Thrive Collective
How do you welcome someone into your house and in your neighborhood? This is the question that elementary students from PS 236 wrestled with and explored while creating this mural. As you can see their imagination is boundless and the result is a fantastical land where a pink elephant, a purple octopus, a monkey and…
read more
Partner Profile: YUCA Arts Artist Profile: Kim Andino Partner Profile: Elevate NY Artist Profile: Anthony Perez In June, the Longwood section of the Bronx became a little brighter and more colorful. Students from PS 333 and 335 worked together on a shared schoolyard mural that offers a glimpse into how they see their neighborhood and how…
read more
Thank you NYS Senator Marty Golden, Royal Talens, the Lutheran Elementary School Mural Committee, Michael “Kaves” McCleer, and all the students and volunteers who made Seeds of Love possible. Enjoy pictures of the process and the finished mural. Seeds of Love (2016) ‹ › × × Previous Next LES Production (2016) ‹ › × × Previous Next
read more
With support from the Immigrants Cultural Fund, Thrive Collective provided visual arts classes at PS/MS 104 in the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn that explored the school’s immigrant cultural diversity and collaboratively produced the Brooklyn Gives schoolyard mural, featuring legendary street artists and school alums Kaves and ADM. Our multidisciplinary arts education and social development programming began in February,…
read more
With support from the Immigrants Cultural Fund, Thrive Collective provided visual arts classes at PS 127 in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn that explored the school’s immigrant cultural diversity and collaboratively produced the I Am Brooklyn schoolyard mural. Our multidisciplinary arts education and social development programming began in February, and empowered students, parents, volunteers, and faculty…
read more
Neighbors in East Tremont section of the Bronx have something great to brag about: the I Am East Tremont school mural at PS 58x. The mural highlights the diversity of the neighborhood, the various activities the students enjoy doing in school, and noteworthy people in the community such as the Coquito Lady and firefighters. If…
read more
Process Curating Student Submissions
read more
From November 2014 – June 2015, Thrive Teaching Artist Kekoa taught third and fourth graders at PS 282 visual arts skills including collage, sculpture, masks, and totems. A curated selection of completed works was presented at the school as a pop-up gallery exhibition on June 17, 2015. Student Work PS/MS 282 Inaugural Thrive Art Gala
read more
PS/MS 282 celebrated the beauty of its school community with the installation of our fourth schoolyard mural in 2014, “Community: I Am 282.” In February, Principal Magalie Alexis invited students and staff to contribute to the mural’s design. Throughout March and April, students explored ideas related to both identity and community, and generated mural concepts…
read more
How 300 K-2 Students Create a Mural at their Desks in 10 Steps Three hundred K-2 students submit drawings that respond to five sensory questions: “In my neighborhood, I taste; I see; I smell; I hear; and I feel.” Parents and faculty review the drawings for common themes and outstanding images Scan images and create…
read more