Between the Aisles: Celebrating a Year at NYC’s Premier Creative Reuse Center

You are formally invited to “Between the Aisles,” a celebration of Materials for the Arts (MFTA)! Join us on Thursday, March 20th from 6:30 to 8:30pm at The Shed’s Tisch Skylights for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and roaming artist performances. The evening will conclude with a retrospective short film highlighting our organization’s strides in furthering our mission last year. 

Since 1978, MFTA has championed the creative reuse movement in our city’s ever-evolving landscape. For nearly 50 years, MFTA has diverted much needed materials from landfill and placed them in the hands of New Yorkers —teachers, artists, change makers— across the city. MFTA’s nonprofit partner Friends of Materials for the Arts (FOMA) exists to support and strengthen MFTA’s Education Center and its robust: year-round workshops, free monthly programming, student field trips, in–school residencies, a high school repair program, a public art gallery space, an Artist-in-Residence and Designer-in-Residence program, an internship program, and an active volunteer program.

As New Yorkers’ needs grow, so does the need for our services. With an increasing demand for our programs, we invite you to consider becoming a sponsor for this event. Your sponsorship will help our education department provide more field trips for students, more professional development workshops for teachers, and support MFTA’s groundbreaking work as we continue to grow into the future.  

Creative Reuse Champion at $20,000+
Recognition as the lead sponsor on all promotional material and website
Prominent signage for a year in a gallery or classroom space at MFTA
Private meet and greet cocktail hour with MFTA Artist in Residence prior to gallery opening
Creative Reuse Art making activity led by MFTA teaching artist for up to 40 people
Four-time use of the warehouse for team-building workshops or meetings
12 tickets to event

Philanthropist-in-Residence at $15,000
Recognition of sponsorship on all promotional material and website
Creative Reuse Art making activity led by MFTA teaching artist for up to 40 people
Two-time use of the warehouse for team-building workshops or meetings
10 tickets to event

Patron at $10,000
Recognition of sponsorship on all promotional material and website
Two time use of the warehouse for team-building workshops or meetings
8 tickets to event

Sponsor at $5,000
Recognition of sponsorship on all promotional material and website
One time use of the warehouse for team-building workshops or meetings
6 tickets to event

Supporter at $2,500
Recognition of sponsorship on website
4 tickets to event

Friend at $1,000
Recognition of sponsorship on website
2 tickets to event