Artists

Artists Demand: #BringArtBack

Bring 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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Teng Teng Workshop at Thrive Collective Studios

We 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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Teaching Artists Training Day

Our Spring 2017 Teaching Artists are trained and ready to start the new semester. The team gathered on January 27 for a full day orientation and interactive training for our accredited curriculum, built around our core values of creativity, collaboration, knowledge, excellence, transformation, and justice. We can’t wait for the new semester to begin! ‹ ›…

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Meet the Artist: Peach Jin Tao

Where are you from? Born and raised in Beijing, China, I came to the US for college. What do you enjoy doing with Thrive? So far I did one project with Thrive. I helped co-design and paint the Welcome mural for the elementary school PS 236 in the Bronx. See the Portfolio for the Welcome mural at…

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Cycloptic Merman: Coney Art Walls 2016

Our first (of two) Summer Intensive 2016 featured a second consecutive Coney Art Walls mural project art directed by Chris Daze Ellis. Daze’s “Cycloptic Merman” concept revolves around a central figure that blends two iconic Coney Island characters, surrounded by vignettes depicting Coney Island traditions and culture. Daze invited our students, interns, and teaching artists to design…

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Cultural Affairs Agency Invests in Art Education

Thrive Collective proudly welcomed the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) as a partner this year thanks to the advocacy of NY City Council Members Vincent Gentile, Fernando Cabrera, and Donovan Richards. Through DCA initiatives including the Immigrants Cultural Fund, the Art as Catalyst for Change Anti-Gun Violence program, and Cultural After School Adventures (CASA), DCA…

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Watch #WeAreThrive Videos Here

Relive #WeAreThrive with the videos shown throughout the event. We Are Thrive Students Manifesto Meet Vicky and Domingo Real People. Real Impact. Bring Art Back From the Mouths of Babes Campeones, feat. Proxy Art is Fun, and Global Create a Brotherhood Celebrating School Mentors Made to Be Played Celebrating School Music School Media Highlight Reel…

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When Presidential Politics meets #SchoolMurals

When #SchoolMurals meets Presidential politics – a fun @abcnews #WorldNewsTonight shoutout to @nycthrive and @dazeworldnyc as @BernieSanders visits one of our pieces in #ConeyIsland. #FeelTheBern http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/democratic-battle-york-heats-38295678 A photo posted by Jeremy Del Rio (@2020schools) on Apr 12, 2016 at 4:47am PDT Watch the video.

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Painting Trains 101: Thanks Tats Cru!

Thank you for hosting our #SchoolMurals #BSSWA students! @tatscru @biotatscru @nicertatscru @bg183tatscru @sonic002bad @thepoint @sjwisneski #wearethrive A photo posted by Jeremy Del Rio (@2020schools) on Apr 12, 2016 at 5:32am PDT Thank you for hosting our #SchoolMurals #BSSWA students! @tatscru @biotatscru @nicertatscru @bg183tatscru @sonic002bad @thepoint #Repost @nycthrive with @repostapp ・・・ Fun school trip! High school…

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