Creative Aging

Explore your creative potential at the Library! Join us for free workshops.

The New York Public Library is delighted to offer Creative Aging workshops for adults 50 and older this spring season.

Come discover a new art medium or deepen your skills in a practice you’ve explored before! Program topics include acting, knitting and crochet, writing, drawing, painting, and more!

See the calendar below for locations and details on our workshops. Creative Aging programs are available at branches throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island.

Each class runs for 5-8 consecutive sessions. Attendance at all sessions is recommended. Most programs require preregistration. If you are interested in registering for a program, please visit the branch location page at nypl.org/locations or call the branch directly. For more details about individual programs, scroll to the calendar at the bottom of the page. Join us at a location below!

Staten Island Branch Programs

  Great Kills Library  - 'Painting Italy' with Kathy Fieramosca   

• April Registration
• May Registration

West New Brighton - 'Painting Italy' with Kathy Fieramosca 

• April Registration
• May Registration

Bronx Branch Programs 

Baychester Library - Indian Dancewith Sloka Iyengar

• March Registration
• April Registration

High Bridge Library - Self-Portrait Painting with Whit Harris

• March Registration
• April Registration
• May Registration

Mosholu Library - Mixed Media Art Classes Inspired by James Baldwin with Blanka Amezkua

• March Registration
• April Registration
• May Registration

Mott Haven Library - Crochet with Ruth Marshall

• March Registration
• April Registration
• May Registration

Riverdale Library - Crochet with Ruth Marshall

• March Registration 
• April Registration
• May Registration

Throg's Neck Library - Crochet with Ruth Marshall

• March Registration
• April Registration
• May Registration

Tremont Library - Songwriting with New York City Center

• April Registration
• May Registration

Manhattan Branch Programs

96th Street Library - "Acting for the Fun of It" with Frank Ingrasciotta

• April Registration
• May Registration

Andrew Heiskell Library -  Playwriting 101  with Nefeli Soteriou

• March Registration
• April Registration
• May Registration

Battery Park City Library - Printmaking with Fan Kong

• April Registration
• May Registration

Columbus Library - Easy Tapestry Weaving with Jessica Lagunas

• March Registration 
•  April Registration
•  May Registration

Hudson Park Library - Storytelling through Dance  with New York City Center

• April Registration
• May Registration

Webster Library -  Memoir Writing with Frank Ingrasciotta

• April Registration
• May Registration

Yorkville Library -  Artist Book Making with Georgina Arroyo

• April Registration
• May Registration

For the full calendar please see here.

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