagazine #hudsonvalleyartist #mural #muralist #muralart #muralpainting #muralsdaily #animal #kindnessbeatsthevirus
Over the past couple months I have been volunteering at a food bank in Queens through newyorkcares with 9millionreasons . They provide about 30,000 meals to families daily throughout every borough in NYC. It’s truly been a blessing to be a part of this project and help those in need during this time. If you, your family, your friends, your neighbors, ANYONE needs food...please don’t hesitate to reach out and I will make sure they get some. No one deserves to go hungry. ——————————————
#newyorkcares #kindnessbeatsthevirus #covidrelief #coronavirus #globalpandemic #feedthehungry #foodpantry #volunteer #dotherightthing #thekayleediaries
“He restores my soul” - King David 👑
I had the opportunity to change up the walls in the teacher’s lounge at Garfield Elementary 🏫 in Phoenix, with aimrightministries project for the school. unitephx
As a kid, 👧🏻 Virna attended Garfield Elementary, and we go back every chance we get. Crazy how things come full circle. Thank you Aim Right 🙏🏼for continuing to bring transformation to the community.
What school did you go to? Rep it below ⬇️ #garfield #teachers #Restore #refuel #change #kindnessbeatsthevirus
The world is burning
Even Though I am not
I will fight the flames #kindnessbeatsthevirus #blacklivesmatter
Lawdy Mama” by Barkley Hendricks (1969) for nycthrive, collection studiomuseum
While touring European museums and churches in the ’60s, a 21-year-old Barkley Hendricks was struck by the lack of black presence in Western art. This inspired his now best known works: life-sized paintings of black people in empowered, classical depictions. These were friends, relatives and strangers, originally from his hometown of Philadelphia, that communicated a new assertiveness and pride among black Americans.
The particular woman in “Lawdy Mama” is Barkley’s second cousin, painted in the style of a Byzantine icon. Gold leaf surrounds her modernly-dressed figure, the arched canvas acting as a halo around her entire body, including her afro.
Byzantine icons generally depict Jesus and virtuous saints. Here Barkley venerates his cousin and all she represents, inserting her into the art historical canon and elevating her to icon status. In her guarded yet vulnerable pose, she claims this space.
In the 1960s wearing an afro represented resistance. After decades of subjecting themselves to European beauty standards, African Americans reclaimed their hair. Political activists such as Angela Davis and Kathleen Kleaver proudly rocked afros while fighting oppression, and the hairstyle emerged as a symbol for Black beauty, liberation and pride. This didn’t last long.
Sixty years later, hair politics continue. In 2019, California's CROWN ACT became the first law prohibiting discrimination based on hair style and texture.
I started relaxing my hair at 11, just in time for my 6th grade graduation. This Puerto Rican right of passage “unveiled” what I deem now to be, a false sense of self to the world. After reading that the chemicals in hair relaxers actually break molecular bonds weakening hair strands, I vowed to go natural.
Halos and crowns. We all have a right to wear our hair any way we like, but I wonder in what other ways have we broken bonds with ourselves in order to fit in, aiding invisibility, and denying ourselves both our divinity and power.
#lawdymama #barkleyhendricks #studiomuseumharlem #blackarthistory #kindnessbeatsthevirus #BringArtBack #culturefromhome
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