Thrive Collective
Projectivity noticed a need on Staten Island for more muralists. There is an abundance of artists, but not many muralists so Jodi Dareal set out to find and train new ones. After putting calls out for applications, we confirmed a list of 6 artists that participated in the mural training program. This was hosted in…
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Thrive Collective proudly supports the BedStuy Walls, in the heart of historic Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Founded by veteran Thrive artist Michela Muserra and art curator Frankie Velez in 2022, the annual mural festival brings together a who’s who of iconic graffiti writers and street artists along Lexington Avenue, at the intersection of “Do the Right…
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These two murals – Choose Joy and Create Memories – hit a little differently. What we now call Thrive Collective started as an after-school and summer camp in NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses in 1996. Generation Xcel was co-founded by 13 teens from the Lower East Side and a then 21 year old Jeremy Del Rio in…
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These two murals – Choose Joy and Create Memories – hit a little differently. What we now call Thrive Collective started as an after-school and summer camp in NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses in 1996. Generation Xcel was co-founded by 13 teens from the Lower East Side and a then 21 year old Jeremy Del Rio in…
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IMG_2203 IMG_2260 Screenshot Screenshot today-feature today-feature7 today-feature6 today-feature5 today-feature4 today-feature3 today-feature2 today-show-feature today-show-banner Happy Birthday, Hoda! Thrive Collective’s 600th mural came “RIGHT ON TIME” to celebrate Hoda Ktob’s 60th birthday with the Today show. Mural by Marissa Molina Project Management by Pelumi Ayeni Student Artists: Eli, Chris, Josh, Charlize, Aaliyah, John, Aaron, Henry, and CJ Mural painted…
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Thrive Collective proudly supports the Boone Avenue Walls mural festival in the Bronx. Founded by pioneering New York artist Wen Cod, the annual event brings together a who’s who of iconic graffiti writers and street artists in the Mott Haven and West Farms neighborhoods. This year, more than 160 artists participated in the festival’s tenth…
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In Spring 2024, the Arts Office of the NYC Department of Education selected Thrive Collective and our partners Projectivity and JM Custom Studios, to makeover three public school basketball courts in The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. This schoolyard basketball court mural at PS 56 in Richmond Hill, Queens, was designed by iconic artists Queen…
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In Spring 2024, the Arts Office of the NYC Department of Education selected Thrive Collective and our partners Projectivity and JM Custom Studios, to makeover three public school basketball courts in The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. This schoolyard basketball court mural at Bronx High School for Visual Arts, was designed by iconic artists and…
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Thrive Collective returned to our flagship school PS/MS 34 in collaboration with University Settlement’s SONYC after school program to design and produce the “I AM” mural with middle school students. We painted the mural on polytab for installation in the schoolyard after exterior school construction finishes in the summer of 2025. (Final photos of installed…
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Projectivity and Thrive Collective returned to PS 60 The Alice Austen School in the Summer of 2024 to complete Phase Two of their extreme mural makeover, with three more full hallway productions. Curated by Projectivity Director Christian Penn, three teams of artists each completed over 1,200 square feet of murals for different areas of the…
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