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Henry Street LES Circus: Be Brave

Dry Dock Park is quite literally Thrive Collective’s backyard. It’s across 10th Street from our office, across Avenue D from where we started as an after school program in 1996, and adjacent to our flagship school PS/MS 34 in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. So when our friends and neighbors at Henry Street Settlement invited us…

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Henry Street LES Circus: Bubbles

Dry Dock Park is quite literally Thrive Collective’s backyard. It’s across 10th Street from our office, across Avenue D from where we started as an after school program in 1996, and adjacent to our flagship school PS/MS 34 in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. So when our friends and neighbors at Henry Street Settlement invited us…

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NYC Economic Development Corp: Innovation

The NYC Economic Development Corporation asked Thrive Collective to facilitate an interactive mural experience for agency staff at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. The design interpreted the agency’s mission: “Creating a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. We work to strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; grow…

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Basquiat’s Loisaida

Loisaida is home. Thrive Collective was conceived, born, and nurtured in the Lower East Side enclave that carries this name. When our friends and neighbors at the Loisaida Center invited us to participate in their 36th annual Loisaida Festival, we jumped at the opportunity. They sweetened the invitation by asking us to lead a community…

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NY Liberty: Light it Up

An interactive mural experience hosted by Thrive Collective helped basketball fans celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month when the New York Liberty played the Connecticut Sun on Saturday, May 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “Light It Up,” a mural painted on the main concourse during the team’s second annual AAPI…

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Brooklyn Nets: Girl Power

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – “Girl Power” was on display during a recent Brooklyn Nets game as fans of all ages helped paint a pop-up mural at Barclays Center to celebrate the team’s annual Women’s Impact Night on March 16. The Nets and Thrive Collective, a New York City-based non-profit organization that creates hope and opportunity through arts…

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Brooklyn Nets: Be Your own Superhero

BROOKLYN NETS, HOUSE OF SLAY AND THRIVE COLLECTIVE UNVEIL PUBLIC MURAL AT JOHN JAY PERSHING MIDDLE SCHOOL Mural Unveiled Ahead of Brooklyn Nets’ AAPI Heritage Night Celebration on Monday, Nov. 28  BROOKLYN (Nov. 22, 2022) – The Brooklyn Nets are bringing their 10 Years in Brooklyn celebration to life through various community programs this season. Recently the…

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PS/MS 34: Make Your Mark

Painted on canvas, this mural was produced by art elective and after-school program students at the home of the jaguars: PS/MS 34. All elements and characters displayed on the 90 sq. ft. canvas came from student ideas and sketches. In this mural, we see a jaguar—the school’s mascot—growing in a concrete jungle and leaving its…

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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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