Materials For The Arts
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Materials for the Arts, NYC helps artists realize their visions, provides students with a richer educational experience, and furnishes businesses with a simple and efficient way to enhance the cultural life of their city while promoting environmental awareness and reuse.

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Week of 7/12 MFTA MEMBER AREA OFFLINE FOR UPDATE

Until further notice, users will be unable to schedule appointments, submit donation request or access the member area of www.mfta.org in any other way.

If you need to make an appointment or would like to make a donation, please call the office at 718-729-3001

We appreciate your patience while we make this transition.



"Materials for the Arts is a successful and very exceptional program of great
benefit to the non-profit artistic community."

Ted Minos
Producing Artistic Director, Moose Hall Theatre Company


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SECTION 2: Creative Infusion: Art + Reuse in the Classroom

August 2, 2010, 9:30 am - August 6, 2010, 4:30 pm

Creative Infusion (for K-12 educators) consists of hands-on, art making workshops and focuses on incorporating arts into established curriculum by cr...

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SECTION 2: Raw Fibers: the Art of Fabric

August 9, 2010, 9:30 am - August 13, 2010, 4:30 pm

This studio class will take a single product, fabric, and work out the historical, economic, scientific, social and mathematical properties that are ...

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August 10, 2010, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm



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