Thrive Collective
It’s easy to define our differences, much harder to find the common ground that unites us. Community murals memorialize the shared vision that binds us together. That’s why projects like “Create! Harlem” bring such joy. When we take the time to bridge divides, drab spaces transform into places where beauty thrives. We are so grateful…
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Legendary NYC artist Marie Roberts art directed our second (of two) Summer Intensive 2016 and featured a third Coney Art Walls mural project. As Christal Young of Fox 5 NY reported (8/2/16): “When you think Coney Island, you usually think boardwalk and rides. But this neighborhood also has an emerging art scene. Students from all over the city are…
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Our first (of two) Summer Intensive 2016 featured a second consecutive Coney Art Walls mural project art directed by Chris Daze Ellis. Daze’s “Cycloptic Merman” concept revolves around a central figure that blends two iconic Coney Island characters, surrounded by vignettes depicting Coney Island traditions and culture. Daze invited our students, interns, and teaching artists to design…
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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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Thrive Collective’s first “Dream Walls” murals happened as a fun, one-off project at PS/MS 34 in the Lower East Side in 2007. Within three years, the school received an A-rating and academic improvements coincided with completion of the public art that inspired students to pursue their dreams. Later, the impact inspired a movement citywide. Read…
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The murals that dared Lower East Side students to Dream, inspired a movement citywide. Read the case study here.
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The murals that dared Lower East Side students to Dream, inspired a movement citywide. Read the case study here.
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The murals that dared Lower East Side students to Dream, inspired a movement citywide. Read the case study here.
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