Thrive Collective
These two murals were designed by Jodi Dareal and the 4th and 5th grade students at PS 9. The design was inspired by the school logo, school’s core values and student sketches. Our color choice for the background was chosen to match the school logo. Both murals were designed to showcase the school’s curriculum and…
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These two murals were designed by Jodi Dareal and the 4th and 5th grade students at PS 9. The design was inspired by the school logo, school’s core values and student sketches. Our color choice for the background was chosen to match the school logo. Both murals were designed to showcase the school’s curriculum and…
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For the 3rd year in a row, Projectivity was awarded the CASA grant by the local City Council Member Kamillah Hanks to complete afterschool art programming culminating in an “Epic” mural in the courtyard at PS 44. Art Director Jodi Dareal worked with students to transform nearly 600 sqare feet in the school courtyard that…
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In late 2022, Thrive partnered with community organizations in the Lower East Side to paint a stretch of wall belonging to an abandoned school building on East 10th Street. The mural project was in homage to CHARAS, an iconic community organization that had moved into the abandoned building in 1979. There, they established “El Bohio”…
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Three 18-wheelers that were brought to the Coney Island Gospel Assembly in 2012 for Hurricane Sandy relief never left the parking lot. So 9 years after the storm, Thrive did the only reasonable thing that an arts organization specializing in murals would do if it had 18-wheelers lying around. That’s right: we gave them a…
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This mural was inspired by the diverse Stapleton community. The principals, participants and Thrive Collective artists wanted the mural to reflect the student body as well as the surrounding neighborhood. Family and togetherness were a huge influence in our mural design. Thrive Collective artists worked with the NeON Arts participants on different concepts for the…
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Thrive Collective partnered with Projectivity Group to produce a series of indoor and outdoor murals at PS 60 in Staten Island. Artist Jodi Dareal painted this collection of murals on 7 sets of interior doors, which display 14 motivational phrases from famous international icons. Students and staff selected the figures and quotes, and Jodi was…
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This theme of the mural was based on the school’s core values and mascot. “Rockin Robin” (Respect, Ownership, Curiosity, Kindness, Integrity, Never Give Up.” Each core values was assigned to one of 5 colors of the rainbow. Purple (Never Give Up), blue (Integrity), yellow (Curiosity), orange (Ownership) and red (Respect). Teaching artist Jodi Dareal and…
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