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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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IS 117: Wild and Powerful

Twenty-nine students from IS 117’s after-school art club met with Thrive staff twice a week for 15 weeks to produce this 600 sq. ft. middle school mural. Participating students were in the 6th, 7th and 8th grade. This mural is designed to encapsulate the raw energy of the students both already present & future. From…

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LRYOH: Winter Wonderland

“Winter Wonderland” represents another collaboration with our flagship Harlem partners, the Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub. Designed by Plushie, Thrive teaching artists facilitated production during the annual Holiday Lights festivities outside the Adam Clayton Powell building on 125th Street. The design captures a festive scene of friends and family coming together with holiday joy and enchantment. LRYOH:…

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Rat & Pigeon Take Art Basel

brooklyn crop detail rat “Rat & Pigeon Chillin’ in Miami” is the first mural by Michela “Miki Mu” Muserra in Miami for Art Basel. Thrive Collective was proud to support the project along with Bed Stuy Walls. Special thanks to Shop 1Culture for the opportunity, Montana Shop Miami for paint, and Jose from Centro Wynwood for supporting…

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John Jay Pershing MS 220: Be Your Own Superhero

For Immediate Release 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  –Scroll Down for Photos– BROOKLYN (Nov. 22, 2022) – The Brooklyn Nets are bringing their 10 Years in Brooklyn celebration to life through various…

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CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center: El Bohio Murals (1 of 9)

In late 2022, Thrive partnered with community organizations in the Lower East Side to paint a stretch of wall belonging to an abandoned school building on East 10th Street. The mural project was in homage to CHARAS, an iconic community organization that had moved into the abandoned building in 1979. There, they established “El Bohio”…

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CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center: El Bohio Murals (2 of 9)

In late 2022, Thrive partnered with community organizations in the Lower East Side to paint a stretch of wall belonging to an abandoned school building on East 10th Street. The mural project was in homage to CHARAS, an iconic community organization that had moved into the abandoned building in 1979. There, they established “El Bohio”…

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CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center: El Bohio Murals (3 of 9)

In late 2022, Thrive partnered with community organizations in the Lower East Side to paint a stretch of wall belonging to an abandoned school building on East 10th Street. The mural project was in homage to CHARAS, an iconic community organization that had moved into the abandoned building in 1979. There, they established “El Bohio”…

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CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center: El Bohio Murals (4 of 9)

In late 2022, Thrive partnered with community organizations in the Lower East Side to paint a stretch of wall belonging to an abandoned school building on East 10th Street. The mural project was in homage to CHARAS, an iconic community organization that had moved into the abandoned building in 1979. There, they established “El Bohio”…

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