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
West New Brighton - 'Painting Italy' with Kathy Fieramosca
Bronx Branch Programs
Baychester Library - Indian Dancewith Sloka Iyengar
High Bridge Library - Self-Portrait Painting with Whit Harris
Mosholu Library - Mixed Media Art Classes Inspired by James Baldwin with Blanka Amezkua
Mott Haven Library - Crochet with Ruth Marshall
Riverdale Library - Crochet with Ruth Marshall
Throg's Neck Library - Crochet with Ruth Marshall
Tremont Library - Songwriting with New York City Center
Manhattan Branch Programs
96th Street Library - "Acting for the Fun of It" with Frank Ingrasciotta
Andrew Heiskell Library - Playwriting 101 with Nefeli Soteriou
Battery Park City Library - Printmaking with Fan Kong
Columbus Library - Easy Tapestry Weaving with Jessica Lagunas
Hudson Park Library - Storytelling through Dance with New York City Center
Webster Library - Memoir Writing with Frank Ingrasciotta
Yorkville Library - Artist Book Making with Georgina Arroyo
For the full calendar please see here.
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