Thrive Collective
***MEDIA ADVISORY. COVERAGE AND CAMERAS WELCOME*** Arts Collective Commemorates 30 Years of Shaping NYC and Its Youth With Monumental 800th Mural On Lower East Side NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 18, 2026) – Thrive Collective, a nonprofit organization with a 30-year history of arts and mentoring throughout New York City, is celebrating bringing professional artists and…
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Celebrate the “Loisaida Thrives” mural with us at the 39th Annual Loisaida Festival on May 24, 2026, for the official unveiling at the corner of Avenue C and 6th Street. The mural by Marissa Molina will be highlighted on the Festival’s main stage at 2pm, followed by a ribbon cutting in front of the mural…
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Join us live at the 39th Annual Loisaida Festival on May 24, 2026, for the official unveiling for the “Loisaida Thrives” mural at the corner of Avenue C and 6th Street. The mural by Marissa Molina will be highlighted on the Festival’s main stage at 2pm, followed by a ribbon cutting in front of the…
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On the southwest corner of Avenue C and Sixth Street, in the heart of Thrive Collective’s multigenerational work, the new “Loisaida Thrives” mural is taking shape. Although Thrive Collective has now painted over 750 murals across New York City, Dallas, Oakland, and more, this one is arguably the most personal and significant yet. The early…
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Thrive Collective has received a 2026 Public Realm grant from the NYC Department of Small Business Services to beautify a large wall in the Lower East Side. Thrive’s Murals Art Director Marissa Molina will lead the project with us. We will host a community gathering at the Lower East Side/Chinatown Family Enrichment Center to help design…
read moreThrowback to August 2, 2025. Relive the fun of the ninth Art of Healing Festival in Dry Dock Park in the Lower East Side. Located literally across one street from our current office and another street from our first after school location and future murals headquarters, it also adjoins our flagship PS/MS 34’s schoolyard. With…
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The ninth Art of Healing Festival came to Thrive’s backyard of Dry Dock Park in the Lower East Side’s 9th Precinct on August 2, 2025. Located literally across one street from our current office and another street from our first after school location and future murals headquarters, it also adjoins our flagship PS/MS 34’s schoolyard.…
read moreHappy Birthday, Hoda! Thrive Collective’s 600th mural came “RIGHT ON TIME” to celebrate Hoda Kotb’s 60th birthday with the Today show. Mural by Marissa Molina Project Management by Pelumi Ayeni Student Artists: Eli, Chris, Josh, Charlize, Aaliyah, John, Aaron, Henry, and CJ Mural painted at Loisaida Center. Today reported on the mural. Here’s an excerpt:…
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On Saturday, December 17, an intergenerational group of Lower East Side leaders came together to celebrate the ribbon cutting for a series of murals that paid homage to the CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center, which was located at 605 East 9th Street from 1979 until the beginning of this century. The 152,000-square foot complex, once home…
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On an especially cold November day, artist William Power stood before a wall on 10th street with a can of spray paint. Wearing a gas mask and working in front of a camera capturing time-lapse footage, William carefully added shadows and wrinkles to the image of a Puerto Rican flag draped over the shoulders of…
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