Thrive Collective
Artist Ashley Crawford collaborated with Bronx Connect’s Youth Empowerment Network and RTG North programs to bring a student led school mural to Frederick Douglas Academy Middle School in the Bronx. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School and P.S. 057 Crescent: Larger than Life (2023) Mural Collaborations with Bronx Connect Murals by Ashley Crawford
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In October of 2022, Bedford-Stuyvesant held its first-ever mural festival. Entitled “BedStuy Walls,” the festival invited artists to spray a long stretch of wall on Lexington Avenue belonging to a warehouse. Artist Michela Muserra, who has worked with Thrive for several years, founded Bed-Stuy Walls alongside art curator Frankie Velez. Wanting to include Thrive in…
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“Blessed Community” is an homage to the work done by members of RTG (Release the Grip); they service communities within high risk areas of gun violence as visual pillars of change. This mural featured three vignettes that depict the nature of what RTG is to represent. From left to right, RTG is present to console…
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“Good Music” celebrates the installation of a music studio at BronxConnect’s RTG North site. It features a quote from legendary reggae music artist Bob Marley which reads, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Across from that is a painting of a young boy seamlessly surfing piano keys whilst…
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“Los Pilares de Cambio”, The Pillars of Change, is a deep dive and homage to some of the many leaders of Afro-latino communities placed in the front of the schools’ building. Thrive Collective artists, Ashley and Plushie collaborated with two schools, P.S.155 and Renaissance School of the Arts to create this impactful piece to inspire…
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“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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