Thrive Collective
As the Art a Catalyst for Change provider at three schools in The Bronx and Manhattan, it was our pleasure to collaborate with the Bronx Museum in producing the 6th Annual Art a Catalyst for Change final event at the Bronx Museum on June 5, 2025. Middle school students painted murals, designed stickers, competed in…
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The 7th Annual HeART Beat Festival returned to Roy Wilkins Park in Queens on May 29, 2024. Middle school students painted murals, designed video games, experienced AI, break danced, freestyle rapped, competed at drama games and so much more. Thrive Collective collaborated with Museum of the Moving Image, Black Spectrum Theatre, Speek Lyfe Movement, and…
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The 7th Annual HeART Beat Festival returned to Roy Wilkins Park in Queens on May 29, 2024. Middle school students painted murals, designed video games, experienced AI, break danced, freestyle rapped, competed at drama games and so much more. Thrive Collective collaborated with Museum of the Moving Image, Black Spectrum Theatre, Speek Lyfe Movement, and…
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The “Welcome to Bay Ridge” mural by Mister Kaves celebrates the Brooklyn Way To commemorate the Brooklyn Nets’ 10th anniversary in Brooklyn, the team commissioned Thrive Collective students and artists to interpret “The Brooklyn Way” in public art murals in four Brooklyn neighborhoods: Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Flatbush, and East New York. This first collaboration…
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In a return to origins, Thrive Collective will soon move its offices into the ground floor of 152 Avenue D, the meeting site of its predecessor—a youth group named Generation Xcel. “Hope and Opportunity” is the first in a series of murals that Thrive artists will paint on all sides of the NYCHA Riis Houses…
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Hip Hop artistry beautifies public spaces and brings art to the masses. The first element of Hip Hop to captivate public imagination was the visual artistry of Graffiti. The Hip Hop 50th Birthday Jam paid tribute to the transformative power of Hip Hop visuals with six canvas works by iconic Graf Writers, and two collaborative murals…
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Hip Hop artistry beautifies public spaces and brings art to the masses. The first element of Hip Hop to captivate public imagination was the visual artistry of Graffiti. The Hip Hop 50th Birthday Jam paid tribute to the transformative power of Hip Hop visuals with six canvas works by iconic Graf Writers, and two collaborative murals…
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Hip Hop artistry beautifies public spaces and brings art to the masses. The first element of Hip Hop to captivate public imagination was the visual artistry of Graffiti. The Hip Hop 50th Birthday Jam paid tribute to the transformative power of Hip Hop visuals with six canvas works by iconic Graf Writers, and two collaborative murals…
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Hip Hop artistry beautifies public spaces and brings art to the masses. The first element of Hip Hop to captivate public imagination was the visual artistry of Graffiti. The Hip Hop 50th Birthday Jam paid tribute to the transformative power of Hip Hop visuals with six canvas works by iconic Graf Writers, and two collaborative murals…
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Hip Hop artistry beautifies public spaces and brings art to the masses. The first element of Hip Hop to captivate public imagination was the visual artistry of Graffiti. The Hip Hop 50th Birthday Jam paid tribute to the transformative power of Hip Hop visuals with six canvas works by iconic Graf Writers, and two collaborative murals…
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