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Reuse & Create: Spring 2013 art workshops at MFTA
Learn to excite students and families through art while engaging everyone in hands-on learning! During these studio workshops, participants learn art projects that can be easily and inexpensively realized at schools and community centers. SERIES DISCOUNT: The four workshops below … Continue reading
Posted in Education Center, Hands-on PD
Tagged art, bookmaking, costumes, creative reuse, NYC, professional development, Queens, quilts, Sculptures, workshops
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Fall Art of Reuse Workshop Series for community-based educators
10-hour Professional Development Series for Community-based Educators Learn to make a variety of art projects by creatively reusing items from the recycling bin and free supplies from Materials for the Arts. During this 10-hour professional development series participants create their … Continue reading
Posted in Education Center, Hands-on PD
Tagged after school, art, Art of Reuse, costumes, creative reuse, gifts, holidays, instruments, masks, MFTA, professional development, puppets, senior centers, shadow puppets, workshops
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MFTA’s Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party is Tuesday, October 23!
SAVE THE DATE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 6-10 pm For one magical night, the MFTA warehouse is transformed as we host 300 guests who decorate masks, enjoy performances, eat, drink, and dance the night away. The Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party is … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged arts, benefit, costumes, Halloween, LIC, Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party, Materials for the Arts, MFTA, mftaParty, Queens, sustainability
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WasteDiversions Preview: Fashion Re/Action
Many of the works in WasteDiversions were created through collaboration, from large-scale collage and assemblage made during Friends of MFTA’s open studio program, to today’s preview, Wearables and Costumes, from MFTA recipient Culture Push. These works were created during Culture … Continue reading
Posted in Education Center, Events, Reuse Art
Tagged art, costumes, creative reuse, fashion, Fashion Re/Action, helmet, mannequins, MFTA Gallery, Michael DiPietro, quilt, Rachel Schragis, scrap fabric, shield, WasteDiversions
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Plenty of love at an anti-Valentine’s Day benefit
Allyson from the newly-accepted and interestingly-named organization F*It Club sent over photos from a benefit a few weeks ago, entitled F Love: An (Anti) Valentine’s Day Party. During their very first trip to the warehouse, the group was able to find … Continue reading
Posted in Recipient Spotlight
Tagged costumes, F*It Club, fabric, paper, trim, Valentines day
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Teachers: Bring literacy to life with no sew costumes!
The Common Core Standards (.pdf) encourage students to discuss and retell key details from texts to demonstrate understanding and mastery. An exciting way to encourage these discussions, especially regarding characters, is for students to design costumes based on what they … Continue reading
Posted in Education Center, P credit
Tagged Common Core, costumes, creative reuse, ELA, fabric, Pcredit, professional development, schools, teachers
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Last-minute Halloween ideas
Happy Halloween, everyone! If you’re like me, you’ve put off on making a costume until today and now you’re scrambling to make something. If you’re even more like me, maybe you grabbed an old sheriff badge you found in your … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Projects
Tagged cardboard, costumes, creative reuse, fabric, Halloween, owls, paper
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NYU Dance Educators @ MFTA
Yesterday, Materials for the Arts hosted students from the NYU Dance Education Masters Program. Students learned how to make “no-sew” projects, including a stretch jersey skirt, a tunic, and a laced skirt. As the name would imply, “no-sew” projects do not … Continue reading
