“Find Our Way”
R.H.Y.M.E X LRYOH R.H.Y.M.E (Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel) winter music and mentoring program in…
read moreEvery student with a smart phone walks around with a multimedia production studio in her pocket. Technology that less than a decade ago would have cost thousands and filled a spare room now defines a generation.
Why School Media?
School Media embraces the shift and empowers students to leverage their creative capacities to live and tell great stories using the tools they carry with them every day. Teaching Artists introduce the basics of storytelling — the who, what, when, where, how, and why — through film, photography, social and digital media. Our flagship program Little FilmMakers was piloted in East Harlem and expanded to three Brooklyn and Queens schools in 2015-2016. Enjoy our School Media Portfolio of student videos here.
Christine Casado started making movies at age ten when her parents gave her a camera for Christmas and continued into adulthood as the founder of Casado Events.
Holding a camera for the first time was like gold in my hand, a very magical moment.
– Christine Casado, School Media Director
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School Media Blog Updates
“Believers” by Bronx Arts Elementary
Bronx youth are still making Hip Hop happen in the Bronx. Hip Hop began in…
read moreHeART Beat Online 2021
Stream Live 👆 Celebrate the achievements of Queens public school students who participated in Art…
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Partner Spotlight: NeON Arts
Thrive Collective has proudly partnered with Carnegie Hall and NYC Department of Probation as a…
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Thrive Media Director Christine Casado During the the Covid-19 pandemic, Thrive Collective provided our Summer…
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Digital Inclusion at PS 4
When the COVID-19 quarantine hit, our School Media team at PS 4 pivoted to turn…
read moreHeART Beat Online 2020
Watch HeART Beat Online 2021 here. Replay the Live Stream Enjoy the replay edited by…
read more“Reach High,” with Spongebob
“Reach High,” music, mural, and music video by PS/MS 188 Thrive Collective hip hop students…
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Tutorials and More Instructional Videos As part of our #KindnessBeatsTheVirus COVID-19 free “Tools for Schools,”…
read moreBandlab Music Makers
PS 282 students produced their own music during Thrive Collective’s winter 2020 School Media after…
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ThriveCollectiveKids
This crew right here (plus several not pictured) just developed a social media strategy and…
read moreA Day with Thrive Collective’s Interns
A compilation of small, eventful moments throughout the day on the job for some Thrive…
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