Events

New Member Orientation: September 2019

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

The Welcome Orientation on Monday, September 9, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm at Materials for the Arts is for newly accepted organizations and new staff members of already registered...

Free

Gallery Exhibit Opening: “Unknown Numbers” & Artmaking

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

Join us for the exhibition opening of "Unknown Numbers" by Roberto Visani. Visani will be showing new sculptures, photographs, and drawings created during his Spring residency at Materials for the Arts. Inspired by traditional African figurative sculpture...

Free

On View at the MFTA Gallery: Unknown Numbers

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

Materials for the Arts is pleased to present Unknown Numbers by MFTA Artist-in-Residence, Roberto Visani.

Creative Infusion: Art and Reuse in the Classroom (Fall 2019)

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

This course teaches teachers curriculum integration by giving them an understanding of Creative Reuse art techniques that they can use to teach literacy, math, science and social studies.

$240.00

New Member Orientation: October 2019 (Canceled)

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

This event has been canceled. Please visit see our November orientation scheduled for Monday, November 4.

Make Masked Marvelous Decorations with Shelton Lindsay

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

Join us to make decorations with the extraordinary artist, designer, and performer, Shelton Lindsay. This year, Lindsay is the designer and curator of our annual fundraiser, Masked Marvelous...

Free

Masked Marvelous 2019

Celebrate with us! Enjoy local cuisine, signature cocktails, mask-making, music, dancing, entertainment, and community at this spectacular celebration of creativity.

$100.00 – $125.00

New Member Orientation: November 2019

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

The Welcome Orientation on Monday, November, 4 from 12:00 – 1:00pm at Materials for the Arts is for newly accepted organizations and new staff members of already registered...

Free

Chancellor’s Conference Day: Creative Reuse Workshop

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

Election Day/Chancellor's Conference Day for Staff Development at Materials for the Arts. Learn to create percussion instruments using found objects from our warehouse. Immerse yourself in global rhythms while learning how to integrate them into your classroom curriculum...

$49.00

Music: The Sounds of Math, Science and Social Studies (Fall 2019)

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...

$240.00

Dance Performance and Artmaking

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

Explore the connection between performance and design with Valerie Green/Dance Entropy. Make your own head sculpture inspired by VG/DE’s contemporary performance Utopia...

Free

New Member Orientation: December 2019

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

The Welcome Orientation on Monday, December 2, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm at Materials for the Arts is for newly accepted organizations and new staff members of already registered...

Free