Materials for the Arts
Opening Exhibition: “Soaring High” by Daveed Baptiste
Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 6:30 — 8:30pm for Materials for the Arts’ first ever fashion exhibition “Soaring High” designed by MFTA Designer-in-Residence Daveed Baptiste. Baptiste’s solo exhibition explores the metamorphosis of his Haitian immigrant background, chronicling his journey through the stages of life within urban Black American society. Each look represents… Read More »Opening Exhibition: “Soaring High” by Daveed Baptiste
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.
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.