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Words of gratitude, delight, and pride abounded from faculty and students alike as artist Daze transformed Frederick Douglass Academy (FDA) with a new mural outside the school entrance. Painted predominately with spray paint, the mural was completed in just two weeks! The fast transformation meant that each time students and faculty walked by the mural, there were new…
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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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This project was completed by artists, students, and volunteers from Thrive Collective’s San Diego affiliate Concrete & Canvas during the first year School Partners USA pilot project. More from Concrete & Canvas As Seen on Social Media View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thrive Collective (@nycthrive) Discovery Charter Middle School: Discover Your…
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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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The goal of this mural was to provide a hopeful and peaceful addition to the walls of the chapel inside Horizon Juvenile Center. We were tasked to work with the residents of J. Hall, and teaching artist Peach Tao asked them questions such as, “What makes you feel at peace?” and “What animal would you…
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This mural was inspired by the diverse Stapleton community. The principals, participants and Thrive Collective artists wanted the mural to reflect the student body as well as the surrounding neighborhood. Family and togetherness were a huge influence in our mural design. Thrive Collective artists worked with the NeON Arts participants on different concepts for the…
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“Still We Rise” is the product of Thrive Collective’s first School Partners USA mural project, in Dallas, Texas, which was completed in November of 2022 at South Oak Cliff High School. Local ABC Affiliate WFAA 8 featured the ribbon cutting on their newscast—check out the video above! Spoken Word artist ShySpeaks inspired the students with…
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This mural is a celebration of powerful women at home and abroad who have made major contributions to society. Together with students and the principal, we carefully decided this list of famous women who we wanted to depict on the wall. Included on this wall are Ruth Ginsburg, Malala Yousafzai, empress Wu Zeitan, Yayoi Kusama,…
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“Be Kind” is a project that Thrive Collective, PS 889 students and faculty came together to create in their very own courtyard, where the kids played. For the theme of this mural, the principal Ms.Militello and the social worker Judy, wanted us to create a mural with the students that encouraged diversity and kindness. With…
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