MfCA | Museum For Contemporary Artists | Wappingers Falls

Explore 10 years of MfCA history.

Headwear

Ice Sculpture

Art Thou

Stone Seating

Sculpture

Headwear

Ice Sculpture

Art Thou

Stone Seating

MfCA is comprised of 20 locations and sites focused on artists working with intention, context, and scale to address issues of importance within themselves and in our communities. Our Collection consists of over 600 artworks focused on addressing safety, sustainability, access, empowerment, opportunity, and community revitalization.

Locations / Sites

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Elmhurst Sculpture Garden Location

59-59 92nd Street
Queens, NY
Artist: Jack Henry

MfCA Manhattan Location

790 Riverside Dr New York, NY

63rd Drive Site: Alderton-Booth Street

63rd Drive
Queens, NY
Photo: Richard West

MfCA Wappingers Falls Location

71 Robinson Lane
Wappingers Falls, NY
Artist: Evil E

MfCA Barryville Location

385 Van Tuyl Road, Barryville, NY
Artists: Daria Dorosh + John Tomlinson
Photo: Andre Smits

Queens College Campus Site: 6 Afro Combs

65-30 Kisses Blvd
Queens, NY
Photo: Richard West

PS 99 + 3 other Site Locations

82-37 Kew Gardens Rd
Queens, NY
Photo: Richard West

PS113
78-23 87th St, Glendale, NY

PS/IS 87
67-54 80th St, Middle Village, NY

Kew Gardens Commission

Austin Street / Union Tpke
Kew Gardens, NY

Robinson Wood Sculpture Garden: Sentinel 2

27 Robinson Lane
Lagrange, NY

New Haven Overpass Site

Artizan Street
New Haven, CT

Alderton Garden Site

Woodhaven Blvd. / 86th St. Rego Park, NY
Photo Richard West

Marymount Manhattan College Site: Shape & Curve

221 East 71st St, New York, NY

The Underpass Commissions

Queens, NY

66-77 Fleet St
Rego Park, NY

60-74 Woodhaven Blvd
Rego Park, NY

7307 51st Ave
Elmhurst, NY

6890 Yellowstone Blvd
Forest Hills, NY

Our Programming

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Artists Residency

Exploring outdoors through hands on creating and reimagining with Daria Dorosh at MFCA on the Delaware River

Tiny House Builds

Programming that builds on women who build workshops in which RPGA Studio and women build tiny house studios

Women Who Build Workshops

RPGA Studio works with women to learn to use saws, drills, and other tools to empower ourselves

Forest Bathing Workshop

Forest Bathing has been shown to increase healthy immune cells.

Observation & Conversation

Learning about birds and human behavior through observation

Paper making on a pond

Paper making with spirogyra and our water vessel to learn about micro plastics, e-coli, and more

Bird Feeder/bath Workshops

Hands-on workshop to create bird baths

Mud Play

Let’s play in the mud and create objects that are sustainable and functional

Be The Museum@Forest Park: Stick Desk

A collaboration with commissioned artists to create sculptures, movement, and music in natural spaces.

Featured Exhibitions

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Woodhaven Underpass: It's All Connected

Woodhaven Blvd. and Elliot Ave., Queens, NY

Hear with Burdock-oluars

Hearing in nature

MfCA Barryville Location:

385 Van Tuyl Road, Barryville, NY
(Artists Daria Dorosh + John Tomlinson)
Photo Credit Andre Smits

School Fence Project

Working with community students and artists, currently 3 school fences exhibit work from various artists.

MfCA Wappingers Falls Location

Now exhibiting work from earth.

Featured Performances

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Algorithm Bias

Playing at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

Playing For The Horses

Playing at Forest Park, Queens, NY
Artist: Randy Naraine

Art Thou

Playing at Museum for Contemporary Artists, Wappingers Falls, NY

Fairy Dwelling

Playing at Forest Park, Queens, NY
Artist: Felicita Chipak

How To Guides

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How To Create A Dwelling

How To Create A Bird Feeder

How To Create A Bird Bath

How To Play

Artist Frameworks

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Be The Museum Framework

A framework that redefines a museum

Artist Open Call Framework

A framework that reconsiders how open calls are done

Thank You to Our Funders

This museum and its programs are supported in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and NYC Department of Small Business Services.