Educational Programs
Spring Afternoon Workshops
Program
Materials for the Arts is offering workshops again this spring on how to integrate supplies from the warehouse into arts programming and NYC DOE curriculum. Workshops are held from 4:30pm - 6:30pm at the Materials for the Arts warehouse, 33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd floor, Long Island City, NY 11101. All workshops are two hours long and include demonstrations and hands-on work time. NYC DOE educators can receive "P-Credits" by attending all 15 workshops in the spring series. To register for credit go to the NYASPDP.org website to sign up for the Materials for the Arts course, Creative Infusion: Art + Reuse in the Classroom, and pay the fees. For Non-DOE participants you can sign up using the MFTA event sign up. There are 10 slots open for Non-DOE educators in each workshop. The price is $10 for each workshop that you wish to attend. Payment can be made by check, cash or credit card and is due by the beginning of each class. Checks must be made out to: Friends of Materials for the Arts. To pay by credit card click on the orange "Support MFTA" button on the front page of the website. Fill out your credit card information and in the Comments box indicate which classes you are paying for. The Amount field should include the total for all classes you are taking.
Guest Artist(S)
Joy Suarez has over twenty years experience as a teaching artist and educator. After graduating from Florida State University with a degree in Anthropology, Joy moved to New York City, building a strong career designing and implementing programs and curricula for educational organizations including the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York City Housing Authority, New York City Department of Education, The Fashion Center, Children for Children and the Lower Eastside Girls Club. Joy has been Friends of Materials for the Arts' (FOMA) lead teaching artist designing and conducting workshops for art educators since 1995. Joy’s other full time passion is working with her partner Louie Miranda in Jerry Joy Music where together they co-write and co-produce studio recordings of their own brand of informational music that is for children and their families to grow with. Currently they have six CD recordings. Louie performs their music nationwide.
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