Thrive Collective
Veteran Thrive artist Nico Collazo collaborated with students from the BedStuy NeON, Neighbors in Action, and Save our Streets Brooklyn to produce a polytab mural tribute to “The Rhythm of Bed Stuy.” The work was featured at Carnegie Hall for their Spring 2024 NeON Arts festival. Bed Stuy NeON: SOS Brooklyn (2024) ‹ › ×…
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For the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, veteran Thrive artist Nico Collazo partnered with Martha Diaz of the Hip Hop Education Center to inaugurate the 161 Studio at the Bronx NeON (Neighborhood Opportunity Network) with a graffiti inspired mural. Bronx NeON: 161 Studio (2023) ‹ › × × Previous Next NeON Mural Collaborations Since 2018…
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Over the course of 16 weeks we collaborated on a mural with a group of high school students from the Next Steps after school program located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. The mural itself was painted on the eastern wall of Roberto Clemente elementary school, otherwise known as PS 13. Prior to…
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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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Students conceived the design for this Beautify NYC mural project in East Harlem. The title they chose, “The Other Side of Me,” is a gesture to the various personality traits that each student possesses but does not immediately show. The mural’s colorful characters and settings represent the many sides to the students’ personalities, as well…
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For this project, we paired up with NeON Arts, a wonderful organization that provides art programs and creative activities to young people throughout New York City. Kadeem Phillip lead as Teaching Artist and Will DeNatale took on the role of Project Manager. They found that the creative ideation process between the students, staff and community…
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Beautify NYC Bed-Stuy: Ode to the Stuy (2022) ‹ › × × Previous Next
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For this project we teamed up with Ascendant Neighborhood Development to beautify a local apartment building on 116th between Pleasant Ave and 1st Ave through the Beautify NYC Program. Local youth from the area wanted to focus on showcasing the diversity, beautiful culture and energy of Harlem and Spanish Harlem where the building is located.…
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“When we started painting, I saw it on the wall, and I was like, ‘Wow.’ I didn’t know this was possible. Everybody who walked by while we were painting, they seemed excited. … Now that it’s done and it’s over, it looks amazing. And every time I come back I’m always gonna know that I…
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The “Live Well” school mural is Thrive Collective’s second project sponsored by NeON Arts and Carnegie Hall, this time at the Betty Shabazz Campus in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The fifteen-week collaboration included students from both the Brownsville Collaborative Middle School and PS 298 who created an inspiring mural in the shared lunchroom. The mural features a…
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