Thrive Collective
Thrive artist Savannah Zambrano was selected for the City Artist Corps Grant to create a mural for a school in her community, and Thrive introduced her to our friends at Inwood Academy for Leadership. After much work and some heartwarming moments painting with students and families of the community, the time for the mural unveiling came:…
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Thrive joined forces with other community organizations in the Lower East Side to support the #SaveCasaAdela movement, which sought to protect Casa Adela, an iconic Puerto Rican restaurant founded by Adela Fargas, from a 500% rent hike. Muralist Danielle Mastrion produced this mural in support of the campaign. View this post on Instagram A post…
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Painted on canvas, this mural was produced by art elective and after-school program students at the home of the jaguars: PS/MS 34. All elements and characters displayed on the 90 sq. ft. canvas came from student ideas and sketches. In this mural, we see a jaguar—the school’s mascot—growing in a concrete jungle and leaving its…
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Students conceived the design for this Beautify NYC mural project in East Harlem. The title they chose, “The Other Side of Me,” is a gesture to the various personality traits that each student possesses but does not immediately show. The mural’s colorful characters and settings represent the many sides to the students’ personalities, as well…
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“Los Pilares de Cambio”, The Pillars of Change, is a deep dive and homage to some of the many leaders of Afro-latino communities placed in the front of the schools’ building. Thrive Collective artists, Ashley and Plushie collaborated with two schools, P.S.155 and Renaissance School of the Arts to create this impactful piece to inspire…
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“We are OP” is a mural created in collaboration with NYU’s Opportunity Project and its students. This office specifically works with NY state first generation students of color. The OP helps with financial, academic, and community supports prior to and during the students’ time at NYU. Especially coming out of pandemic, this project was important…
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During an after-school program and in partnership with the Soul Saving Station in Harlem, students and Thrive Teaching Artists came together to discuss the hot button topic of “Gun violence,” which hit close to home for more than a few. While there is much to discuss on that topic, we chose to focus on several…
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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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For this project we teamed up with Ascendant Neighborhood Development to beautify a local apartment building on 116th between Pleasant Ave and 1st Ave through the Beautify NYC Program. Local youth from the area wanted to focus on showcasing the diversity, beautiful culture and energy of Harlem and Spanish Harlem where the building is located.…
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Stemming from the nurturing support fostered by local community gardens, artist TooFly collaborates with Henry Street Settlement’s summer camp to celebrate local community gardens and empower the ladies of LES. As we sow the seeds planted from seasons past, life continues to bloom inspiration for us all. Regardless where you’re planted, this project reminds us…
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