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MFTA's recipients exemplify creativity. Recipients who use supplies from Materials for the Arts help to protect and sustain the environment by making use of hundreds of tons of materials that would otherwise end up in our landfills. Recipients use these materials to teach our children, invigorate our museums, and delight audiences throughout New York City.
From another perspective, recipients save millions of dollars by using our supplies. We offer a wide selection of items since we accept donations from both businesses and individuals - from a bag of jewely findings to a truckload of props from a movie set. Recipients often tell us that with a little initiative they actually expand their services, programs and events.
All New Yorkers benefit from a program like Materials for the Arts.
How do you join?
Becoming an MFTA recipient is easy. See if you qualify to begin your application.
Everytime I come to Materials for the Arts my mind is blown. Occasionally they might not have exactly what I am looking for (though they often do)...but there will always be plenty of something much better that I hadn't even thought of. Visits to MFTA have changed the course of some of my work...like when a discovery of colored Plexiglas became central to Symphonie Fantastique, or when a boxload of artificial flowers became the defining, copious, luxurious accessories for 17th century puppet costumes. A visit there is a never ending abundance of ideas and inspiration for an artist like myself where the "stuff" is THE thing.
- Basil Twist, Puppeteer, HERE Arts Center |
