Afterschool

CPC Beacon x IS 220K: Time Capsule

The Chinese American Planning Council invited Thrive to collaborate with their IS 220 Beacon program to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the John Pershing Middle School. Veteran Thrive teaching artist Michela Muserra worked with the students to portray a visual “Time Capsule” for children who will attend the school in another 100 years. The…

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PS/MS 34: The Dreamer

The Dreamer & The Doer: Dream Walls 3.0 Blame it on Jonathan. Or credit him. He started it. Twenty years ago, Jonathan dreamed that if he could teach math at PS/MS 34, more students and families could break free from poverty. He had already been tutoring students from the school since 1996 at the Generation…

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PS/MS 34: The Path

The Dreamer & The Doer: Dream Walls 3.0 Blame it on Jonathan. Or credit him. He started it. Twenty years ago, Jonathan dreamed that if he could teach math at PS/MS 34, more students and families could break free from poverty. He had already been tutoring students from the school since 1996 at the Generation…

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PS/MS 34: The Graduate

The Dreamer & The Doer: Dream Walls 3.0 Blame it on Jonathan. Or credit him. He started it. Twenty years ago, Jonathan dreamed that if he could teach math at PS/MS 34, more students and families could break free from poverty. He had already been tutoring students from the school since 1996 at the Generation…

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PS/MS 34: The Classics (Pillars)

The Dreamer & The Doer: Dream Walls 3.0 Blame it on Jonathan. Or credit him. He started it. Twenty years ago, Jonathan dreamed that if he could teach math at PS/MS 34, more students and families could break free from poverty. He had already been tutoring students from the school since 1996 at the Generation…

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PS/MS 34: The Pillars

The Dreamer & The Doer: Dream Walls 3.0 Blame it on Jonathan. Or credit him. He started it. Twenty years ago, Jonathan dreamed that if he could teach math at PS/MS 34, more students and families could break free from poverty. He had already been tutoring students from the school since 1996 at the Generation…

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MS 61K: We Write the Future

Veteran Thrive Collective artist Michela Muserra collaborated with New York Edge students at MS 61K to design and paint, “We Write the Future.” The theme for this mural was culture of the community with a SciFi/Futuristic spin on the idea. A lot of the students had fun with this theme, creating wildly imaginative versions of…

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PS/IS 178: She’s My Hero

Artist Jodi Darel collaborated with NY Edge students at PS/IS 178K to produce the “She’s My Hero” mural. The design highlights great historical and contemporary women including Aretha Franklin, Rosa Parks, Simone Biles and others. PS/IS 178: She’s My Hero ‹ › × × Previous Next Mural Collaborations with New York Edge 0 MS 61K:…

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PS 123K: Can’t Stop / Won’t Stop

This mural project at PS 123K was a vibrant, collaborative effort that brought students’ creativity and school pride to life across three walls. Inspired by student drawings and classroom themes, the mural celebrates learning, imagination, and identity; highlighting affirmations, nature, and STEAM in a colorful, engaging style. One of the central themes, “Can’t Stop, Won’t…

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IS 117X: Promoting Change in our World

Thrive Collective returned to IS 117X for our tenth after school program year since 2015, this adding another polytab installation to our visual arts collection. For this interior mural sponsored by PIERINA ANA SANCHEZ, DCLA (AACC) and centered on JHS 117’s theme of “Change through Love and Respect,” ten enthusiastic sixth through eighth grade students…

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