Thrive Collective
“Mural: Master Class” students at McKinley Junior High School celebrated the generational handoff of immigrants in Bay Ridge by creating the Generations mural for the Norwegian Christian Home in Spring 2014. Here are some of the reactions from school and community leaders about the project’s significance: Principal Janice Geary, McKinley Junior High School “Projects like…
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“Mural: Master Class” students at Progress High School created the Legacy mural to celebrate the cultural heritage Puerto Rican immigrants brought with them to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, beginning in the 1940s. Installed at the entrance of the Borinquen Plaza Senior Center, the project was funded by City Council Member Erik Martin Dilan, with volunteers from local partners Cru New York,…
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Thrive Collective’s first “Dream Walls” murals happened as a fun, one-off project at PS/MS 34 in the Lower East Side in 2007. Within three years, the school received an A-rating and academic improvements coincided with completion of the public art that inspired students to pursue their dreams. Later, the impact inspired a movement citywide. Read…
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The murals that dared Lower East Side students to Dream, inspired a movement citywide. Read the case study here. Murals at PS/MS 34 Since 2007
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The murals that dared Lower East Side students to Dream, inspired a movement citywide. Read the case study here. Murals at PS/MS 34 Since 2007
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The murals that dared Lower East Side students to Dream, inspired a movement citywide. Read the case study here. Murals at PS/MS 34 Since 2007
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