Thrive Collective
The three high schools at Grand Street Campus have long partnered with Thrive Collective for assemblies, mentoring, interns, art programs, and more. “Rooted” represents the second mural completed by students at Grand Street students after “Legacy” by Progress High School in 2014; and the first completed as a campus-wide collaboration with students from all three…
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At MS 42Q, Art as Catalyst for Change funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 200 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals and Media classes for an entire semester; Provide 45 students and 150 volunteers after school and weekend Murals and Media programs; Produce the “Love Well” mural, one recital, two assemblies,…
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Thanks to the generosity of NYC Council Member Fernando Cabrera and the Cultural Immigrants Fund, PS 310 declares to the surrounding community and all who enter its premises: “You belong here!” At the “Welcome to PS 310” mural ribbon cutting ceremony, the fifth grade student president stressed the mural’s significance: “We dedicate this mural to…
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The Lower East Side neighborhood of Loisaida is known for its famed murals and the artists who create them. It’s also the birthplace of Thrive Collective and our School Murals program at PS/MS 34 in 2007. We were delighted to return with a second mural project in 2016 — this time exploring the neighborhood’s cultural identity on the focal wall…
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How do you welcome someone into your house and in your neighborhood? This is the question that elementary students from PS 236 wrestled with and explored while creating this mural. As you can see their imagination is boundless and the result is a fantastical land where a pink elephant, a purple octopus, a monkey and…
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At MS 42Q, Art as Catalyst for Change and CASA funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 200 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals, Media, and Music classes for an entire semester; Provide 45 students and 150 volunteers after school and weekend Murals and Media programs; Produce two murals, one recital, two assemblies,…
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Partner Profile: YUCA Arts Artist Profile: Kim Andino Partner Profile: Elevate NY Artist Profile: Anthony Perez In June, the Longwood section of the Bronx became a little brighter and more colorful. Students from PS 333 and 335 worked together on a shared schoolyard mural that offers a glimpse into how they see their neighborhood and how…
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With support from the Immigrants Cultural Fund, Thrive Collective provided visual arts classes at PS/MS 104 in the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn that explored the school’s immigrant cultural diversity and collaboratively produced the Brooklyn Gives schoolyard mural, featuring legendary street artists and school alums Kaves and ADM. Our multidisciplinary arts education and social development programming began in February,…
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At MS 42Q, Art as Catalyst for Change and CASA funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 200 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals, Media, and Music classes for an entire semester; Provide 45 students and 150 volunteers after school and weekend Murals and Media programs; Produce two murals, one recital, two assemblies,…
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At MS 183Q, Art as Catalyst for Change funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 180 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals, Media, and Music classes for an entire semester; Produce one indoor mural, one sculptural installation, two assemblies, and two student films. MS 183Q: I Am the Rockaways ‹ ›…
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