The Education Center at Materials for the Arts offers programming focused on making art with readily available materials supplemented by the ever-changing MFTA warehouse inventory. The Center hosts programs on-site in two studio classrooms and sends teaching artists into the community to share the art of reuse. Since 2002, the Center's programs have reached tens of thousands of educators, students, artists, therapists, afterschool leaders and social-service providers.While obtaining supplies from Materials for the Arts is restricted to registered member organizations, educational programs and resources are open to the public. REUSE EDUCATION PROGRAMS These multi-session courses introduce teachers to unique projects and methods to integrate art-making across curriculum areas. Sessions are designed to provide differentiation for multiple grade and skill levels and to give participants novel techniques for using low or no-cost supplies. Upon successful completion of these courses, NYC DOE teachers earn P credits through the After School Professional Development Program. MFTA offers two courses for P credit. Learn more In these hands-on studio workshops participants learn reuse techniques and then make art projects incorporating what they have learned. Workshops take place at the Education Center and often coincide with regularly scheduled 'shopping' hours so members can learn art-making ideas and get the materials they need to create them at their site in a single visit. In addition to workshops at the Center, any PD workshop MFTA offers can be brought to your site. Learn more Group visits to Materials for the Arts include a warehouse tour, a gallery program looking at art that incorporates reuse and studio time when participants create an art project to take home. Learn more The MFTA residency program sends teaching artists into schools, community centers hospitals or other venues for multi-week programming that fosters community and channels creativity into making art. Teaching artists lead assembly programs for large groups or host art-making workshops with smaller groups. Learn more MFTA teaching artists bring all the tools and supplies needed to create a Reuse Art Booth or host a Family Art Night at your site. Build community and channel creativity into fun, energizing and environmentally conscious art projects for participants to take home, or make a large-scale piece to remain at your site. Learn more REUSE EDUCATION RESOURCESEducation Center staff update this blog with project ideas that use materials frequently found in the MFTA warehouse. In addition, the blog offers coverage of news and events from MFTA's recipients and donors and words from the staff on the latest happenings in the environmental and cultural communities. Read blog
EDUCATION CENTER AT MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS John Cloud Kaiser, Education Director education@mfta.nyc.gov tel: 718-729-2165 - fax: 718-729-2823 33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor Long Island City, NY 11101 Educational programming at Materials for the Arts is made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. Support also comes from TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation, Waste Management of New York and Con Edison. |
