Thrive Collective
The Lower East Side neighborhood of Loisaida is known for its famed murals and the artists who create them. It’s also the birthplace of Thrive Collective and our School Murals program at PS/MS 34 in 2007. We were delighted to return with a second mural project in 2016 — this time exploring the neighborhood’s cultural identity on the focal wall…
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At MS 42Q, Art as Catalyst for Change and CASA funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 200 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals, Media, and Music classes for an entire semester; Provide 45 students and 150 volunteers after school and weekend Murals and Media programs; Produce two murals, one recital, two assemblies,…
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Thank you NYS Senator Marty Golden, Royal Talens, the Lutheran Elementary School Mural Committee, Michael “Kaves” McCleer, and all the students and volunteers who made Seeds of Love possible. Enjoy pictures of the process and the finished mural. Seeds of Love (2016) ‹ › × × Previous Next LES Production (2016) ‹ › × × Previous Next
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With support from the Immigrants Cultural Fund, Thrive Collective provided visual arts classes at PS/MS 104 in the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn that explored the school’s immigrant cultural diversity and collaboratively produced the Brooklyn Gives schoolyard mural, featuring legendary street artists and school alums Kaves and ADM. Our multidisciplinary arts education and social development programming began in February,…
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At MS 42Q, Art as Catalyst for Change and CASA funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 200 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals, Media, and Music classes for an entire semester; Provide 45 students and 150 volunteers after school and weekend Murals and Media programs; Produce two murals, one recital, two assemblies,…
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At MS 183Q, Art as Catalyst for Change funding from NYC Council Member Donovan Richards allowed us to: Provide 180 middle school students accredited, in-school Murals, Media, and Music classes for an entire semester; Produce one indoor mural, one sculptural installation, two assemblies, and two student films. MS 183Q: I Am the Rockaways ‹ ›…
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A discretionary grant from NYC Council Member Fernando Cabrera allowed us to return to IS 117 for a second School Murals project, this time with a twist. We would leverage the project as a mechanism to invite collaboration between both schools that share the building: IS 117 Joseph Wade Academy and The Young Women’s Leadership…
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Creating is Fun In August 2015, School Murals went international! For more than twenty years, our friends at Lily of the Valley orphanage have sent their children to a neighborhood public middle school, Escuela Secundaria No. 5. Directors Sara and Kevin Neff proposed a mural as an appropriate way to say, “Gracias.” That spring we collaborated…
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Meet Zanab and Josh Street art legend DAZE collaborates with students from Thrive Collective to create a signature Coney Island Art Walls mural. Coney Art Walls with Daze Artist Daze speaks about the importance of collaborations and working with students. Thanks for being awesome, Daze! Portfolio Production
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