Events

Mirror embroidery, also known as shisha or abhla bharat, is a traditional embroidery technique that incorporates small mirrors or reflective metal pieces into fabric. From the desert lands of South… Read More »Mirror Embroidery with Nikita Shah

Join Materials for the Arts for its latest Third Thursday programming featuring… 🥁🥁🥁 A burlesque workshop led by Darlinda Just Darlinda! At “Behind Burlesque: The Practice Beneath the Fabric,” attendees… Read More »Behind Burlesque: The Practice Beneath the Fabric with Darlinda Just Darlinda

Fresh off her travels to her father’s hometown in Thailand, MFTA Artist-in-Residence Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya began her residency ruminating on a single word: “ผูกพัน,” (pùuk-pan), Thai for “bind/entwine.” The meaning of pùuk-pan is explored both… Read More »Exhibition Opening: “some part of me lived here before” by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

No printer? No problem! In this two-hour workshop led by Bonnie Ralston, Third Thursday attendees will explore a variety of hand-printing methods that don’t require specialized equipment—just their imagination! Attendees… Read More »Third Thursday: Hand-Printing with Bonnie Ralston

Step right up for a night of clown-centric creation! Multi-disciplinary artist Simone Siegel will lead December's Third Thursday programming in creating a clown collar out of recycled materials pulled from… Read More »Third Thursday: Join the Clown Brigade with Simone Siegel!