Thrive Collective
An interactive mural experience hosted by Thrive Collective helped basketball fans celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month when the New York Liberty played the Connecticut Sun on Saturday, May 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “Light It Up,” a mural painted on the main concourse during the team’s second annual AAPI…
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PS 371 Lillian Rashkis is a District 75 High School for students with special needs. The students are ages 14-21 and the school’s goal is to help them become independent. We worked with a group of fifteen students after school for fifteen weeks. The mural is placed along the hallway that leads to both the…
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The theme of this school mural is “Dream State of Mind”. This theme seemed very fitting for the environment it would be in a sensory room. This is a room where students will go to relax and feel calm. The imagery and visuals associated with this theme should have a soothing and relaxing impact on…
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May Bukowski and students from PS 234 explore “Independence” in two lunchroom murals designed and produced by third graders. Artist Statement This project was created to reflect sociology and what the kids have been learning throughout the school year. These topics included transportation, bridges, boats, and the community. This school brings up the idea of…
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Three 18-wheelers that were brought to the Coney Island Gospel Assembly in 2012 for Hurricane Sandy relief never left the parking lot. So 9 years after the storm, Thrive did the only reasonable thing that an arts organization specializing in murals would do if it had 18-wheelers lying around. That’s right: we gave them a…
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