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“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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MFTA hosts No Longer Empty’s Family Day fun
We had an incredible time making sculptures and instruments with No Longer Empty at the Clock Tower in Long Island City on Saturday, March 9. The afternoon of art-making workshops focused on making trophies and instruments with a treasure trove of materials, including … Continue reading
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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Third Thursday: Wind Mill Making with Gregory VandeHey
Third Thursday Open Studio Workshop Wind Mill Making with Gregory VandeHey Every third Thursday of the month, Materials for the Arts hosts a free evening of artmaking and cocktails. This month come and make a personalized windmill with unusual supplies … Continue reading
Posted in Education Center, Events
Tagged art, Astoria, creative reuse, free, LIC, Long Island City, MFTA Third Thursdays, Queens, Third Thursday, windmills, workshops
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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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Salvaged Sounds Jam Session with Louie Miranda
The coolest place to be in NYC last night was not the rink at Rock Center or the Ear Bar in Tribeca. It was the art studio at Materials for the Arts for our monthly Third Thursday open studio. Last … Continue reading
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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DIY with Harriet Taub
Nowadays it’s easy to find DIY goods and community driven art collectives on any number of social media sites and in trendy boutiques. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, DIY appeared in the form of Better Homes & Gardens and … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Projects, News
Tagged community driven art collectives, creative reuse, diy, etsy, fabric, PS 110M, schools
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Vital Theatre presents “Show Way”
The Vital Theatre, an MFTA recipient since 2001, presents Show Way, a musical that traces a family’s history, and the contours of a culture, through quilting. In Show Way, Toshi Georgiana looks for a beloved family heirloom. As she searches, … Continue reading
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