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DIY Fashion
Extravaganza¸ a workshop led by Michael DiPietro of Culture Push, is the next
installment of our Third Thursday open studio program. For more information or
to sign up, click here.
Materials for the Arts, a program of New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, collects unneeded items from businesses and individuals, and distributes these donations free of charge to non-profit organizations with arts programming and public schools across the five boroughs. Visit WasteDiversions:
Sculpture and Collage from New York’s Waste Stream, an exhibition featuring
MFTA recipients Culture Push and Vaudeville Park. For information on the exhibition
and related programs, including Friends of MFTA’s Third Thursday open studio program,
click here.
Materials for the Arts | 33-00 Northern Boulevard - 3rd Floor - Long Island City, NY 11101 | Tel. 718-729-3001
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May 15, 2012 - Alyson from GrowNYC shared their work from the South Bronx Earth Fest last month. For the event, they launched the Recycling Olympics. Teams balanced milk cartons on strings, shot hoops with soda cans, hunted for recyclables while blindfolded, sprinted materials to the proper bin, and learned … Continue reading →
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May 11, 2012 - We thank the participants in April’s Third Thursday open studio workshop and Gregory VandeHey of MFTA recipient Free Style Arts Association for making this great video possible. Each participant created a character (or two) then made them dance with Greg’s … Continue reading →
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May 10, 2012 - Last Friday Materials for the Arts hosted a group of 18 eager volunteers from the XL Group’s New York offices as part of their eighth annual Global Day of Giving. Every year, XL’s employees “work together to give together” – … Continue reading →
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May 10, 2012 - This helpful guide and smock was created by Cecilia Bien, one of our newest volunteers at MFTA. The smock was inspired was by the hundreds of oversized utility jumpsuits donated to us by the New York City Administration for Children’s … Continue reading →
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May 10, 2012 - Visitors to MFTA since late March have been greeted by a fierce warrior decked out in upcycled fashion. The warrior, a mannequin donated to MFTA by Barneys, shows off fashion created in collaborative workshops led by Michael DiPietro. We are … Continue reading →
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May 8, 2012 - City & State has a great article today about the Durst Organization and their efforts to green their offices by recycling, reusing, and composting. The article follows the journey of one Starbucks coffee cup collected from an office in the new … Continue reading →
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May 2, 2012 - Lynette from PS 98 in Manhattan sent these wonderful photos of a Rooftop of the World project. She and her students made the project using fabric from our warehouse after taking one of our “P” in-service credit classes. Here is her … Continue reading →
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May 2, 2012 - Two hours spent developing communication and improving professional cognitive skills may sound like the makings of a dry seminar, but not when art is involved! Green Inspired Art is an exciting challenge that brings together teams from different businesses for … Continue reading →
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May 1, 2012 - Esther from PS 48 in Staten Island shared these images of projects she made from previous trips to the warehouse. Over the winter, Esther picked up trim and craft items to make the masks, and during her last trip in … Continue reading →
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May 1, 2012 - Hannah from wonderful MFTA volunteer group New York Cares shared this photo of a reuse version of Van Gogh’s famous The Starry Night. Here are Hannah’s words explaining how the famous post-impressionist painting became a reuse mural: We started by … Continue reading →
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Third Thursdays: DIY Fashion Extravaganza Workshop
May 17, 2012, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Third Thursdays: DIY Fashion Extravaganza Workshop with Michael DiPietro of MFTA recipient Culture Push Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7 –...
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Art of Reuse: Papermaking and Collage
May 22, 2012, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Art of Reuse: Papermaking and Collage Learn to creatively reuse items from your recycling bin and supplies from Materials for the Arts to create ha...
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MFTA is Closed for Memorial Day.
May 28, 2012
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