Thrive Collective
This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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ps-279-fruitful-banner ps279-cafeteria Our students at PS 279 wanted to take a communal area they visit daily and add some beauty to it. Half of our students, all in middle school, had worked on a previous Thrive mural in their school auditorium and were specifically selected to work on this mural with us. All of our…
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ps-279-fruitful-banner ps279-cafeteria Our students at PS 279 wanted to take a communal area they visit daily and add some beauty to it. Half of our students, all in middle school, had worked on a previous Thrive mural in their school auditorium and were specifically selected to work on this mural with us. All of our…
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The mural at Queens Prep was the byproduct of extensive collaboration with the school’s art teacher, who helped identify and recruit students for the after school program and also provided access to several of her regular classes. The students chose the theme “Through Love & Hope, Dreams Can Flow,” as they considered life beyond graduation.…
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The theme and title for this project was “The Possibilities Are Out of This World”. The theme came together from the various ideas that the students had submitted in the beginning stages of the classes. The only real prompt that we gave them during class was to keep in mind that this mural would be…
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29 students from IS 117’s after-school art club met with Thrive staff twice a week for 15 weeks to produce this 600 sq. ft. mural. Participating students were in the 6th, 7th and 8th grade. This mural is designed to encapsulate the raw energy of the students both already present & future. From the breaking…
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Artist Chey Nelson and students from Judith H. Kaye High School in Queens explored the theme of “the journey ahead” in conceiving, designing, and producing the “Roadmap to JSK” mural. At the beginning of the project, many students were reluctant to participate. As the reality of creating something and leaving their mark behind began to…
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Artist Ashley Crawford collaborated with Bronx Connect’s Youth Empowerment Network and RTG North programs to bring a student led school mural to Frederick Douglas Academy Middle School in the Bronx. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School and P.S. 057 Crescent: Larger than Life (2023) ‹ › × × Previous Next Mural Collaborations with Bronx Connect…
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