Thrive Collective
Loisaida Thrives: Thrive Collective’s 800th Mural Celebrates the Lower East Side “Loisaida Thrives” — Thrive Collective’s 800th mural — is extra special for us. Located at the intersection of Avenue C and 6th Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, this new community mural sits half a block from where our founding church, Abounding Grace Ministries,…
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Throughout the 2026 Loisaida Festival and mural ribbon cutting, street art legend Toofly collaborated with volunteers to produce the “Loisaida Thrives” canvas mural. The canvas will exhibit on rotation at local community organizations starting with the Lower East Side Family Enrichment Center this fall. Loisaida Thrives: Thrive Collective’s 800th Mural Celebrates the Lower East Side…
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Together with the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, we’re working to spread color and creativity throughout Queens! Mets players and their family members joined Thrive teaching artists led by Peach Tao to help paint a mural that highlights the New York Mets team values of family and community. A grantee partner of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, Thrive…
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For the 2025 Projectivity Mural Training, veteran muralists Jodi Dareal and Christian Penn collaborated with five emerging artists to design and paint the “Don’t Forget to Smile” mural at The Shoppe and Sneaker Room in Staten Island. Sponsored by Projectivity and Richmond Hood Co. Shout out to the mural training artists this year: Cianta, @alma_gaze,…
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Our friends at the Leadership Foundations asked us to facilitate an interactive art making experience at the 2025 Mentoring Youth for Leadership Summit in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We invited our Murals co-founder Sam Wisneski to lead the workshop. Over the course of three days, conference attendees completed three canvases while interpreting the theme of “City as…
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HISTORY MADE 🏆 The WNBA champion NY Liberty raised the banner and received their championship rings at their home opener on May 17. Fans celebrated with artist champion Toofly and painted a commemorative mural during the game. The canvas will be donated to a local public school in celebration of excellence in women’s sports. Toofly and Thrive…
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Our friends at Chinese American Planning Council asked us to facilitate an interactive art making experience around the theme of Solidarity at the 2024 SOMOS Conference in Puerto Rico. We invited our affiliated artists from Puerto Rico Tsvetana Dondero and Gabriel Abast to lead the workshop. Over the course of three days, conference attendees completed…
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BROOKLYN, USA 🛍 Our friends at Kings Plaza invited us to expand to the selfie wall with a second installation, this time by veteran Murals Art Director Marissa Molina. Kings Plaza Public Art 0 Kings Plaza Private Client (2025) More Details 0 Kings Plaza: Brooklyn Private Client (2024) More Details Murals by Marissa Molina 0…
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Projectivity noticed a need on Staten Island for more muralists. There is an abundance of artists, but not many muralists so Jodi Dareal set out to find and train new ones. After putting calls out for applications, we confirmed a list of 6 artists that participated in the mural training program. This was hosted in…
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IMG_2203 IMG_2260 Screenshot Screenshot today-feature today-feature7 today-feature6 today-feature5 today-feature4 today-feature3 today-feature2 today-show-feature today-show-banner Happy Birthday, Hoda! Thrive Collective’s 600th mural came “RIGHT ON TIME” to celebrate Hoda Ktob’s 60th birthday with the Today show. Mural by Marissa Molina Project Management by Pelumi Ayeni Student Artists: Eli, Chris, Josh, Charlize, Aaliyah, John, Aaron, Henry, and CJ Mural painted…
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