Sketch Night: PRIDE Edition
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at the Materials for the Arts warehouse for our PRIDE edition of Sketch Night! Curated by Anthony Kieren and Machine Dazzle, this sketch… Read More »Sketch Night: PRIDE Edition
Posters to Podcasts: Social Activism from the 20th Century to Today (Summer 2025)
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesExplore the artmaking techniques of 20th and 21st century social activism – zines, posters, and more. In partnership with New York Historical Society.
Raw Fibers: The Art of Fabric (Summer 2025)
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesThis studio class will take a single product — fabric — and work out its historical, scientific, social and mathematical properties through hands-on art making.
Summer Family Night 2025
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesMFTA's third annual Summer Family night will be Thursday, July 17th! Join us for a lively night of artmaking.
Props, Puppets and Set Design (Summer 2025)
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesIn this hands-on studio course, you will learn to make puppets, props, miniature sets — and more — using new techniques in creative reuse.
Paper: Pulp to Fiction (Summer 2025)
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesPaper making, pen and ink, block prints, stenciling, silkscreen and collage. Each session will focus on new methods for art-curriculum integration including: math, science, social studies and literacy.
Paper Maker (Summer 2025)
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesIn this studio art course, participants will experiment with numerous techniques found in cutting, folding, shaping and molding multiple weights and sizes of upcycled paper found in the MFTA warehouse.