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Classes & Workshops
The New York Public Library offers more than 93,000 programs annually, serving everyone from toddlers to teens to seniors. Use any or all of the filters below to find a class that interests you. All classes are free unless otherwise noted.
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371 classes found.
| Date/Time | Title/Description | Location | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, November 8 @ 10 AM |
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Parkchester Library as we host teaching artist Liam Gerard from The Art Studio NY for a special program, Paint Your Heart Out! from their Release Your Creativity Series. Everyone is creative, including YOU. In the “Release Your Creativity Series”, learners will unlock their creativity while learning important techniques to create meaningful, personalized artwork to feel…
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. This program will be held in person at 58th Street Library and online. Join us for Memoir Writing! Teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta will guide participants through the art of writing over 8 sessions. Have you ever wanted to write a memoir but didn’t know where to start? In this workshop writer and educator, Frank Ingrasciotta will guide you on how to bring your life stories to the page.…
Join us for a basic painting using water colors or coloring pencils. Coloring promotes wellness, quietness, and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses, and creativity and of course is fun. Join us Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 am This event will take place in person at The Castle Hill Library All materials will be provided. No Registration required.
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Westchester Square Library as we host teaching artist Liam Gerard from The Art Studio NY for a special program, Collage Your Heart Out! from their Release Your Creativity Series. Everyone is creative, including YOU. In the “Release Your Creativity Series”, learners will unlock their creativity while learning important techniques to create meaningful, personalized artwor…
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Woodlawn Heights Library as we host Bronx-based contempory textile artist Ruth Marshall for her special program, Crochet Circles. Participants will all learn how to begin, construct and utilize crochet circles, including the 3 different ways to begin your circles, construction of a flat circle and understanding the simple math behind this shape. You will also learn how…
Looking for a chill space to work on your crafts or make a collage? Join us as we share space and make art. Collaging materials will be provided.
This event will take place in person at the City Island Library. Origami – the art of paper folding – originated in southeast Asia, and has been used for both ceremonial and recreational purposes for over 1,000 years. According to numerous experts, origami is both mentally and physically therapeutic because it “engages the mind, cultivates concentration, and develops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.” Plus, it’s fun!
This event will take place in person at Throg’s Neck Library. Join the Throg’s Neck Library Children’s staff for an educational and interactive S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) program! This program is for children grades K-5 who are curious about S.T.E.A.M. subjects and want to explore them through fun activities. Children must be accompanied by a caregiver in order to participate.
This is an in-person event. Join us every Wednesday from 3-5pm for various arts and crafts, including painting, digital art, embroidery, and more. Ages 13-17.
Let’s do as much art-making as we can in our little children’s room! Wednesdays at 3:15. Ages 3 to 12.
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
Get to know fellow crafters at Hamilton Fish Park library’s weekly craft circle! Looking for a space to make art, exchange skills, and meet fellow crafters? Join us! Bring your crocheting, knitting, embroidery, or whatever else you’re working on. Learn, share, and socialize.
Comics & Superheroes
Draw the different routes a character might take in choose-your-own adventure comic strips! Join us to explore the rules of comics and share your art with others in this hybrid comics workshop! This program is geared towards children in grades 3-7 and will be conducted on Google Hangouts Meet AND in person at 53rd St Library in the Community Room. To attend online, you must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. You may register on this page; we a…
Teen Recording Studio & Media Lab
Are you a budding musician looking to record your next hit song? Our state-of-the-art recording studio is here to help! Open Studio offers a unique opportunity for teens to come in, record their music, and receive feedback from their Youth Media Mentors! Plus, you’ll have the chance to learn about audio engineering and get a behind-the-scenes look at the recording process. In Open Studio teens are invited to record 1 song up to 3 minutes. Depending on registrants for the day, sessions ca…
STEAM
This event will take place in person at Stapleton Library. Come explore S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) with us through stories and hands on activities.
School Age (5-12 years),
Want a space to do homework or relax? Join us to chat, work on an art project, read, or just enjoy a chill space. Snacks will be provided! This event will take place in person at the Harlem library. Masks are encouraged at all NYPL locations. Learn more about our health and safety policies. Discover what the Library offers NYC teens, including TeenLIVE events, programs, book recommendations and more.
STEAM
This event will take place in-person at the Bronx Library Center. Join us for an exciting, hands-on program dedicated to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math)! For children ages 6-12 who love to create and innovate new ideas and techniques. Please Note: Masks are encouraged at all NYPL locations. No registration is required.
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library for a watercolor and dance workshop with teaching artist Leah Yassky of Urban Stages. Have you ever taken a dance class and left with an impulse to create? Or taken a walk and found the next line of a poem? Movement can clear cluttered thoughts and help us follow our core creative impulses. This class series by choreographer Leah Yassky…
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Morningside Heights Library as we host Brooklyn-based artist Whit Harris for a her special program, Self Portrait Painting. Explore your identity by making a self-portrait painting using acrylic paint on canvas. Participants will reference a mirror and seek inspiration from personal experience, other works of art, and even books borrowed from the library. By sourcing a…
This event will take place in person at the Charleston Library. Bring your creativity! Stop by and paint a ceramicsculpture of your choice! All materials provided. This program requires advanced registration, either by phone, or in person. *Registration for November art programs opens on, MONDAY, October 30th*
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. This program will be held in person at Jefferson Market Library. Join us for Print + Process! Teaching artist Fan Kong will guide participants through the art of printmaking over 6 sessions. Printing can happen anywhere and with surprising materials! Explore various printmaking methods, such as paper marbling, stamp-making, and thermal paper printing (using receipts). The instructor wil…
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. This program will be held in person at Grand Concourse Library. Join us to explore Visual Narrative For Older Adults! Teaching Artist Medar teaches a 6 sessions of a mixed media (drawing, writing, & collage) program series. Program Description: This program focuses on expanding participants’ visual skills and creativity through enjoyable challenges. It delves into the power of combi…
Online
This event is online only. Must register with a valid email address. Learn how to get started with creative coding in Processing, a sketchbook software designed to create visual art with programming. This will cover the fundamentals on how to setup, and draw to create simple sketches on the screen. You will receive an email 2 hours before the class starts with the virtual class link.
This event will take place in person at Bloomingdale Library. Create a stained glass-inspired art piece to decorate your room or illuminate your late night study sessions! All materials will be provided.
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. This program will be held in person at Macomb’s Bridge Library. Join us to explore Visual Narrative For Older Adults! Teaching Artist Medar teaches a 6 sessions of a mixed media (drawing, writing, & collage) program series. Program Description: This program focuses on expanding participants’ visual skills and creativity through enjoyable challenges. It delves into the power of combi…
This program will take place in person at the Belmont Library. Join us for an art exploration project where we get to play with color mixing, collage, shapes, and other fun crafts.
STEAM
This event will take place in person at Woodstock Library. Join us for an hour of STEAM activities! We will create and learn new science, tech, engineering, art, and math skills. Come see what we’re up to and make something unique. November 9: Origami Magic Unfold the world of paper folding and transform ordinary sheets into intricate works of art. This program is suitable for all ages and skill levels, from beginners to origami enthusiasts. Our expert instructors will lead you thr…
Poetry Programming
Join us at the Bronx Library Center to unlock the power of words and artistic thinking. Teens of all writing levels are encouraged to join. Each week there will be a theme with the hope of motivating the imagination, that will lend oneself to being a spontaneous, experimental combination of words and abstract art.
This event is in person at the Bronx Library Center. Come join our safe and friendly space where chidren will be creative with a variety of arts and crafts projects every thursday! Ages 6-12
Digital Art Join us as we create art projects digitally. Explore your creativity as we learn about graphic design. No Registration Required…
Native American Heritage
This event will take place in person at Belmont Library. Join staff at Belmont for a history lesson about the Huichol (wet-chol) Indigenous people of Mexico, their culture and art while recreating Ojos de Dios (oh-ho-day-DEE-ohs)- “god’s eyes” folk art. Discover what the Library offers NYC teens, including TeenLIVE events, programs, book recommendations and more.”
Native American Heritage
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff for art, writing, and iced tea! Teens will be able to discover their inner artist regardless of skill level and take their creations home! All supplies are provided! Iced tea will also be provided but feel free to bring your own (enclosed) teas! 11/2 Indigenous-inspired Rock Art Painting 11/9 Aboriginal-Inspired Dot Art (pastels) 11/16 Fall Leaf Bookmarks 11/23 Watercolor Free Paint 11/30 Magneti…
This event will take place in-person at the South Beach Library. In case you haven’t come across it, diamond painting is one of the fastest trending crafts out there! This relatively new art form breaks images down into patterns. Combining the concepts of mosaic art and paint-by-numbers, diamond painting uses tiny round rhinestones on adhesive to create a glittering, multi-dimensional picture. If you enjoy detail work and bling, this craft is perfect for you! This will be an ongoing social p…
Program focused on creating a painting of an autumn leaf on canvas. This typically involves using various painting techniques, such as acrylics, oils, or watercolors, to depict the intricate details and rich, warm colors associated with fall foliage. Tweens and Teens are welcome! In-Person Program.
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in the PC Lab (Room 615). Procreate is one of the world’s most popular digital drawing applications. Learn the basics of the interface and get started creating your own digital art in this hands-on class! iPads and Apple Pencils will be provided.
Self-Publishing Design Seminar With Sammy Yuen Saturday 10/14, 10/28, 11/11 @ 10 AM – 1PM Learn how to design and format your ideas into a picture or board book. This 3-week course will take you from concept to sketches, to sample spreads. Sammy Yuen is a publishing professional with over 20 years of design experience. He worked as an associate art director for Simon and Schuster from 2001-2020 and has been freelancing for the publishing industry ever since. His first bilingual book Where’s T…
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. This program will be held in person at Baychester Library. Join us for Acting for the Fun Of It! Teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta will guide participants through the art of acting over 8 sessions. Designed for anyone who wants to “take the stage” – in acting or public speaking! The art of acting is not just about being the next famous actor, but it explores life skills that everyone can…
Join us for a basic painting using water colors or coloring pencils. Coloring promotes wellness, quietness, and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses, and creativity and of course is fun. Join us Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 am This event will take place in person at The Castle Hill Library All materials will be provided. No Registration required.
Creative Aging
Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. This program will be held in person at Spuyten Duyvil Library. Join Award Winning Artist, Ivan Velez Jr. as he teaches you artmaking techniques in ARTOPIA 2023! This class uses lifetime experiences and wisdom to produce personal creative art-pieces via easy-to-use tools, techniques, crafts and media. Attendees will use multi-culturally-friendly prompts to help focus and guide their artis…
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in the Mac Lab (Room 617). Learn how to get started with creative coding in Processing, a sketchbook software designed to create visual art with programming. This will cover the fundamentals on how to setup, and draw to create simple sketches on the screen.
Hone your creative writing skills and get helpful feedback from other writers! This program series will be held in person at the Battery Park City Library. Join us for Creative Writing, a weekly writing session co-presented by the Battery Park City Authority and led by author and poet Jon Curley. Taking inspiration from life events, attendees will be encouraged to use reflection as a way to enhance their writing styles in any preferred mode. Beginners welcome! About the instructor: Jon Curle…
Kevin Oil Painting
Kevin has been posting videos since 2012 to his almost 500,000 subscribers. If you’re someone who has a brief knowledge about art and painting you can easily sharpen your skills here as Kevin takes you through different art forms such as (easy)acrylic paintings, oil painting and to event paint a scenery like mountains or barns etc.
Link to the channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/KevinOilPainting/featured
The Art Sherpa
This art tutorials channel named theartsherpa is run by Cinnamon Cooney, and she provides an insight into things that are helpful for advanced as well as beginners in the field of art and craft. The Art Sherpa channel is run by Cinnamon and involves everything, ranging from tips & tricks to everyday online art classes for beginners to intermediate level.
Link to the channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/HoneyBmama/featured
Proko
A channel which has been there since 2012, and is operated by a California based art tutorials teacher and painter Stan Prokopenko, Proko has surely become a go-to stop for art beginners as well as enthusiasts.
Stan gives insightful lessons about painting for beginners, sketching, and some informative and helpful tips. His lessons are mostly ‘do it in your own time’ sort of videos, which make it even more efficient and easy to learn.
A cherry on the top is his amazing sense of humor, which makes the lesson even more lively and fun. Do check him out.
Link to the channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV/featured
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