Thrive Collective
We are grateful to the Minority Corporate Council Association for inviting Thrive Collective to create a live painting for auction at their Advancing Together Diversity Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on October 3, 2018. Lead artist Kekoa, together with Kristen Leung, masterfully completed the canvas in 1.5 hours, and showcased it below…
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“Thank you @nycthrive for this wonderful piece. Our collaboration means a lot to us and we are humbled by it.” – AC Hotels Times Square “If you can take the time to do something, you can take the time to do it beautifully.” This AC Hotels mantra inspired the “Beautifully” installation at our newest corporate…
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This year has brought a new, growing relationship with Carnegie Hall, first as a NeON Arts provider in the South Bronx; then as a featured arts organization at their “A Time Like This: Music for Change” concert; and most recently at their Spring Family Day on April 8. Exactly 1,703 people came through Carnegie Hall…
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Longtime partners Lead.NYC invited Thrive Collective to facilitate another event mural at Movement Day NYC for a second consecutive year. This time facilitating the mural was longtime teaching artist Marissa Molina, and the up and coming Nico Collazo. Conference guests explored the Creator theme by filling in the blank: “Create in me/us ________.” An added…
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Actress Lauren Velez and Jeremy Del Rio, united in support of Puerto Rico and Mexico. Unidos, by Marissa Molina, celebrates the resilience of Puerto Ricans and Mexicans recovering from Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquakes, and our solidarity with them during the recovery. The image features characters from the Legacy mural (2014) at the…
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Video by Vladimir Goroshnikov (Facebook). Music by Finsta Bundy (Facebook / Soundcloud). To celebrate the new school year, the Burton Flagship store in Soho sponsored an evening of creative expression and youth empowerment on September 7, 2017. Three organizations that create positive impact for the youth of New York City joined forces in an event about movement, marks of…
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The mission, which we chose to accept: instigate, mobilize, and help facilitate a new school partnership nearly 3,000 miles away to complete our first School Murals project in Los Angeles. Our phenomenal collaborators: Urban Youth Workers Institute, which was hosting its national conference with 1,500 youth workers at Azusa Pacific University; Neighborhood Homework House, a local after school youth…
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NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray helps paint the Holidays Thrive mural with actor Dennis O’hare and artists from Thrive Collective at Union Square Park on December 12th, where we helped celebrate the City’s NYC Well campaign. Holidays Thrive ‹ › × × Previous Next
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Youth Specialties featured the work of Thrive Collective at their 2016 National Youth Workers Convention in Cincinnati (Nov. 17-20, 2016). More than 3,000 youth workers from around the country heard the #BringArtBack story from the main stage, experienced it in the collaborative production of the Arise mural throughout the conference, and watched this moving documentary…
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