Art a Catalyst for Change

PS/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (2 of 5)

This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…

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PS/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (1 of 5)

This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…

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PS 279 Capitain Manuel Rivera, Jr.: Fruitful (2 of 2)

ps-279-fruitful-banner ps279-cafeteria Our students at PS 279 wanted to take a communal area they visit daily and add some beauty to it. Half of our students, all in middle school, had worked on a previous Thrive mural in their school auditorium and were specifically selected to work on this mural with us. All of our…

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PS 279 Capitain Manuel Rivera, Jr.: Fruitful (1 of 2)

ps-279-fruitful-banner ps279-cafeteria Our students at PS 279 wanted to take a communal area they visit daily and add some beauty to it. Half of our students, all in middle school, had worked on a previous Thrive mural in their school auditorium and were specifically selected to work on this mural with us. All of our…

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PS/MS 42Q: The Possibilities Are Out of This World

The theme and title for this project was “The Possibilities Are Out of This World”.  The theme came together from the various ideas that the students had submitted in the beginning stages of the classes. The only real prompt that we gave them during class was to keep in mind that this mural would be…

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IS 117: Wild and Powerful

Twenty-nine students from IS 117’s after-school art club met with Thrive staff twice a week for 15 weeks to produce this 600 sq. ft. middle school mural. Participating students were in the 6th, 7th and 8th grade. This mural is designed to encapsulate the raw energy of the students both already present & future. From…

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PS 279: D is 4 Diversity

ps279-pt1 ps279-pt2 “D is 4 Diversity” is a series of auditorium murals that explore cultural diversity and creating community within PS 279. This is the second year Councilmember Fernando Cabrera funded an Art as Catalyst for Change mural program for PS 279. Through this funding, students got to focus on creating a positive and energetic…

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IS 117/ TYWLS: Rich Tapestry

“Rich Tapestry” is a reflective mural on inclusion, diversity, and respect. Thrive artists Ashley Crawford and Kristy McCarthy led art lessons with over a hundred students at I.S. 117 Joseph P. Wade Academies and The Young Women’s Leadership School. Students ranging in age from 12 to 18, from junior high to high school, created pieces…

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PS/MS 183: Space to Dream

For this project, Thrive artists teamed up with students and staff from the SONYC after-school program and the Dr Richard Greene school in Far Rockaway.  In the classroom, Thrive artists and students explored concepts of: self, identity, community, what they valued, and what they wished to see in their immediate communities and in the world.…

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