Thrive Collective
The Annual Queens Art a Catalyst for Change Culminating Event—the HeART Beat Festival—returns for the sixth time. The 6th annual Heartbeat Festival was held on May 25th, 2023, at Black Spectrum Theater in Roy Wilkins Park, Queens, NYC. The Festival is produced by Thrive Collective in partnership with The Museum of The Moving Image and Black Spectrum…
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ps33x-banner ps33x-banner2 The 5 classes we worked with at PS 33 were excited to beautify their school and community from day one. They all loved the idea of a bright and floral mural that would bring life and vibrancy to the school building. The left side depicts a flowery morning and is juxtaposed by a…
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The Poe Center in talking about the theme was geared towards transformation, linking it to the growth of the students. In order to show that in this mural we pulled ideas from the children and many of them were focusing more on butterflies and the transformation from egg to caterpillar to butterfly. In this mural…
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The theme for this mural came from something Assistant Principal Davis said to the students during the first class, which was a suggestion for them to think about their neighborhood and how they think about it from a societal view (the students that were selected for this project were mostly from the student government or…
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Students from I.S. 201 explored concepts of self representation and processes of transformation. Each week during class sessions, students created individual artworks that eventually led into group projects and group art pieces. To represent transformation, students came up with the ideas ranging from a bird hatching from an egg and taking flight and a caterpillar…
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Students from I.S. 201 explored concepts of self representation and processes of transformation. Each week during class sessions, students created individual artworks that eventually led into group projects and group art pieces. To represent transformation, students came up with the ideas ranging from a bird hatching from an egg and taking flight and a caterpillar…
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This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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This is the 8th year Thrive has received the Art as Catalyst for Change Grant for PS/MS 183Q. Council member Donovan Richards awarded Thrive Collective the Anti-Gun Violence Initiative continuously over the past 6 years, and District 31’s current Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has continued the tradition. For this project, Thrive has teamed with…
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