Thrive Collective
Story and Art by Sam Wisneski “Opportunities to give are everywhere. … Together we can make life a little brighter and more colorful for everyone! “Please consider giving to my friends at Thrive Collective.” Starting on Giving Tuesday and through the end of December, join GEORGIE. Give to create hope and opportunity through arts, sports,…
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Thrive Collective proudly supports arts programming at Horizon and Crossroads Juvenile Facilities in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Supported by the work of Carnegie Hall and NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services, we have brought collaborative murals into both centers since 2021. ACS: Horizon & Crossroad 2023 ‹ › × × Previous Next Horizon & Crossroad Murals…
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Thrive Collective proudly supports arts programming at Horizon and Crossroads Juvenile Facilities in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Supported by the work of Carnegie Hall and NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services, we have brought collaborative murals into both centers since 2021. ACS: Horizon & Crossroad 2023 ‹ › × × Previous Next Horizon & Crossroad Murals…
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Thrive Collective’s latest collaboration with the Brooklyn Nets celebrates AAPI Heritage Month for their NETS UNITE poster series. The Nets invited Thrive’s creative director — and our longest tenured artist — Kekoa and his wife Kristen to design this extraordinary poster, and distributed 5,000 prints to fans attending the Nets v. Chicago Bulls game at…
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Thrive Collective proudly supports BedStuy Walls, in the heart of historic Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Founded by veteran Thrive artist Michela Muserra and art curator Frankie Velez in 2022, the annual mural festival brings together a who’s who of iconic graffiti writers and street artists along Lexington Avenue, at the intersection of “Do the Right Thing…
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Thrive Collective’s “So Amazin!” mural was featured at Citi Field when the New York Mets celebrated Hispanic Heritage Night and Roberto Clemente Day on September 15, 2023. Mets’ fans young and old participated in the interactive art piece during a Friday night game against the Cincinnati Reds. Inconic artist Maria “Toofly” Castillo directed the project…
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For the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, veteran Thrive artist Nico Collazo partnered with Martha Diaz of the Hip Hop Education Center to inaugurate the 161 Studio at the Bronx NeON (Neighborhood Opportunity Network) with a graffiti inspired mural. Bronx NeON: 161 Studio (2023) ‹ › × × Previous Next NeON Mural Collaborations Since 2018…
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The “Welcome to Bay Ridge” mural by Mister Kaves celebrates the Brooklyn Way To commemorate the Brooklyn Nets’ 10th anniversary in Brooklyn, the team commissioned Thrive Collective students and artists to interpret “The Brooklyn Way” in public art murals in four Brooklyn neighborhoods: Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Flatbush, and East New York. This first collaboration…
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Thrive Collective proudly partnered with La Borinqueña and Chocobar Cortés BX to produce a mural celebrating Puerto Rico’s unique role shaping culture in New York City and beyond. Here’s how the producers of the La Borinqueña comic book describe the project: Our latest collaboration with Chocolate Cortés is our La Borinqueña mural at the Chocobar Cortés BX! This public art piece…
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In a return to origins, Thrive Collective will soon move its offices into the ground floor of 152 Avenue D, the meeting site of its predecessor—a youth group named Generation Xcel. “Hope and Opportunity” is the first in a series of murals that Thrive artists will paint on all sides of the NYCHA Riis Houses…
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