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The Healing Powers of Donating
Making a donation of money or materials is an act of altruism – a way of connecting to others and helping to ‘repair the world’. An unforeseen outcome of donating is how therapeutic it can be. This is not surprising … Continue reading
“Pleased to Meet You” : The Art of the MFTA Staff
If you’ve visited Materials for the Arts before, you’re aware of the treasures lurking in our warehouse, and you know about our educational programs spreading the word about creative reuse. You have heard about or even attended the Third Thursday open … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Projects, Events, Reuse Art
Tagged art, crafts, creative reuse, Found Objects, Long Island City, MFTA Gallery, reuse, reuse art, Sculpture, sustainability
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Hypnotized at Grand Central Station
Today we took an early lunch and headed over to Grand Central to see Nick Cave’s amazing performance piece – Heard NY. This combines all of our favorite art forms – dance, visual art, music, site specific performance art, creative material … Continue reading
Posted in Community Projects, News, Recipient Spotlight, Reuse Art
Tagged art, Creative Time, dance, Grand Central Centennial, Heard NY, masks, MFTA, New York City, Nick Cave, NYC, puppets, reuse, Sculpture, The Ailey School, upcycling
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A New Kind of Improv Theater
Seasoned MFTA shoppers know that meandering through our warehouse aisles leaves one susceptible to discovering unexpected treasures, a wandering imagination, and to thinking outside the box. In this particular case, we’re talking about the black box. Nestled amidst the brick … Continue reading
Posted in Community Projects, News, Recipient Spotlight, Reuse Art
Tagged 1920's, Aespo's Fables, art, Atmospheric, black box theater, cinema palace, community garden, creative reuse, Found Objects, Le Petit Versailles, Long Island City, paper, recycling, Sculpture, The Blue Balcony, upcycling
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Making Room for Creativity
CUP (Center for Urban Pedagogy), an MFTA member since 2005, is known for their “Urban Investigations” — experiential semester-long projects with public high school students, where they give students the tools to investigate their own communities and use art and … Continue reading
Posted in Community Projects, DIY Projects, Education Center, News, Recipient Spotlight, Reuse Art
Tagged adAPT NYC, Center for Urban Pedagogy, city's micro-unit competition, collage, competition, creative reuse, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, New York City, NYC, recycling, reuse art, schools, sustainability, The Academy of Urban Planning
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Art and reuse at CCNS Glenwood Senior Center
Janelle St. Hill, Program Manager at Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services‘ Glenwood Senior Center, recently sent us pictures of some fantastic projects created by local seniors. An MFTA recipient since 2009, the center offers a variety of resources to seniors in … Continue reading
Olek – The End Is Far
Olek, the artist who crocheted the Charging Bull sculpture in the Financial District, presents The End Is Far, a solo exhibition at Johnathan Levine Gallery opening February 23 and on view for one month. Olek described the exhibition as “my most challenging and involving show…Pink, … Continue reading
Posted in Education Center, News, Reuse Art
Tagged creative reuse, crochet, dress, Johnathan Levine Gallery, Olek
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CRAYONS….lots of them!
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: David Stark Design and Production Since 2008, David Stark Design and Production has been donating some of the most inspiring, imaginative and useful donations to MFTA. From feathers, fabric and faux flowers, to glitter, sand and bales of … Continue reading
No Escape
You may have noticed a glass case in our LIC warehouse marked “specialty items”. On any given day its contents may consist of fur, broaches, leather gloves, vintage telephones & cameras, electronic equipment, a metronome, hand-carved marionettes, a range of … Continue reading
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