Thrive Collective
The Annual Queens Art a Catalyst for Change Culminating Event—the HeART Beat Festival—returns for the sixth time. The 6th annual Heartbeat Festival was held on May 25th, 2023, at Black Spectrum Theater in Roy Wilkins Park, Queens, NYC. The Festival is produced by Thrive Collective in partnership with The Museum of The Moving Image and Black Spectrum…
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Thrive Collective was asked to recommend a New York artist with roots in the Caribbean to live paint during a product launch event called, “Taste the Tropics.” Ashley Crawford was an obvious candidate, and she was selected for the collaboration between two iconic brands, Vita Coco and Captain Morgan. She described her design as: “a…
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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…
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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…
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To help commemorate the 2021 Holiday Lights Festival in Harlem, Thrive Collective was called upon by the Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub to help beautify the street corner between 125th and 126th street on Frederick Douglass Avenue. The 250 sq. ft. mural was completed over a course of two days and was designed to represent…
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Closing out the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, our last night of Homecoming was in Queens and they took us all the way home. With a show like no other, Forest Hills Stadium was filled with the high energy needed for a finale. A lineup of visual queens fit for the county of Queen👑…
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Closing out the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, our last night of Homecoming was in Queens and they took us all the way home. With a show like no other, Forest Hills Stadium was filled with the high energy needed for a finale. A lineup of visual queens fit for the county of Queens👑…
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Ready or not, here comes Brooklyn in full force!💥 Here for the third night of the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, Brooklyn brought the house down with more amazing performances and live painting from some great artists. CHINO-BYI, Jenna Morello, Miki-Mu and RIBS-GAK took over the scene with two amazing murals that couldn’t have…
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Ready or not, here comes Brooklyn in full force!💥 Here for the third night of the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, Brooklyn brought the house down with more amazing performances and live painting from some great artists. CHINO-BYI, Jenna Morello, Miki-Mu and RIBS-GAK took over the scene with two amazing murals that couldn’t have…
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We’re NY Strong and Staten Island is no exception! The second day of NYC Homecoming Week brought us to the home of the Wu-Tang Clan and delivered a night like no other. ADM, Cramcept, AIR3 and LASK joined us in creating two pieces to celebrate this borough and the rest of the city. With the…
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