Community

Beautify NYC East 116th Street: The Inside Look
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For this project we teamed up with Ascendant Neighborhood Development to beautify a local apartment building on 116th between Pleasant Ave and 1st Ave through the Beautify NYC Program.  Local youth from the area wanted to focus on showcasing the diversity, beautiful culture and energy of Harlem and Spanish Harlem where the building is located.…

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Bronx Connect: Peace Love & Care
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How are we connected to our neighborhood? Bronx Connect knows just what’s needed to make that happen, and so do our friends at JHS 22 Jordan Mott. Our time with JHS 22 showed us how they are rooted in peace, love and care, creating a place for students to grow and further connect with their…

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Bronx Connect: Release the Grip
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Hope, safety, peace and stability are things we all desire for our communities. Release the Grip strives to sustain such a space for Bronx residents and encourages similar community support in effort to end gun violence. In collaboration with Thrive and participants of RTG, artist TooFly leads a design just how the Bronx connects with…

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7th Precinct: LES Nature Love
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Stemming from the nurturing support fostered by local community gardens, artist TooFly collaborates with Henry Street Settlement’s summer camp to celebrate local community gardens and empower the ladies of LES. As we sow the seeds planted from seasons past, life continues to bloom inspiration for us all. Regardless where you’re planted, this project reminds us…

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Horizon Juvenile Center: Headspace
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What’s in your headspace?🧠 Regardless of what our journeys have brought us through, creative expression plays an important role in tending to our headspace and wellbeing. With the help of some participating residents, we explored the idea of mental health as a theme of this project and discovered some different ways to redefine space. Thanks…

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Crossroads JC: Growth
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What does growth mean to you? Regardless of the rooms we find ourselves in, we’re capable of thinking and aspiring for things beyond the walls around us. We were to explore some of these ideas with participating residents, seeing how steps large or small can bring us closer to having more peace, hope, strength, and…

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Jesus Loves You New York
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“I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with scores of artists, hundreds of partners, and thousands of students and volunteers to produce more than 200 public art murals since 2007. To present this ‘Jesus Loves You New York’ Tats Cru x Abounding Grace collaboration to my parents on the 25th anniversary of our first 3-3 basketball…

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Spread Love: #StopAsianHate
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SPREAD LOVE, STOP ASIAN HATE ♥️ In response to the nationwide increase in anti-Asian violence, we were honored to stand in solidarity with the AAPI community through this project. Partnering with artist Bianca Romero, this mural was created to uplift and hold space for this community and in celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage…

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