Props, Costumes and Set Design for Oral Presentations across the Curriculum (Spring 2020)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThis course is designed to enhance oral presentations in the classroom through the use of project based learning to create props, costumes and set designs made from reusable materials. Through guided art instruction, participants create hands-on art projects that integrate differentiated instruction into various learning modalities and multiple subject areas, providing critical thinking skills to enhancing rigor in the classroom.
Knotted Works with Whitney Oldenburg
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us to create knotted works of art with Whitney Oldenburg, MFTA’s Fall 2019 Artist-in-Residence.
Postponed – Contemporary Reuse 2020 – Exhibition Opening & Artmaking Night
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for the exhibition opening of "Contemporary Reuse 2020." This year's exhibition will feature the unique works of six artists: Cecile Chong, Lars Fisk, Howard Lerner, Tijay Mohammed, Carolina Piñafiel, and Jason Rohlf, who reuse materials in a various ways.
PAPER MAKER- STEAM Across Curriculum Designing and Constructing with Paper (Spring 2020)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesSOLD OUT TO NEW PARTICIPANTS. If you have already registered for this course at ASPDP, then please enter the correct password to pay for your MFTA Registration Fee.
Virtual Gallery Exhibition Opening – “Contemporary Reuse 2020”
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesMFTA invites you for a virtual guided tour of "Contemporary Reuse 2020" and an interactive online Q&A discussion with participating artists.
Virtual Talk: Art, Architecture & Sustainability
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for a conversation with the Artistic Director of Phish and Sculptor Lars Fisk, and Architect and Designer of the September 11 Memorial Michael Arad.
Artist Talk with Tijay Mohammed
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us online for a live conversation with MFTA Spring 2020 Artist-in-Residence, Tijay Mohammed as he shares how heritage, culture, women, and community shape his practice.
Creative Infusion: Art and Reuse in the Classroom (Summer 2020)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesCreative Infusion is an introduction to a wide range of ideas, techniques and methods used for integrating art made with reusable and recycled materials across the curriculum...
Music; the Sounds of Math, Science, and Social Studies (Summer 2020)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThis course is designed for teachers to integrate music into the classroom through fun and simple techniques, learning basic concepts found in music while designing a series of hands-on indigenous inspired instruments made from reusable materials to experiment on and compose rhythms with...
Race, Art & Identity: A Conversation with Shaun Leonardo
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us online for a live conversation with NYC artist Shaun Leonardo. In his work, Leonardo explores systemic oppression and police violence against black and brown boys and men.
Project Based Learning; Making Books, Games and Props to Animate for Multi Media Presentations (Summer 2020)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThis course is designed for teachers who are interested in offering their students a deeper investigation of project based learning by using reusable materials...
From Posters to Podcasts: Social Activism from the 20th Century to Today (Summer 2020)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThis course takes place at MFTA and at the NY Historical Society. The purpose of this course is to build teacher content knowledge around 20th and 21st century social activism and explore how current activism can be informed by activism of the past through hands-on art-making and STEAM integration...