Programs

IS 201: As I Learn and Grow (1 of 2)

Students from I.S. 201 explored concepts of self representation and processes of transformation. Each week during class sessions, students created individual artworks that eventually led into group projects and group art pieces.  To represent transformation, students came up with the ideas ranging from a bird hatching from an egg and taking flight and a caterpillar…

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IS 201: As I Learn and Grow (2 of 2)

Students from I.S. 201 explored concepts of self representation and processes of transformation. Each week during class sessions, students created individual artworks that eventually led into group projects and group art pieces.  To represent transformation, students came up with the ideas ranging from a bird hatching from an egg and taking flight and a caterpillar…

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PS/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (5 of 5)

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/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (4 of 5)

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/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (3 of 5)

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/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (2 of 5)

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/MS 183Q: I Dream Of Spaces for Us to Grow Together (1 of 5)

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 Capitain Manuel Rivera, Jr.: Fruitful (2 of 2)

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 Capitain Manuel Rivera, Jr.: Fruitful (1 of 2)

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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Queens Preparatory Academy: Through Love and Hope, Dreams Can Flow

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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