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NYCHA Jacob Riis: Choose Joy

These two murals – Choose Joy and Create Memories – hit a little differently. What we now call Thrive Collective started as an after-school and summer camp in NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses in 1996. Generation Xcel was co-founded by 13 teens from the Lower East Side and a then 21 year old Jeremy Del Rio in…

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NYCHA Jacob Riis: Create Memories

These two murals – Choose Joy and Create Memories – hit a little differently. What we now call Thrive Collective started as an after-school and summer camp in NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses in 1996. Generation Xcel was co-founded by 13 teens from the Lower East Side and a then 21 year old Jeremy Del Rio in…

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I Am: PS/MS 34

Thrive Collective returned to our flagship school PS/MS 34 in collaboration with University Settlement’s SONYC after school program to design and produce the “I AM” mural with middle school students. We painted the mural on polytab for installation in the schoolyard after exterior school construction finishes in the summer of 2025. (Final photos of installed…

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MS 61K: Futurism

New York Edge commissioned Thrive Collective to imagine the future of urbanism for the MS 61 auditorium. Artist Vince Ballantine rose to the challenge with a three-panel, futuristic urban landscape design that also features the school’s Cougar mascot and school colors, green and yellow. The auditorium is used by the school and also the community…

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Atlantic Ave BID: The Heart of Brooklyn

Thrive Collective partnered with the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) to commission iconic New York artist Danielle Mastrion to memorialize the “Heart of Brooklyn” on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street. Atlantic Ave BID: Heart of Brooklyn (2024) ‹ › × × Previous Next As Seen on Social Media View this post…

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12C Murals: Despues de la Lluvia

Our longtime friends and collaborators from Loisaida Center and LES CommUNITY Concerns recommended three Thrive Collective affiliated artists for the inaugural murals at the corner of 12C Outdoor Gallery on 12th Street and Avenue C, curated by Galinsky. Completed in the spring of 2024, the collection honors the neighborhood’s deep cultural connection to Puerto Rico,…

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12C Murals: Basquiat’s Loisaida

Our longtime friends and collaborators from Loisaida Center and LES CommUNITY Concerns recommended three Thrive Collective affiliated artists for the inaugural murals at the corner of 12C Outdoor Gallery on 12th Street and Avenue C, curated by Galinsky. Completed in the spring of 2024, the collection honors the neighborhood’s deep cultural connection to Puerto Rico,…

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12C Murals: El Maestro

Our longtime friends and collaborators from Loisaida Center and LES CommUNITY Concerns recommended three Thrive Collective affiliated artists for the inaugural murals at the corner of 12C Outdoor Gallery on 12th Street and Avenue C, curated by Galinsky. Completed in the spring of 2024, the collection honors the neighborhood’s deep cultural connection to Puerto Rico,…

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DeSoto High School: Ready to Soar

DeSoto high school is a campus full of students brimming with life, energy and enthusiasm. Though some of the empty walls on campus do not share this same level of vibrancy; Ms. Nava and her art students saw this as an opportunity, as a fresh canvas waiting to be beautifully transformed. The mural ‘Ready to…

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Cedar Hill High School: Cedar Hill CHARGE!

The “Cedar Hill Charge!” mural is an expression of the energy, vitality, and creativity breaking loose at Cedar Hill High school. There is a strong sense of pride within the student body around school activities such as academics, sports, music, and the arts; as well as a strong work ethic and a pursuit of excellence…

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