Thrive Collective
What we now call Thrive Collective began with the “Welcome” mural project in the schoolyard at PS 102 in Brooklyn back in 2011. This year, the school asked us to refresh the mural following damage from a recent building renovation that included exterior scaffolding. Enjoy the original Welcome mural portfolio here, and the PS 102…
read more
We were honored to support NYC Council Member Diana Ayala and her Youth Day block parties East Harlem (7/31) and Mott Haven (8/3) this summer. Neighborhood families and summer camps imagined their futures and created the “Hopes and Dreams” mural with teaching artist Nico Collazo and our Thrive Interns. Hopes and Dreams (2019) ‹ ›…
read more
Our final School Murals project of 2018, completed on the eve of the new school year, features two murals “Superpowers” and “Serve with Heart” at the entrance of PS 280Q in Jackson Heights, Queens. We are grateful for new friends and collaborators Principal Lisa Hidalgo and Guidance Counselor Danielle Lammering. Finished Murals As Seen on…
read more
The “Make Space for the Arts” community mural collaboration between YUCA Arts and Thrive Collective in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, features works by nine artists, eighteen students, and dozens of volunteers from Viacom, Kenneth Cole, Resurrection Church, and the neighborhood. The project encompasses both sides of the underpass of the Major Deegan…
read more
The “Bring Art Back: Mott Haven Collection” is one half of the larger “Make Space for the Arts” community mural collaboration between YUCA Arts and Thrive Collective in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. The entire project features works by nine artists, eighteen students, and dozens of volunteers from Viacom, Kenneth Cole, Resurrection Church,…
read more
The mural students at our 2018 Harlem Hub Summer Arts Academy students crushed this mural project in five days. The also collaborated with our music students to write, perform, and record, “Turn up the Value” (available on iTunes and Sound Cloud). And with our media students to produce the music video for the song (available…
read more
In Loving Memory of Sally Sasz In Memoriam In 2018, Thrive Collective interns and rising college sophomores, Sally Sasz and Chloe Pitkoff were challenged to design and paint a white board mural for the Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub conference room in Harlem. This is the result. All white surfaces were painted with erasable white…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more