Events

Virtual Talk: Art, Architecture & Sustainability

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

Join 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.

Free

Artist Talk with Tijay Mohammed

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

Join 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.

Free

Creative Infusion: Art and Reuse in the Classroom (Summer 2020)

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

Creative 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...

$240.00

Music; the Sounds of Math, Science, and Social Studies (Summer 2020)

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

This 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...

$240.00

Race, Art & Identity: A Conversation with Shaun Leonardo

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

Join 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.

Free

From Posters to Podcasts: Social Activism from the 20th Century to Today (Summer 2020)

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

This 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...

$240.00

Reused Shop Rags – A Conversation with Jason Rohlf

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

As we think about ways to make art from objects around our own homes, MFTA invites you for a conversation with artist Jason Rohlf.

Free

Guided Exhibition Tour: Phase 2: See something, Say something

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

Join us off Thursday, September 17 for the virtual opening of the exhibition "Phase 2: See something, Say something" by MFTA Artist-in-Residence Tijay Mohammed.

Free

SVA Art and Activism: Nourishing Conscious Communities

The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States

Join us on Friday, September 25 at 12pm for SVA's Art & Activism symposium, which is dedicated to exploring the relationship between environmental and social injustices and how our talents and voices can organize to nourish conscious communities.