Materials for the Arts
by admin on June 23, 2011
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2 MFTA Warehouse in Long Island.
3 So many wooden beads!
4 Boxes filled with shoes
5 Oversized boxing gloves
6 I’d love to know where these pink sheep came from!
7 I love this old raffle machine.
8 Zippers (donated by Marc Jacobs!)
9 Carpet donated by Saturday Night Live.
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11 Artwork from the Recycle Education Program
12 Our donation bin in the Craft Room.
The craft room is certainly brimming with supplies, but if some of you are ever curious about what we do with supplies we don’t need, I thought I would share with you a wonderful program called Materials for the Arts. Founded in 1978, MFTA supplies literally thousands of New York public schools, community art and cultural organizations with a range of supplies. They take unwanted or excess materials from companies (like us!) and individuals who no longer have a use for them and turn them into valuable supplies for people that do.
One of my favorite parts about MFTA is their Reuse Education Center – a program held at the company’s Warehouse which focuses on the process of making art with readily available or recycled materials (something we know a thing or two about here!)
We have a big bin in the Craft Room where we pile materials en route to MFTA – it seems to fill up every time it’s emptied. If you have excess supplies in your craft room at home, it’s really easy to donate. Join the club!
Images courtesy of MFTA.
The Crafts Dept.
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Materials for the Arts
by admin on June 23, 2011
1
2 MFTA Warehouse in Long Island.
3 So many wooden beads!
4 Boxes filled with shoes
5 Oversized boxing gloves
6 I’d love to know where these pink sheep came from!
7 I love this old raffle machine.
8 Zippers (donated by Marc Jacobs!)
9 Carpet donated by Saturday Night Live.
10
11 Artwork from the Recycle Education Program
12 Our donation bin in the Craft Room.
The craft room is certainly brimming with supplies, but if some of you are ever curious about what we do with supplies we don’t need, I thought I would share with you a wonderful program called Materials for the Arts. Founded in 1978, MFTA supplies literally thousands of New York public schools, community art and cultural organizations with a range of supplies. They take unwanted or excess materials from companies (like us!) and individuals who no longer have a use for them and turn them into valuable supplies for people that do.
One of my favorite parts about MFTA is their Reuse Education Center – a program held at the company’s Warehouse which focuses on the process of making art with readily available or recycled materials (something we know a thing or two about here!)
We have a big bin in the Craft Room where we pile materials en route to MFTA – it seems to fill up every time it’s emptied. If you have excess supplies in your craft room at home, it’s really easy to donate. Join the club!
Images courtesy of MFTA.
The Crafts Dept.
Tagged as:
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Materials
Materials for the Arts
by admin on June 23, 2011
1
2 MFTA Warehouse in Long Island.
3 So many wooden beads!
4 Boxes filled with shoes
5 Oversized boxing gloves
6 I’d love to know where these pink sheep came from!
7 I love this old raffle machine.
8 Zippers (donated by Marc Jacobs!)
9 Carpet donated by Saturday Night Live.
10
11 Artwork from the Recycle Education Program
12 Our donation bin in the Craft Room.
The craft room is certainly brimming with supplies, but if some of you are ever curious about what we do with supplies we don’t need, I thought I would share with you a wonderful program called Materials for the Arts. Founded in 1978, MFTA supplies literally thousands of New York public schools, community art and cultural organizations with a range of supplies. They take unwanted or excess materials from companies (like us!) and individuals who no longer have a use for them and turn them into valuable supplies for people that do.
One of my favorite parts about MFTA is their Reuse Education Center – a program held at the company’s Warehouse which focuses on the process of making art with readily available or recycled materials (something we know a thing or two about here!)
We have a big bin in the Craft Room where we pile materials en route to MFTA – it seems to fill up every time it’s emptied. If you have excess supplies in your craft room at home, it’s really easy to donate. Join the club!
Images courtesy of MFTA.
The Crafts Dept.
