Thrive Collective
ps86-banner ps86-banner2 ps86-banner3 ps86-banner4 ps86-banner5 ps86-banner6 ps86-banner7 ps86-banner9 Artist Kristy McCarthy interprets what it means to “SOAR High” at the main entrance to the PS 86 building in Queens. This four part mural series embodies PS 86’s motto of “soar high” and encourages students to dream big as they aim for the sky. The left…
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New York Edge commissioned Thrive Collective to imagine the future of urbanism for the MS 61 auditorium. Artist Vince Ballantine rose to the challenge with a three-panel, futuristic urban landscape design that also features the school’s Cougar mascot and school colors, green and yellow. The auditorium is used by the school and also the community…
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Thrive Collective partnered with the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) to commission iconic New York artist Danielle Mastrion to memorialize the “Heart of Brooklyn” on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street. Atlantic Ave BID: Heart of Brooklyn (2024) ‹ › × × Previous Next As Seen on Social Media View this post…
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star-academy-banner star-academy-feature2 star-academy-feature3 Artist May Bukowski and students from Star Academy celebrate the cultural diversity of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, including artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. The principal wanted to highlight the artists, culture, and beauty that makes up the community, drawing inspiration from local artists, music, clothing, and colorful dancing. Even a representation…
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From March to April 2024, Projectivity Director Christian Penn met with youth ages 7-11 from the SOME DC Liz Donahue House in Northwest DC to donate a mural to the community room. Students imagined using the space for celebration, taking pictures, playing video games, tutoring and learning, doing art and they all loved sports. They suggested including…
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PS 132 in Queens has embraced a instructional focus called “S.T.R.E.A.M.” prioritizing science, technology, robotics, engineering, arts, and mathematics. This year, the school commissioned Thrive to work with 5th graders to visually depict these values. This mural also happens to be 60th mural art directed by Marissa Molina with Thrive Collective. That’s sixty murals she…
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Our longtime friends and collaborators from Loisaida Center and LES CommUNITY Concerns recommended three Thrive Collective affiliated artists for the inaugural murals at the corner of 12C Outdoor Gallery on 12th Street and Avenue C, curated by Galinsky. Completed in the spring of 2024, the collection honors the neighborhood’s deep cultural connection to Puerto Rico,…
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Our longtime friends and collaborators from Loisaida Center and LES CommUNITY Concerns recommended three Thrive Collective affiliated artists for the inaugural murals at the corner of 12C Outdoor Gallery on 12th Street and Avenue C, curated by Galinsky. Completed in the spring of 2024, the collection honors the neighborhood’s deep cultural connection to Puerto Rico,…
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Our longtime friends and collaborators from Loisaida Center and LES CommUNITY Concerns recommended three Thrive Collective affiliated artists for the inaugural murals at the corner of 12C Outdoor Gallery on 12th Street and Avenue C, curated by Galinsky. Completed in the spring of 2024, the collection honors the neighborhood’s deep cultural connection to Puerto Rico,…
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DeSoto high school is a campus full of students brimming with life, energy and enthusiasm. Though some of the empty walls on campus do not share this same level of vibrancy; Ms. Nava and her art students saw this as an opportunity, as a fresh canvas waiting to be beautifully transformed. The mural ‘Ready to…
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