Thrive Collective
Together with the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, we’re working to spread color and creativity throughout Queens! Mets players and their family members joined Thrive teaching artists led by Peach Tao to help paint a mural that highlights the New York Mets team values of family and community. A grantee partner of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, Thrive…
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Artist Kristy McCarthy interprets what it means to learn for yourself the power within with two new murals at PS 86 in Queens. I was thrilled to be asked to come back to PS 86 in Jamaica, Queens this Spring and continue the story! This chapter sticks to a Wizard of Oz theme with PS…
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Artist Kristy McCarthy interprets what it means to learn for yourself the power within with two new murals at PS 86 in Queens. I was thrilled to be asked to come back to PS 86 in Jamaica, Queens this Spring and continue the story! This chapter sticks to a Wizard of Oz theme with PS…
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Artist Jenna Morello continues the extreme mural makeover of PS 60 in Staten Island with the “Abundance” mural wrapping around the entire in the cafeteria. The transformation required approximately 140 cans of spray paint, plus primer and other materials. See the Instagram videos below for the full scale of the project. The cafeteria mural was…
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In the fall of 2024, IS 131 Albert Einstein School commissioned Thrive’s program director Pelumi Ayeni to paint five murals. The primary mural wraps around a corner near the school’s main office and establishes the theme for the collection: “The Beat of 131.” The design incorporates recognizable neighborhood and cultural features and reflects the vibrancy…
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Artist Pelumi Ayeni designed the “Larger than Life” mural as part of the Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship mural makeover in 2025. This is the main student entrance to the school. The imagery includes students and the school’s acronyms in a larger-than-life style. This is a way for the school to feel seen in…
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arts-banner beats-banner beats-banner2 beats-banner3 knowledg-banner diversity-feature space-feature In the fall of 2024, IS 131 Albert Einstein School commissioned Thrive’s program director Pelumi Ayeni to paint five murals. The primary mural wraps around a corner near the school’s main office and establishes the theme for the collection: “The Beat of 131.” The design incorporates recognizable neighborhood…
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For the 2025 Projectivity Mural Training, veteran muralists Jodi Dareal and Christian Penn collaborated with five emerging artists to design and paint the “Don’t Forget to Smile” mural at The Shoppe and Sneaker Room in Staten Island. Sponsored by Projectivity and Richmond Hood Co. Shout out to the mural training artists this year: Cianta, @alma_gaze,…
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Our friends at the Leadership Foundations asked us to facilitate an interactive art making experience at the 2025 Mentoring Youth for Leadership Summit in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We invited our Murals co-founder Sam Wisneski to lead the workshop. Over the course of three days, conference attendees completed three canvases while interpreting the theme of “City as…
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Artist Danielle Mastrion designed three murals as part of the Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship mural makeover in 2025. Her collection explored “Embrace the Future” as a theme, and includes portraits of thinkers, doers, scientists, teachers, builders, and STEM professionals. The 2025 SVA Murals include: “Embrace the Future” by Danielle Mastrion “Courage” by Danielle…
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