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, …
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 …
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 …
On June 7, over 50 teachers and staff from New York City public schools joined us at Materials for the Arts and MFTA recipient Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School to learn how to bring puppetry into their English classes. Check …
Learn to bring literacy to life using shadow puppetry during this hands-on workshop with Joy Suarez at Materials for the Arts. Using items from the recycling bin and free supplies from MFTA, participants will learn techniques to create a variety …
Yesterday students in School of Visual Arts’ art therapy graduate program visited MFTA for a tour and workshop. The students were exposed to MFTA’s particular brand of art making, which incorporates both items from our warehouse and supplies collected from …
Bring families, students, and staff together through art
This spring at MFTA, learn to creatively reuse items from your recycling bin to make extraordinary art projects! While open to the public, the Art of Reuse workshop series is especially designed for community-based educators: After school providers, social service …
Materials For The Arts helped build and energize the arts at Hudson High School by teaching an all-staff training in creative reuse techniques this past Monday. MFTA teaching artists showcased many reuse art project ideas and trained teachers about the NYC …
MFTA is pleased to offer three hands-on workshops in January. Each workshop includes an instructor-led demonstration as well studio time when participants gain experience working with items reclaimed from the recycling bin as well as objects found in the MFTA …
