Join us for an evening of movement-based storytelling with artists Ambika Raina and Katrina Reid. Ambika and Katrina invite you to create your own performance art piece with reusable materials from MFTA.

Join us for an exciting evening of quilting. Working with unique, reused pieces of fabric, participants will be invited to create their very own quilt blocks. As one of  NYC’s premier fiber and needle arts organizations, Harlem Needle Arts presents this Third Thursday workshop as part of MFTA’s Black Future(s) Month celebration weaving together traditional African-American… Read More »Quilting Workshop – MFTA Third Thursday

Come to Materials for the Arts to learn how to grow plants in unique places, and learn how to build aquaponics systems with reusable materials...

Join us for the gallery opening for Contemporary Reuse, a yearly exhibition which brings together the work of current and impactful artists who celebrate reusable materials in their art practice. On display are a wide variety of explorations into reuse in art.

Learn unique ways to create percussion instruments and build them yourself with reusable materials from Materials for the Arts...