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From Student Drawings to Designs
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Thrive Teaching Artist Michela Muserra demonstrates how she integrates student drawings directly into mural designs. These characters appear in the “CREATE” mural at PS 264 in Brooklyn. Watch the animations. https://www.thrivecollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/animation-1.mp4 https://www.thrivecollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/animation-3.mp4 Check out the completed mural portfolio here. Thank you to the students, faculty and staff of PS 264 in Bay Ridge, and Council…

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2020 Review: The Antidote to the Taker is the Giver
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Jeremy and Randy review Thrive Collective’s historic 2020. Kindness still beats the virus, and so much more. “2020 has taken so much. And yet, despite all of that, we’ve seen the resilience of humanity. This generous spirit rises above all. … That resilience suggests that the antidote to the taker is the giver. … Students…

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Post COVID Mural Making
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In 2020, despite COVID-19 scheduling disruptions and NY’s months-long stay home order, our incredible team of artists and students completed 30 public art murals after the city began reopening in July. Check out our full Murals portfolio here. Many of the projects that were canceled in 2020 have been rescheduled for 2021. Cheers to a…

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Happy Holidays!
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🎄🎉 Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and happiest of holidays this year. From all of us at Thrive Collective 🎁❤ Art by Cori Santana (@coripoderosa). #KindnessBeatsTheVirus

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As Seen in: Met Stories, NYC All In & Hu$tle
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We 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! Harlem mural. New York City’s tourism office includes a clip of the Make Space for the Arts mural in a recent “All In” video feature…

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“Blossoming” with Gratitude
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“The students and community of P.S. 249 are so thankful for the beauty you helped bring to our community during such a difficult time!” “Blossoming” at PS 249 ❤️ Thank you, Peach Tao, for leading this project so well, and NYC Council Member Matthieu Eugene and NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs for making it possible.…

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Giving Tuesday: Double $150K in December
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Giving Tuesday launches our greatest Matching Fund ever. Up to $150,000 Will Be Doubled in December! In 2020, your support helped Thrive Collective directly serve 3,000 students at 40 public schools despite COVID-19. Thanks to a generous donor, every dollar you give during the month of December will be matched up to $150,000! No gift…

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Kindness Give Thanks
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Thanksgiving trumps Covid every time. GIVE THANKS 🙏 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Thrive Collective. In the spirit of #KindnessBeatsTheVirus, we remember our first Turkey Drive collaboration in 2016 with DJ Trase and the Clement Soto Velez Cultural Center. Art direction: Sam Wisneski (2016) View this post on Instagram A post shared by…

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Black Friday Specials
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Remix the Sky (Album) Remix the Sky (Album) SHOP 🎄 Thrive Collective for the holidays. 100% of profits help #BringArtBack despite COVID-19. All merch designed by Thrive Collective students and artists. 🎁 Art 🎁 Apparel 🎁 Accessories Shop our store for the complete holiday collection.

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R.H.Y.M.E. (Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel)
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R.H.Y.M.E. (Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel) teaches mic skills and life skills through the art of emceeing, with Bronx emcee and Thrive Studio Arts Director Randy Mason. This video recaps a RHYME workshop in collaboration with La Bodega Studios in the Bronx, sponsored in part by Bronx Council on the Arts, The Bronx Native, Empanology,…

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