Breathe Free, NYC

At last, install day at BSSWA! Partial time-lapse of “Breathe Free, NYC” (mural 1) #bringartback #bsswamural #wip #immigration #bronxmurals #huntspointbx #nycmurals @nycthrive

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ED. NOTE: Final installation photos coming soon.

In the third year of Thrive Collective’s visual arts partnership with Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists, BSSWA’s scholar activists explored themes of immigration and identity in the “Breathe Free, NYC” dual murals that now frame the cafeteria. See also BSSWA’s prior murals: “Thrive Hunts Point” (2015) and “Voice of the Bronx” (2016).

Once again, BSSWA’s extraordinary art teacher Paulette Martinez and her students from five classes proved fantastic collaborators.

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