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At the corner of Wellesley PL NE and Berkeley PL NE, there is a Little Free Library staked into the grass next to the sidewalk. On the unshown side, it bears a manifesto in all caps that says:
"HOW TO BUILD COMMUNITY: Turn Off Your TV. Leave Your House. Know Your Neighbors. Look Up When You Are Walking. Greet People. Sit On Your Stoop. Plant Flowers. Use Your Library. Play Together. Buy From Local Merchants. Share What You Have. Help A Lost Dog. Take Children To The Park. Garden Together. Support Neighborhood Schools."
The Little Free Library has a simple hook and eye latch. Inside the following books in no particular order were available for the taking:
_Ladies of Liberty_, by Cokie Roberts; _Unlock the Einstein Inside_, by Dr. Ken Gibson; _The Morris Dees Story_ by Morris Dees; _Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals_ by Jonathan Balcombe; _Man and His Gods_, by Homer William Smith; _Oblomov_, by Ivan Goncharov; _The Fire Within_, by Chris d'Lacey; and _Animal Dreams_, by Barbara Kingsolver.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/welcome-ps-236/
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 several other characters along with students and adults live together in harmony.
The mural was graciously sponsored by Councilman Cabrera who was present for the ribbon cutting celebration. So, if you ever walk into PS 236 in the Bronx, feel welcomed.
Designed by Austin, Minn. architect F.W. Kinney and constructed in 1895. It served the congregation for 102 years before closing. It is now owned by the Worth County Historical Society and used as a community center.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/bsswa-voice-of-the-bronx/
Thrive Collective returned to BSSWA for a second consecutive year, and brought street art legend Sonic BAD to help us develop a Street Art 101 curriculum. The results are breathtaking, as approximately 180 students collaborated with Sonic to bring their vision to life.
Keep Calm Move On
MS 42Q Robert Vernam (Queens 2016)
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ms-42q-keep-calm-move-...
Art Direction: Sam Wisneski
• Teaching Artist: Marissa Molina
• Feature Artists: Sonic & DAZE
• Exterior Schoolyard
• 750 square feet
• Acrylic and spray paint on brick
• Sponsored by NYC Council Member Donovan Richards, Sherwin Williams, Full Gospel Tabernacle, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, NY CityServe, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Art as Catalyst for Change, Presbyterian Hope in Action
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/bsswa-voice-of-the-bronx/
Thrive Collective returned to BSSWA for a second consecutive year, and brought street art legend Sonic BAD to help us develop a Street Art 101 curriculum. The results are breathtaking, as approximately 180 students collaborated with Sonic to bring their vision to life.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/arise/
Arise
National Youth Worker Convention (Cincinnati 2016)
• Art Direction: Sam Wisneski
• Interior entrance lobby
• 60 square feet
• Acrylic on canvas
• Sponsored by Youth Specialties
Keep Calm Move On
MS 42Q Robert Vernam (Queens 2016)
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ms-42q-keep-calm-move-...
Art Direction: Sam Wisneski
• Teaching Artist: Marissa Molina
• Feature Artists: Sonic & DAZE
• Exterior Schoolyard
• 750 square feet
• Acrylic and spray paint on brick
• Sponsored by NYC Council Member Donovan Richards, Sherwin Williams, Full Gospel Tabernacle, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, NY CityServe, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Art as Catalyst for Change, Presbyterian Hope in Action
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/psms-34-i-am-loisaida/
The Lower East Side neighborhood of Loisaida is known for its famed murals and the artists who create them. It’s also the birthplace of Thrive Collective and our School Murals program at PS/MS 34 in 2007. We were delighted to return with a second mural project in 2016 — this time exploring the neighborhood’s cultural identity on the focal wall behind the stage in the auditorium.
Thrive Collective’s first school mural project, before we were known as Thrive Collective, was the Dream Walls in the schoolyard of PS/MS 34.
Keep Calm Move On
MS 42Q Robert Vernam (Queens 2016)
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ms-42q-keep-calm-move-...
Art Direction: Sam Wisneski
• Teaching Artist: Marissa Molina
• Feature Artists: Sonic & DAZE
• Exterior Schoolyard
• 750 square feet
• Acrylic and spray paint on brick
• Sponsored by NYC Council Member Donovan Richards, Sherwin Williams, Full Gospel Tabernacle, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, NY CityServe, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Art as Catalyst for Change, Presbyterian Hope in Action
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-58-i-am-east-tremont/
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 you find yourself on Washington St. and East Tremont, don’t forget to stop by and admire the mural.
For extra credit: can you identify Mrs. Gunn the principal?
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/les-seeds-of-love/
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.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/bsswa-voice-of-the-bronx/
Thrive Collective returned to BSSWA for a second consecutive year, and brought street art legend Sonic BAD to help us develop a Street Art 101 curriculum. The results are breathtaking, as approximately 180 students collaborated with Sonic to bring their vision to life.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-58-i-am-east-tremont/
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 you find yourself on Washington St. and East Tremont, don’t forget to stop by and admire the mural.
For extra credit: can you identify Mrs. Gunn the principal?
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/psms-34-i-am-loisaida/
The Lower East Side neighborhood of Loisaida is known for its famed murals and the artists who create them. It’s also the birthplace of Thrive Collective and our School Murals program at PS/MS 34 in 2007. We were delighted to return with a second mural project in 2016 — this time exploring the neighborhood’s cultural identity on the focal wall behind the stage in the auditorium.
Thrive Collective’s first school mural project, before we were known as Thrive Collective, was the Dream Walls in the schoolyard of PS/MS 34.
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Taken on la carrera septima in Bogota, near Chapinero (one my favourite streets in the city).
Bogota has done this great thing since the 1970s - on Sunday & holiday mornings, till about 1:30 they block off 1/2 of major roads to vehicular traffic and open them up to residents for biking, jogging, strolling, roller-blading etc. The routes total about 120 kms and also link major city parks. During Ciclovia hours the city runs free exercise classes at the parks along the route, called Recreovia.
Although it is called "ciclovia" it is actually much more than just bikes. Note that Ciclovia, the weekly event, is not to be confused with Ciclo-rutas, which are Bogota's 340 km+ off-road cycle path network (very sustainable - although bike commuter bike culture has been slow to catch on - they sit at about 4% of the mode share - similar to the City of Portland, Vancouver and Greater Victoria, but paltry compared to European cities).
It is a wonderful and inspiring community event where everyone can be seen. Many people regard it as a green transportation event, however in my opinion due to the enormous social factor and diverse range in activities it is by and large a community-building/healthy-activity thing, rather than a commuter-bike thing.
Flickr member Monica has a great and inspiring little video clip shared here:
www.flickr.com/photos/monicaeche/3894107001/in/pool-ciclo...
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Although this is a great idea, officials in many North American cities initially dismissed it purely on the grounds of contextual differences between Colombia and elsewhere. Fortunately, there were a few who saw the potential and tried it out. Among these are New York City, Portland Oregon, and Ottawa, Ontario. With this the concept has finally won acceptance and is slowly being introduced in other cities. IMHO Ciclovia and the events it has inspired across the globe serve to beautifully illustrate that despite our differences, people are people, and a good idea can be adapted to all sorts of places regardless of where it comes from.
The University of the Andes in Bogota has put together a great manual (in English) for cities and groups who are interested in trying out their own version of Ciclovia/Open Streets/Sunday Parkways: cicloviarecreativa.uniandes.edu.co/english/introduction.html
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In this picture you can also see some of the British architecture that is common around the city. The standard explanation is that since Bogota has a temperate overcast climate similar to the UK it was thought the style would do well there.
I think it has - these are very street-oriented buildings. The contrast is made all the more vivid when one considers the almost Le-Corbusian highrise complexes that sprawl west along giant freeway-like arterials from the Bogota's original N-S spine next to the mountains. I didn't realise that the block highrises existed in Canada until driving around parts of Toronto, where the same style of buildings are undergoing significant rehabilitation as part of a municipal program.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-58-i-am-east-tremont/
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 you find yourself on Washington St. and East Tremont, don’t forget to stop by and admire the mural.
For extra credit: can you identify Mrs. Gunn the principal?
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/bsswa-voice-of-the-bronx/
Thrive Collective returned to BSSWA for a second consecutive year, and brought street art legend Sonic BAD to help us develop a Street Art 101 curriculum. The results are breathtaking, as approximately 180 students collaborated with Sonic to bring their vision to life.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-58-i-am-east-tremont/
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 you find yourself on Washington St. and East Tremont, don’t forget to stop by and admire the mural.
For extra credit: can you identify Mrs. Gunn the principal?
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/arise/
Arise
National Youth Worker Convention (Cincinnati 2016)
• Art Direction: Sam Wisneski
• Interior entrance lobby
• 60 square feet
• Acrylic on canvas
• Sponsored by Youth Specialties
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-104-brooklyn-gives/
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, and empowered students, parents, volunteers, and faculty at the school to design and execute a shared vision from April – June.
Keep Calm Move On
MS 42Q Robert Vernam (Queens 2016)
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ms-42q-keep-calm-move-...
Art Direction: Sam Wisneski
• Teaching Artist: Marissa Molina
• Feature Artists: Sonic & DAZE
• Exterior Schoolyard
• 750 square feet
• Acrylic and spray paint on brick
• Sponsored by NYC Council Member Donovan Richards, Sherwin Williams, Full Gospel Tabernacle, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, NY CityServe, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Art as Catalyst for Change, Presbyterian Hope in Action
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-58-i-am-east-tremont/
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 you find yourself on Washington St. and East Tremont, don’t forget to stop by and admire the mural.
For extra credit: can you identify Mrs. Gunn the principal?
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/les-seeds-of-love/
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.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/ps-58-i-am-east-tremont/
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 you find yourself on Washington St. and East Tremont, don’t forget to stop by and admire the mural.
For extra credit: can you identify Mrs. Gunn the principal?
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/les-seeds-of-love/
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.
www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/les-seeds-of-love/
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.