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NYC Homecoming Week: Queens State of Mind

Closing out the Hip Hop in NYC Concert Series, our last night of Homecoming was in Queens and they took us all the way home. With a show like no other, Forest Hills Stadium was filled with the high energy needed for a finale. A lineup of visual queens fit for the county of Queen👑…

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Bronx Connect: Peace Love & Care

How are we connected to our neighborhood? Bronx Connect knows just what’s needed to make that happen, and so do our friends at JHS 22 Jordan Mott. Our time with JHS 22 showed us how they are rooted in peace, love and care, creating a place for students to grow and further connect with their…

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Bronx Connect: Release the Grip

Hope, safety, peace and stability are things we all desire for our communities. Release the Grip strives to sustain such a space for Bronx residents and encourages similar community support in effort to end gun violence. In collaboration with Thrive and participants of RTG, artist TooFly leads a design just how the Bronx connects with…

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7th Precinct: LES Nature Love

Stemming from the nurturing support fostered by local community gardens, artist TooFly collaborates with Henry Street Settlement’s summer camp to celebrate local community gardens and empower the ladies of LES. As we sow the seeds planted from seasons past, life continues to bloom inspiration for us all. Regardless where you’re planted, this project reminds us…

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Downtown Natural Market: Food for Thought

FOOD FOR THOUGHT 🥙💭 Serving a taste of what Little Caribbean NYC has had to offer the greater NYC community in the past and present. To look back at such influential Caribbean figures and see the impact it’s made on a flourishing and culturally rich neighborhood is a testament of the potential future generations will…

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Clemente: Kindness Beats the Virus

clemente-kbtv clemente-banner for-one-and-all-web clemente-squad We love collaborating with our friends at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. This year’s Arte Pa’Mi Gente / Arts for All Festival featured murals art directed by Marissa Molina and Toofly, with creative direction from Kekoa. Students, volunteers, and a team of Thrive artists wore masks and observed social distancing…

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Lowen’s Pharmacy: Thrive NYC

Thank you Council Member Justin Brannan and Lowen’s Pharmacy for supporting public art in Bay Ridge and beyond! “No more ugly brown wall by Lowen’s on 69th & 3rd thanks to the folks at Thrive Collective! “Art has always helped us process and heal from trauma. The collective global trauma caused by COVID19 is unprecedented.…

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PS 155M: Kindness Beats the Virus

We are in love with our mural and cannot stop looking at it as well as receiving compliments for it! We are amazed!!!! This is absolutely beautiful! We have tears in our eyes! Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are so grateful! – S.R. Signed, sealed, delivered: 🎨 the #KindnessBeatsTheVirus free mural at contest…

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Wildstyle Coloring Book Vol. 1

https://www.thrivecollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wildstyle_animation.mp4 The “Wildstyle Coloring Book” (Volumes 1 and 2), curated by legends Bio, Crash, and Sonic and co-produced by WallWorksNY, became one platform for artists from around the world to contribute to our shared healing from the global Coronavirus pandemic. Download both collections for free. Volume 1 Volume 2 More Free Resources Tools for Schools…

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Judith Kaye HS: Undeterred

Another Toofly collaboration with Thrive Collective, featuring students and administrators from Judith Kaye High School in Manhattan. Undeterred (2019) ‹ › × × Previous Next   View this post on Instagram   Facilitated a small mural at the Judith Kaye H.S in Spanish Harlem yesterday in partnership with @nycthrive “Undeterred” concept by students, designed by…

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