Events

Contemporary Reuse is an exhibit that brings together the work of current and impactful artists who celebrate reusable materials in their art practice. Sculptures made of car bumpers, fabric scraps, old puzzles, and cut-off wooden blocks, meet with collages made of shredded and ripped paper, alongside performances using metal hardware as instruments and textiles. Featuring… Read More »Contemporary Reuse

Materials for the Arts is pleased to present "Sol’Sain’t Many Kin: All Sol’Skin Is A Free Kin", a solo exhibition of mixed-media assemblage and sculptural works by artist-in-residence Sol’Sax. Retracing the lives and lessons of revered figures, Sol’Sax turns everyday objects extraordinary. Icons such as Josephine Baker, Fela Kuti and Muhammad Ali appear in the… Read More »Sol’Sain’t Many Kin: All Sol’Skin is a Free Kin

Materials for the Arts is pleased to present Concrete Jungle, a solo exhibition of mixed-media and sculptural works by artist-in-residence Annalisa Iadicicco. Breathing new life and repurposing material that would otherwise have been left to wither and age compels Annalisa Iadicicco to create her work. Through her installations and sculptures, Iadicicco speaks to social injustices… Read More »Concrete Jungle

STEAMing Forward: 2018 Summer Workshops for Educators Group Show. Each summer, MFTA offers four 36-hour courses for educators that highlight Creative Reuse across all grade levels and subject areas. Taught by Master Teacher Joy Suarez, these courses included paper architecture, fiber arts, stop-motion animation, music composition and instrument making using the project-based learning approach. Using… Read More »Steaming Forward

Since 1978, millions of items have come through the doors of Materials for the Arts to be repurposed, reused and reimagined.   A few years ago, we thought it would be exciting to highlight some of the more unusual, eclectic and downright weird items that have come our way.  This show is the culmination of that… Read More »LOST AND FOUND AT MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS 1978 – 2018

Dionis Ortiz is an interdisciplinary artist working in painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video, and installation. He employs these mediums to create a coming of age story as a Dominican New Yorker exploring masculinity, vulnerability, the supernatural, family, and religion, as well as how culture plays a role in his community and in his life. As… Read More »On View at the MFTA Gallery: Dionis Ortiz