Thrive Collective
Students from I.S. 201 explored concepts of self representation and processes of transformation. Each week during class sessions, students created individual artworks that eventually led into group projects and group art pieces. To represent transformation, students came up with the ideas ranging from a bird hatching from an egg and taking flight and a caterpillar…
read more
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – “Girl Power” was on display during a recent Brooklyn Nets game as fans of all ages helped paint a pop-up mural at Barclays Center to celebrate the team’s annual Women’s Impact Night on March 16. The Nets and Thrive Collective, a New York City-based non-profit organization that creates hope and opportunity through arts…
read more
For Immediate Release BROOKLYN NETS, HOUSE OF SLAY AND THRIVE COLLECTIVE UNVEIL PUBLIC MURAL AT JOHN JAY PERSHING MIDDLE SCHOOL Mural Unveiled Ahead of Brooklyn Nets’ AAPI Heritage Night Celebration on Monday, Nov. 28 –Scroll Down for Photos– BROOKLYN (Nov. 22, 2022) – The Brooklyn Nets are bringing their 10 Years in Brooklyn celebration to life through various…
read more
BROOKLYN NETS, HOUSE OF SLAY AND THRIVE COLLECTIVE UNVEIL PUBLIC MURAL AT JOHN JAY PERSHING MIDDLE SCHOOL Mural Unveiled Ahead of Brooklyn Nets’ AAPI Heritage Night Celebration on Monday, Nov. 28 BROOKLYN (Nov. 22, 2022) – The Brooklyn Nets are bringing their 10 Years in Brooklyn celebration to life through various community programs this season. Recently the…
read more
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. Veteran Thrive teaching artist and art director Michela Muserra founded Bed-Stuy Walls alongside art curator Frankie Velez. Wanting to include Thrive in the festival, Michela…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more
Three 18-wheelers that were brought to the Coney Island Gospel Assembly in 2012 for Hurricane Sandy relief never left the parking lot. So 9 years after the storm, Thrive did the only reasonable thing that an arts organization specializing in murals would do if it had 18-wheelers lying around. That’s right: we gave them a…
read more