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SUMMARY:MFTA Gallery: "All Night I Hear the Noise of Water Sobbing" by Mary Mattingly (Mondays - Fridays)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\nMaterials for the Arts (MFTA) presents “All Night I Hear the Noise of Water Sobbing\,” a solo exhibition featuring recent work by MFTA Artist-in-Residence Mary Mattingly. As MFTA’s Artist-in-Residence\, Mattingly has had unlimited access to MFTA’s warehouse of donated supplies\, where she has upcycled found objects to create the installations featured in her solo exhibition. Her life-long fascination for water permeates through “All Night I Hear the Noise of Water Sobbing\,” swallowing the MFTA Gallery whole and leaving its visitors to meditate on the element’s simultaneous capacity to corrode and restore our physical and internal worlds. \n\nColorful assemblages of objects —pitchers\, books\, pedestals\, ceiling medallions— varying in hues and height create a vibrant tableau. Fabric butterflies\, plastic lemons\, animal figurines made from metal and wood depict naturalistic elements and showcase the dichotomy between natural and synthetic. Unified by the water that courses through them\, these fixtures’ renewal rests within this constant stream that breathes new life into the objects. In turn\, this faint trickle invites gallery visitors to pause and take time\, to sit with water\, listen to it\, emote with it\, and consider all the wisdom life’s longest partner has to share. \nMattingly’s exhibition name\, “All Night I Hear the Noise of Water Sobbing\,” arose from the artist’s wanderings through the MFTA warehouse where she found a collection of poems written by Alejandra Pizarnik of the same title. \n\nRead the press release. \nAll Night I Hear the Noise of Water Sobbing” is on view through July 16\, 2026. \nThe MFTA Gallery is open Mondays through Fridays from 9:30am to 4:30pm\, excluding federal holidays. \nMaterials for the Arts\n33-00 Northern Blvd\, 3rd fl.\nLong Island City\, NY 11101 \nImage: Photo by Sefan Hagen. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:MFTA Designer-in-Residence Scooter LaForge
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join us on Thursday\, July 23\, 2026 from 6:30 — 8:30pm for a presentation of works created by MFTA Designer-in-Residence Scooter LaForge. \nLaForge is a New York-based artist who resides in the East Village and whose unique style mines the catalog of art history by infusing classical themes with a colorful sensibility. LaForge works in various media\, including painting\, sculpture\, and drawing\, and employs unorthodox techniques and striking iconic images. His paintings have been shown at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York\, the Friedrichshof Museum in Vienna\, and the Spritmuseum/Absolut Art Collection in Sweden. Scooter LaForge was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and holds a BFA in painting from the University of Arizona. \nThursday\, July 23\, 2026 l 6:30 — 8:30pm\nAt Materials for the Arts\n33-00 Northern Blvd\, 3rd fl.\nLong Island City\, NY 11101[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.materialsforthearts.org/event/mfta-designer-in-residence-scooter-laforge-event/
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SUMMARY:Summer Family Night
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]MFTA’s fourth annual Summer Family Night will be held on Thursday\, August 6th\, 2026! \nJoin us for a lively night of artmaking\, hosted at the Materials for the Arts warehouse. Art activities will feature repurposed materials and encourage collaboration between children\, siblings\, parents\, or grandparents — whoever you come with\, it’s fun for the whole family!  Food and refreshments will be provided. \nDate: Thursday\, August 6\, 2026\nTime: 6:00PM – 8:30PM\nCost: Free!\nWhere: 33-00 Northern Blvd\, 3rd Floor\, Long Island City\, NY 11101\n(entrance at the corner of Northern and Honeywell) \nPlease RSVP so we can have an estimated headcount! \nFor any questions\, please email education@mfta.nyc.gov.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.materialsforthearts.org/event/summer-family-night-2026/
LOCATION:Materials for the Arts\, 33-00 Northern Blvd\, 3rd Floor\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Ballroom Event with Kiki Arts Collective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join us on Thursday\, September 17\, 2026 from 6:30 — 8:30pm for a ballroom event with Kiki Arts Collective. \nThe Kiki Arts Collaborative was established in 2025\, emerging from an innovative series of events and programs initiated by co-founder and Executive Director Colby “Reign” King\, with Jaileen Pierre-Louis. The Kiki Arts Collaborative exists to leverage the transformative power of Kiki ballroom culture\, arts\, and knowledge to radically expand access\, visibility\, and opportunity for LGBTQ+ young adults and emerging artists of color. \nThursday\, September 17\, 2026 l 6:30 — 8:30pm\nAt the Materials for the Arts Gallery\n33-00 Northern Blvd\, 3rd fl.\nLong Island City\, NY 11101 \nPhoto by Dumebi Malaika Menakaya.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.materialsforthearts.org/event/ballroom-event-with-kiki-arts-collective/
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Gallery Exhibition by sTo Len
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join us on Thursday\, September 24\, 2026 from 6:30 — 8:30pm for the solo exhibition opening of MFTA Artist-in-Residence sTo Len\, an interdisciplinary artist whose work has centered on ecological place-based collaborations with diverse landscapes and co-creations with communities and municipal agencies. \nThe cross-disciplinary nature of sTo Len’s practice spans printmaking\, video\, sound\, performance\, installation\, drawing\, and social practice work\, threaded together by a site-responsive process of making. Recent projects have included a Trash Museum in Kyrgyzstan\, a community pirate radio show in New Mexico\, and a series of plant-based printmaking while in residence at the Queens Botanical Garden in NY. Len was the first Artist in Residence at AlexRenew Wastewater Treatment facility in Virginia and the Public Artist in Residence at the NY Department of Sanitation from 2021-2023. \nThursday\, September 24\, 2026 l 6:30 — 8:30pm\nAt the Materials for the Arts Gallery\n33-00 Northern Blvd\, 3rd fl.\nLong Island City\, NY 11101[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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