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marie-curie-banner marie-curie-feature Thrive Collective returned to The Marie Curie High School in the Bronx to bring a third mural program to life. This year’s theme was inspired by the school’s core values: Community, Courage, Curiosity, Commitment, and Compassion. With “community” at the heart of it all, the mural’s design blossomed from this central idea. The…
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The mural project at Lillian Rashkis School was a collaborative, school-wide effort that highlighted the creativity, voice, and dreams of the students. Created at a District 75 school serving students with autism, the process was built on care, patience, and meaningful inclusion. From start to finish, the school’s administrators and staff were deeply supportive, ensuring…
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Bronx Connect partnered with the Brainiac Babies neighborhood day care center near its RTG North site to donate the “Future Leaders” mural as part of its “I Want to Grow Up” holiday campaign. Artist Ashley Crawford collaborated with student from RTG North to design and produce the mural in the center’s playground. RTG North: Brainiac…
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qpa-banner qpa-banner1 qpa-banner2 qpa-banner3 qpa-banner4 qpa-banner5 At Queens Preparatory Academy, Artists Ashley Crawford and Wale Ayeni were tasked with creating a mural that will inspire students to strive for further education, and nurture growth by hungering for knowledge. This wasn’t the first time Thrive Collective worked with students at QPA, so they were all very…
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hyde-feature hyde-feature2 hyde-feature3 hyde-feature4 hyde-feature5 hyde-feature6 hyde-feature7 This mural was dedicated to Hyde Leadership Charter School by after school provider Roads to Success. For twelve weeks, students worked with thrive artists to explore and celebrate Hyde’s five core principles — Truth, Humility, Each Other’s Keepers, Conscience, and Destiny — in the mural. Students ranged from…
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loma-banner2 loma-feature loma-feature2 loma-possibilities The basement wall of the Lower Manhattan Academy of Art became the site of “LoMA Energy,” an inspirational mural facilitated by artist Ashley Crawford, with students of the school. Drawing inspiration from positive affirmations and the creative spirit, our students explored becoming authentically themselves and creating without fear. Situated within the…
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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 project involved collaborating with PS 92 in Flatbush, at the recommendation of NYC Council Member…
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Students at IS 217X: School of Performing Arts contributed to the school’s Extreme Mural Makeover with “Behind the Shine,” featuring art direction by Ashley Crawford. IS 217X: Behind the Shine (2023) ‹ › × × Previous Next IS 217X: Extreme Mural Makeover 0 IS 217X: Behind the Shine Elective (Bronx 2023) More Details 0 IS…
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The theme Dr Seuss to Papoose was a loose starting point for the students to begin brainstorming ideas considering how to interpret literacy in all its forms. Through these activities they expressed their visions they had for their futures and how their educational career has shaped those futures. Leading artist Ashley “Awesum” Crawford incorporated drawings…
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Thrive Collective was asked to recommend a New York artist with roots in the Caribbean to live paint during a product launch event called, “Taste the Tropics.” Ashley Crawford was an obvious candidate, and she was selected for the collaboration between two iconic brands, Vita Coco and Captain Morgan. She described her design as: “a…
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