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Lunar Astronomy Circle

We’re hosting another Lunar Astronomy Circle aster our Community Garden Day. This is a family friendly event. Bring your kids and yourself if you want to cultivate a more intentional relationship with the moon 🌖🌗🌑 Arts & crafts and snacks provided. Hosted…

Ravel Study Group

The New Orleans Ravel Study Group meets the first Friday of each month at Material Institute to talk about music and orchestration beginning with Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloe” suites. Knowing that most composers spend an unhealthy amount of time isolated…

Gumbo Showcase

Join us for our Gumbo Showcase, an afternoon of gumbo, live music, market, and crafts. Live Music by Chloé Marie and DJ O spinning rare grooves, reggae, and jazz Gumbo Cook OffDIY Body ScrubsCrafty CraftsIndigo Dye LabFashion and Artists Market Sat Dec 2nd1–5pm2120…

Community Fashion Workshops

Learn beading and embellishment with Marwan Pleasant. Learn on scrap fabrics or bring an item to embellish (i.e. hats, patches, jackets). Learn how to make a hoodie from scratch with Marwan. Participants will need to bring three yards of fabric (sourced from anywhere).…

Material Sounds Vol. 6

𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 – Hotel St Vincent welcomes Material Institute for an ongoing live music residency Upcoming Performers Include: fake coffee club | Lo-fi Rock, Shoegaze, Dream PopLucia Honey | Dark Wave Noise Diva RSVP for Complimentary Access Sat Nov 11th7pm…

Offers & Needs Market

Come offer your skills and services, learn about time banking, and share resources without currency. The Offers & Needs Market is a two-hour guided process where people meet to identify and exchange passions, knowledge, skills, resources, opportunities, and needs. From…

Beading and Embellishment Workshops

Learn beading and embellishment with Marwan Pleasant. Learn on scrap fabrics or bring an item to embellish (i.e. hats, patches, jackets). Marwan Pleasant was born and reared in New Orleans. Under the tutelage of his grandfather, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, he’s been a…

Studio Bootcamp

We’re thrilled to invite all songwriters and producers to a Studio Bootcamp with Teeko, a prolific producer, beatmaker, and musician.  During this immersive studio experience, small groups will work with Teeko to refine existing works and create new ones! Teeko…

Camp Registration

Summer Camp Button

We regularly host seasonal Camps for children ages 5–15.  Youth work in the garden and learn about sustainable gardening, Louisiana ecology, healthy cooking techniques, and a variety of ways to express their creativity! Snacks and lunch will be provided each day. …

Hispanic Heritage Month / Mes de la Hispanidad

Español sigue EN We’re hosting a series of events for Hispanic Heritage Month with Puentes New Orleans a non-profit dedicated to building bridges between Latin American immigrants and the broader New Orleans community, providing resources and opportunities to move forward. These four…