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MS 83X: Get Active

The “Get Active” mural at MS 83X is our first official School Murals collaboration with one of New York City’s leading after school providers, New York Edge (formerly known as Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation). We look forward to future collaborations next year and beyond. MS 83X: Get Active (2018) ‹ › × ×…

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Breathe Free, NYC

At last, install day at BSSWA! Partial time-lapse of “Breathe Free, NYC” (mural 1) #bringartback #bsswamural #wip #immigration #bronxmurals #huntspointbx #nycmurals @nycthrive A post shared by Julia Cocuzza (@cuzzagram) on Aug 8, 2017 at 2:09pm PDT ED. NOTE: Final installation photos coming soon. In the third year of Thrive Collective’s visual arts partnership with Bronx…

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IS 117X: Celebrate Diversity

For three consecutive years, Thrive Collective has proudly partnered with IS 117 students to bring public art, music and film back to the school building. “Celebrate Diversity” is the third mural produced in consecutive years. Ms. Jones, IS 117’s principal, encourages other schools in Bronx District 9 and beyond to partner with Thrive: “It’s especially…

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Welcome to PS 310

Thanks to the generosity of NYC Council Member Fernando Cabrera and the Cultural Immigrants Fund, PS 310 declares to the surrounding community and all who enter its premises: “You belong here!” At the “Welcome to PS 310” mural ribbon cutting ceremony, the fifth grade student president stressed the mural’s significance: “We dedicate this mural to…

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BSSWA: Voice of the Bronx

Meet Victoria Victoria is a Thrive Collective veteran, working with our teaching artists on three murals since this project in 2015. In this video, she describes the impacts the programs have made on her life. “It’s not every day where a kid like me who came out of a one-bedroom apartment with six brothers or…

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Welcome to PS 236

How do you welcome someone into your house and in your neighborhood? This is the question that elementary students from PS 236 wrestled with and explored while creating this mural. As you can see their imagination is boundless and the result is a fantastical land where a pink elephant, a purple octopus, a monkey and…

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PS 333/335: I Am Longwood

Partner Profile: YUCA Arts Artist Profile: Kim Andino Partner Profile: Elevate NY Artist Profile: Anthony Perez In June, the Longwood section of the Bronx became a little brighter and more colorful. Students from PS 333 and 335 worked together on a shared schoolyard mural that offers a glimpse into how they see their neighborhood and how…

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IS 117X / TYWLS: I Am Mount Hope

A discretionary grant from NYC Council Member Fernando Cabrera allowed us to return to IS 117 for a second School Murals project, this time with a twist. We would leverage the project as a mechanism to invite collaboration between both schools that share the building: IS 117 Joseph Wade Academy and The Young Women’s Leadership…

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PS 58: I Am East Tremont

Neighbors in East Tremont section of the Bronx have something great to brag about: the I Am East Tremont school mural at PS 58x. The mural highlights the diversity of the neighborhood, the various activities the students enjoy doing in school, and noteworthy people in the community such as the Coquito Lady and firefighters. If…

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