Thrive Collective
Sam Wisneski earned his B.F.A. from the Ringling School of Art and Design, his M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art, and studied with Jacob Collins at the Water Street Atelier from 2003 – 2006. He has exhibited at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco, CA, and taught figure painting and perspective drawing in New York City at the Grand Central Academy of Art. He conceived Thrive Collective’s collaborative School Murals process while directing the “Welcome” mural at PS 102 in 2011, replicated the process during Coney Island’s “Resilience” mural at PS 329 in 2013, and served as Thrive Collective’s first Creative Director from 2014 – 2019.
Last fall, Kate Schmidgall propositioned us. She reached out with news that our friends at the Leadership Foundations had nominated Thrive Collective for a long-form feature produced by her team…
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Meet Murals Co-Founder Sam Wisneski at “Gifted to Serve,” the inaugural Artist Talk at Thrive’s hub at 154 Avenue D, New York, NY 10009. April 23, 6pm – 9pm. Space…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Thrive Collective. Love well. Create memories. And live ARTfully as you make merry with friends and family. – Story and…
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Leadership Foundations MYL Summit February, 2025 By: Marina Mason Greetings from Chattanooga! Thrive Collective had the privilege of not only attending Mentoring Youth as Leaders Annual summit this year, but…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Shep and all of us at Thrive Collective. Love well. Create memories. And live ARTfully as you make merry with friends and family. –…
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Story and Art by Sam Wisneski “Opportunities to give are everywhere. … Together we can make life a little brighter and more colorful for everyone! “Please consider giving to my…
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GIVE THANKS 🥂 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Thrive Collective. 🎨 Art by Sam Wisneski 🥇 #ThankfulnessChallenge kicked off by Uhey Stephen Uhey will be celebrating his 10th…
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Artist Sam Wisneski, who co-founded Thrive Collective with Jeremy Del Rio and others, recently reflected on the non-profit organization’s humble beginning. In 2011, Jeremy, a parent at PS 102 in…
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Cheers to the entire collective of parents, artists, educators, mentors, and students that empower young people to thrive. HappyThanksgiving from all of us at Thrive Collective. 📷 “Give Thanks” collaboration…
read moreWe are honored to announce three fun video updates right before Christmas. First, the most recent Met Stories video by the Metropolitan Museum of Art features clips of the Create!…
read moreSeven years ago, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Atlantic coast. One year later, students from Coney Island celebrated their community’s Resilience. Watch the documentary here. The story of renewal and rebirth.…
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Next Tuesday, March 27th, is National Education and Sharing Day. The day was first established by the United States Congress in 1978 to honor Rabbi M. M. Schneerson, who was…
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