About
Material Institute is where art and ecology are practiced as one
We are a cultural institution and learning community exploring the interconnection of art and the natural world by making and experimenting with sound, soil, and textiles. We understand ourselves as material, including our voices, bodies, and movement.
Within our programs, staff, teachers, students, and collaborators learn and create side by side. We invite global artists and thinkers to expand our perspectives and deepen our process. As a multicultural institution, we center emerging Black artists from New Orleans while welcoming people of all experience and background.
By modeling new ways of working and being, we contribute to transformation within our community and the wider world.
We are a private operating foundation 501(c)(3) supported by Museum of Old and New Art, an ambitious and experimental museum in Australia, and a sister organization to Material Institute Tasmania.
