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“As a teacher, it is difficult for me to find time to shop during normal business hours. Thanks to your sponsorship of evening shopping, I was able to obtain bags full of items which will be used for many exciting projects that I could not otherwise engage with my students; examples include papier mache characters, dioramas, and scrap material sculptures”

Matt Peebles, Art Teacher
Explore Charter School, Flatbush

 

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Summer 2009: Creative Infusion, Art & Reuse in the Classroom
Welcome Orientation

Creative Infusion: Art & Reuse in the Classroom, SECTION 1

July 6, 2009, 10:00 am - July 10, 2009, 4:30 pm

Creative Infusion (for K-12 educators) consists of hands-on, art making workshops and focuses on incorporat...

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Creative Infusion: Art & Reuse in the Classroom, SECTION 2

July 13, 2009, 10:00 am - July 17, 2009, 4:30 pm

Creative Infusion (for K-12 educators) consists of hands-on, art making workshops and focuses on incorpo...

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Creative Infusion: Art & Reuse in the Classroom, SECTION 3

July 20, 2009, 10:00 am - July 24, 2009, 4:30 pm

Creative Infusion (for K-12 educators) consists of hands-on, art making workshops and focuses on incorpo...

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The Society of Illustrators - President's Dinner and Hall of Fame Presentation

The Society of Illustrators, a MFTA recipient, held its President's Dinner and Hall of Fame Presentation on June 25th, 2009.   Anelle Miller, Director of the Society, came to the MFTA warehou...
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Goldman Sachs 2009 Community TeamWork

On Friday, June 19th Goldman Sachs and its Community TeamWorks 2009 brought a small, determined group of employees to Materials for the Arts.  This was the second time we hosted a group from Go...
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WNYC visits Materials for the Arts

  The first sentence could not have been crafted better " Everyone loves free stuff, but in a recession free has even more allure" WNYC was given the full MFTA experience when report...
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