NYC DCLA

Beautify NYC East 116th Street: The Inside Look

For this project we teamed up with Ascendant Neighborhood Development to beautify a local apartment building on 116th between Pleasant Ave and 1st Ave through the Beautify NYC Program.  Local youth from the area wanted to focus on showcasing the diversity, beautiful culture and energy of Harlem and Spanish Harlem where the building is located.…

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NYC Homecoming Week: Queens State of Mind

Closing out the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, our last night of Homecoming was in Queens and they took us all the way home. With a show like no other, Forest Hills Stadium was filled with the high energy needed for a finale. A lineup of visual queens fit for the county of Queen👑…

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NYC Homecoming Week: Made You Look

Closing out the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, our last night of Homecoming was in Queens and they took us all the way home. With a show like no other, Forest Hills Stadium was filled with the high energy needed for a finale. A lineup of visual queens fit for the county of Queens👑…

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NYC Homecoming Week: Brooklyn Keeps on Takin’ It

Ready or not, here comes Brooklyn in full force!💥 Here for the third night of the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, Brooklyn brought the house down with more amazing performances and live painting from some great artists. CHINO-BYI, Jenna Morello, Miki-Mu and RIBS-GAK took over the scene with two amazing murals that couldn’t have…

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NYC Homecoming Week: Ready or Not

Ready or not, here comes Brooklyn in full force!💥 Here for the third night of the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, Brooklyn brought the house down with more amazing performances and live painting from some great artists. CHINO-BYI, Jenna Morello, Miki-Mu and RIBS-GAK took over the scene with two amazing murals that couldn’t have…

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NYC Homecoming Week: The Bronx

The boogie down Bronx was the place to be for opening day at the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series! The home of hip hop alone brought out fans and legends of all generations for a grand celebration. In true hip hop style, known graffiti group Tats Cru joined us to complete the New York…

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NYC Homecoming Week: Hip Hop

thrivecollective-homecoming-thebronx-10 thrivecollective-homecoming-thebronx-7 thrivecollective-homecoming-thebronx-8 The boogie down Bronx was the place to be for opening day at the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series! The home of hip hop alone brought out fans and legends of all generations for a grand celebration. In true hip hop style, known graffiti group Tats Cru joined us to complete…

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Metropolitan DPHS: Greetings from Brownsville

GREETINGS FROM BROWNSVILLE 💌 Journeying through our summer rising adventures, we bring a postcard glimpse into the rich culture and community that is Brownsville. Our team was given the privilege to work with the staff and students at Metropolitan Diploma Plus HS and Brooklyn Democracy Academy to show the unity and Caribbean pride present at…

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PS X017: This Is Us

Who is the Forest Avenue Campus? From its early Hip Hop and Graffiti legends to its current students and the future they hold, P.S. 17X is here to tell us — THIS IS US. On a four school campus and in a neighborhood with a rich creative history, our students created a unifying message evident…

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Ella Baker School: Stronger Together

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood✨ but this is no ordinary neighborhood. Sharing its halls with six different schools, the Julia Richman Campus is the home to a vibrant and supportive community. It was a blast to collaborate with students at the Ella Baker School to create many of the highlights in this mural.…

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