Turning a wheel into a moon and wires into wings, the Everyday Inferno Theater Company didn’t need spells to create a magical world. Earlier this month the company produced Briar Rose & the Thirteenth Fairy, a newly spun version of the classic Sleeping …
In what seemed like an episode of Breaking Bad, the Materials for the Arts (MFTA) crew went to the Domino Sugar Factory to collect hundreds of test tubes, beakers, and other incredible science equipment. The Domino Factory has been a …
MFTA Gallery presents: Pleased To Meet You April 11, 2013 – May 10, 2013, M-F, 10:00-4:00 PM Materials for the Arts is proud to present a group exhibition featuring mixed-media painting and sculpture by our staff. Appropriation and re-purposing are …
One of the benefits of working at MFTA is being exposed to the multitude of inspiring materials donated to us, and then meeting the people who turn them into works of art! One fixture at MFTA is a large silk …
Materials for the Arts is proud of the scope and breadth of arts programming in NYC that is made possible by a trip to our warehouse. Case in point: Booklyn, a non-profit MFTA recipient focused on preserving artists’ books and …
Ben Pederson is the new MFTA Artist in Residence for Spring 2013. Pederson is a New York City artist who creates unique assemblages out of a diversity of repurposed materials which are given a delicate and deliberate treatment of bright day-glow colors and surface textures. …
Photo of the artist Nick Cave, with one of his horses. Photo courtesy of Creative Time 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 …
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 and concrete …
Beth Williams Garrett, the 2012 MFTA Artist-in-Residence created costumes from plastic bags for the Queens Players production of “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Gravity and Grace is a spectacular exhibition of more than 30 of El Anatsui’s sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum. The works epitomize creative reuse: They are created with bottle caps and tin can tops which are pieced together to form …
