Thrive Collective
On April 8th, twenty-five incredible volunteers from Christian Cultural Center prepped three school mural projects at MS 42, MS 183, and PS 282. Then they produced this video to challenge their congregation to help #BringArtBack to NYC public schools. Watch the video to find why faith motivated volunteers are some of our most dedicated. Sign…
read moreBrooklyn’s 65th annual Norwegian Day Parade honored Thrive Collective executive director Jeremy Del Rio as grand marshal and guest speaker on May 21st. “This year’s guest speaker and grand marshal was Jeremy Del Rio, co-founder of Thrive Collective, a nonprofit that creates hope and opportunity through arts and mentoring in public schools. Del Rio —…
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The mission, which we chose to accept: instigate, mobilize, and help facilitate a new school partnership nearly 3,000 miles away to complete our first School Murals project in Los Angeles. Our phenomenal collaborators: Urban Youth Workers Institute, which was hosting its national conference with nearly 2,000 youth workers at Azusa Pacific University; Neighborhood Homework House, a local after school…
read moreWhat can Democratic city councilman, Republican state senators, and nonpolitical public school principals all agree on? “When I saw that mural on the wall, the word ‘Thrive’ just comes right out!” “This is what it’s about: giving art back to our children.” “Thank you for making this possible.” Featuring long-time supporters and collaborators NYC Councilman…
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Due to monsoon-like rains on Friday and a bad forecast for Saturday, we have rescheduled painting times from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Join us from approximately 10-5 each day. Production Details Reception Info
read moreBring Art Back is about justice. We can’t imagine a world without visual or performing arts, music or film, or any expression at all — and neither can you. Yet we sentence a quarter of a million of our most vulnerable New Yorkers to that kind of artless education everyday. 419 public schools in New…
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For those of you who think you can’t volunteer with School Murals because, “I’m not an artist,” this third grader has been muraling with Thrive Collective since age 2. On Saturday he returned to MS 42 in Arverne (the Rockaways) because he says, “Art inspires me to try new things.” Follow his lead and create…
read moreWe were proud to host the latest Microcosm workshop by Teng Teng at Thrive Collective Studios on April 2. More to come. Teng Teng is an artist from China, currently based in New York City. For over 15 years, she has developed a wide array of themes across many mediums, including watercolor, oil, acrylic and tempera. Microcosm by…
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This spring, Loisaida Center, FABNYC, and Thrive Collective are collaborating on a community mural at First Street Green (at the corner of Houston Street and 2nd Avenue) to commemorate the twenty-six “La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues” murals originally produced in the Lower East Side in 1985. Production of the commemorative mural coincides with the “La Lucha…
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Ed. Note: On March 23, 2017, Rolling Stone magazine published false allegations about Thrive Collective conspiring with Betsy Devos to undermine public education, and using murals and mentoring programs as a pretense for churches to evangelize. Below are our published responses in the magazine and on the website. 1. ONLINE: “Update” posted on Rolling Stone’s website on 4/5/17, appended to…
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