New Member Orientation: October 2019 (Canceled)
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThis 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 StatesJoin 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...
Masked Marvelous 2019
Celebrate with us! Enjoy local cuisine, signature cocktails, mask-making, music, dancing, entertainment, and community at this spectacular celebration of creativity.
New Member Orientation: November 2019
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThe 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...
Chancellor’s Conference Day: Creative Reuse Workshop
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesElection 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...
Music: The Sounds of Math, Science and Social Studies (Fall 2019)
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...
Dance Performance and Artmaking
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesExplore the connection between performance and design with Valerie Green/Dance Entropy. Make your own head sculpture inspired by VG/DE’s contemporary performance Utopia...
New Member Orientation: December 2019
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesThe 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...
On View at the MFTA Gallery: Loose Ends by Whitney Oldenburg
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United States
Gallery Exhibition Opening: “Loose Ends” by Whitney Oldenburg
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for the exhibition opening of Loose Ends by MFTA’s Fall 2019 Artist-in-Residence Whitney Oldenburg. At the event, enjoy a live violin performance by Whitney Biennial artist, Laura Ortman.
Make Mitten Puppets with Author Fran Quittel
The Foundry 42-38 9th Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for an evening of puppet making and storytelling with accomplished author, Fran Quittel.
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.