Materials for the Arts (MFTA) provides NYC arts nonprofits, public schools, and city agencies with access to free materials. We strive to keep valuable materials from entering the landfill and put these materials into the hands of arts professionals, educators, and students across the five boroughs. We give unwanted items the opportunity to become something new through Creative Reuse, inspired education, and unlimited imagination. Better than new; it’s renewed.

The City of New York funds infrastructural and operational costs for MFTA, and it falls upon Friends of Materials for the Arts (FOMA), MFTA’s non-profit partner, to support other initiatives to reach a broader audience through our Education Center, which reaches thousands of people by hosting our Artists-in-Residence program, Designer-in-Residence Program, Gallery program, Third Thursday program, Professional Development program and Field Trip/In-School Residency programs.

"Between the Aisles" was filmed, edited, and produced by Perla Joe Maalouly.