2018

AC hotel times square beautifully painting

Beautifully

“Thank you @nycthrive for this wonderful piece. Our collaboration means a lot to us and we are humbled by it.” – AC Hotels Times Square “If you can take the time to do something, you can take the time to do it beautifully.” This AC Hotels mantra inspired the “Beautifully” installation at our newest corporate…

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alien making music on a mural

The Beat of our Drums

This year has brought a new, growing relationship with Carnegie Hall, first as a NeON Arts provider in the South Bronx; then as a featured arts organization at their “A Time Like This: Music for Change” concert; and most recently at their Spring Family Day on April 8. Exactly 1,703 people came through Carnegie Hall…

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I Am Harlem: Past, Present, Future

[Video by Catherine KittyRose Warren.] The “I Am Harlem” mural celebrates Harlem past, present, and future, and features art direction by Harlem’s own Aleathia Brown. Made possible by the SAFE in Harlem Coalition and Harlem’s teens, special thanks also go out to the Pillars Recovery Center, Infinity Mennonite Church, Felecia Pullen, Rev. Al Taylor, Marissa Molina, Nico Collazo, and…

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Creator

Longtime partners Lead.NYC invited Thrive Collective to facilitate another event mural at Movement Day NYC for a second consecutive year. This time facilitating the mural was longtime teaching artist Marissa Molina, and the up and coming Nico Collazo. Conference guests explored the Creator theme by filling in the blank: “Create in me/us ________.” An added…

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Mexico and Puerto Rico united

Unidos

Actress Lauren Velez and Jeremy Del Rio, united in support of Puerto Rico and Mexico. Unidos, by Marissa Molina, celebrates the resilience of Puerto Ricans and Mexicans recovering from Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquakes, and our solidarity with them during the recovery. The image features characters from the Legacy mural (2014) at the…

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Dance. Thrive. Chill. x Burton NYC (2017)

Video by Vladimir Goroshnikov (Facebook). Music by Finsta Bundy (Facebook / Soundcloud). To celebrate the new school year, the Burton Flagship store in Soho sponsored an evening of creative expression and youth empowerment on September 7, 2017. Three organizations that create positive impact for the youth of New York City joined forces in an event about movement, marks of…

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