NYC DCLA

Hyde Charter School: Hyde Heroes

hyde-feature hyde-feature2 hyde-feature3 hyde-feature4 hyde-feature5 hyde-feature6 hyde-feature7 This mural was dedicated to Hyde Leadership Charter School by after school provider Roads to Success. For twelve weeks, students worked with thrive artists to explore and celebrate Hyde’s five core principles — Truth, Humility, Each Other’s Keepers, Conscience, and Destiny — in the mural. Students ranged from…

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PS 185K: Mural Restoration

Artist Andrea Amanda and a team of artists restored “See Yourself in the Story” at PS 185 in Bay Ridge, after prolonged building construction and extensive damage to the mural. Co-designed by artists Michela Muserra and Kristen Hubbard, the mural was originally completed in 2018 with support from NYC Council Members Vincent Gentile and Justin…

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PS 50Q: The Beginning of PS 50 Stars

The Great Reveal https://www.thrivecollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ps50q-reveal.mp4 “The Beginning of PS 50 Stars” mural by Plushie adorns the school’s central staircase with a colorful celebration of diversity.  Third and fourth graders at the Jamaica, Queens school interpreted the theme, drawing inspiration from diverse family histories from Latin America, South Asia, The Caribbean, and more. During after school paint…

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Amazin’ Mets Foundation x CS 111Q: So Amazin’

With the generous support of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, students from CS 111 in Long Island City designed and painted the “So Amazin’!” mural at the entrance of their school. They explored the Amazin’ lives they hope to live; the Amazin’ culture of Queens and the Queensbridge neighborhood surrounding the school; and the Amazin’ friends…

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PS 288K: Bloom Together

Veteran Thrive artist Will DeNatale worked with three classes at PS 288K in Coney Island to design and produce “Bloom Together” this spring. The vibrant design highlights the Coney Island community intertwined with nature, and includes the phrase, “You Rock!” commonly heard throughout the school. Bloom Together is Thrive Collective’s third mural at the school…

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Peace in the Park Staten Island, Vol. 2

Projectivity and Thrive Collective returned to Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Park in Staten Island’s Stapleton neighborhood to complete the “Peace in the Park” mural this spring. The extreme mural makeover covers more than 200 feet of wall the park shares with PS 78. The mural project was a community response to several violent crimes in…

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Peace in the Park Staten Island, Vol. 2

Projectivity and Thrive Collective returned to Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Park in Staten Island’s Stapleton neighborhood to complete the “Peace in the Park” mural this spring. The extreme mural makeover covers more than 200 feet of wall the park shares with PS 78. The mural project was a community response to several violent crimes in…

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Peace in the Park Staten Island, Vol. 2

Projectivity and Thrive Collective returned to Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Park in Staten Island’s Stapleton neighborhood to complete the “Peace in the Park” mural this spring. The extreme mural makeover covers more than 200 feet of wall the park shares with PS 78. The mural project was a community response to several violent crimes in…

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Peace in the Park Staten Island, Vol. 2

Projectivity and Thrive Collective returned to Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Park in Staten Island’s Stapleton neighborhood to complete the “Peace in the Park” mural this spring. The “United Against Violence” mural, designed and executed by students from PS 78, welcomes all from the parking lot entrance to the playground. The extreme mural makeover covers more…

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PS 78SI: “We Care”

In conjunction with the Peace in the Park initiative, Projectivity also curated a mural makeover of PS 78’s annex building consisting of three murals totaling 900 square feet by Lina Montoya and Mona Oman. Peace in the Park includes 20 murals spanning a 200 foot long wall PS 78 shares with Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard…

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