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On View: FIGMENT’S Interactive Reuse
Suzanne Karpinski & Theresa Galeani’s Emotional Mapping used yards of brightly colored fabric from MFTA to chart the emotions of visitors. Each color represented a different feeling. People marked...
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Around the City: Art Cart
The Bryant Park Art Cart lets visitors borrow free drawing and craft supplies so they can find their inner artist. Available materials typically include professional-quality drawing tools: pencils,...
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(Re)Building the City
Urban planning artist James Rojas has been working in Materials for the Arts’ media room to create models of different spaces in New York City. The founder of Place It!, a design-based urban planning...
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mftaTV presents Creative Reuse in the Classroom
Materials for the Arts is proud to launch its newest initiative: mftaTV! mftaTV is a video platform that will highlight MFTA’s work across cultural, educational, and environmental sectors. Our first...
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Creative Reuse in the Classroom: Episode 2
Creative Reuse in the Classroom continues in Episode 2 with an in-depth look at the many challenges students and educators alike face at PS5 in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Many of the students live in...
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Shades of Green
In New York City, St Patrick’s Day marks the unofficial start of Spring. As the last of the snow thaws and the sun begins to break through the winter skies, we are all eager to add a little green to...
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One Night Only: Creative Reuse at The Ace Hotel New York
During the month of May, Friends of Materials for the Arts is curating Ace Hotel New York’s Artist-in-Residence series, promoting the artistic merit of creative reuse by working with top contemporary...
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One Night Only: Carolina Penafiel at Ace Hotel New York
I Will Take Care of You, 2015, old paper on new mirror // Look at Me, 2015, old paper on new mirror. Both pieces created as part of Carolina Penafiel’s May 3, 2015 Ace Hotel New York residency as...
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One Night Only: Christian Joy at Ace Hotel New York
During the month of May, Friends of Materials for the Arts is curating Ace Hotel New York’s Artist-in-Residence series, promoting the artistic merit of creative reuse by working with top contemporary...
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One Night Only: Carrie Morrisey at Ace Hotel New York
During the second to last weekend of our month long curation of Ace Hotel New York’s Artists-in-Residence, the Flatiron destination hosted Carrie Morrissey, founder of New York based jewelry design...
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Masked Marvelous on October 27, 2016
Tickets are available now for the Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party on October 27, 2016, hosted by BD Wong. Purchase tickets before August 12 to take advantage of a $25 early bird discount. For more...
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How it Works: Shopping at MFTA
Are you a teacher? An artist? Work with a museum, dance troupe or theater company? These are just a few examples of members who use Materials for the Arts donations to support creativity in New York...
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