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, and for the first time, we're hosting Creative Aging this fall!

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, scheduled to begin in November. Creative Aging Programs are available from 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!

58th St - Memoir Writing with teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta:

• Register Here for December Dates

Allerton - "Bronx Fantastic" Drawing workshops with comic artist Ivan Velez: 

• POSTPONED - Please Stay Tuned for Rescheduled Dates  

Baychester - "Acting for the Fun of It" Theatre Workshops with teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta:  

• Register Here for December Dates  

Grand Concourse - Visual Nar rative For Older Adults art workshop with cartoonist  Medar de la Cruz:

• Register Here for December Dates

Harry Belafonte - Storytelling from Somatics: Watercolor & Dance workshop with artist Leah Yassky of Urban Stages:

• Register Here for December Dates

Jefferson Market Library - Print + Process, a printmaking and zine workshop with teaching artist Fan Kong: 

• CANCELLED

Macomb's Bridge - Visual Narrative For Older Adults art workshop with cartoonist  Medar de la Cruz:

• Register Here for December Dates

Morningside Heights  - Self-Portrait Painting with multi-disciplinary artist Whit Harris: 

• Register Here for December Dates

Morris Park - Crochet Circles:  Easy Fiber Arts Workshop with artist Ruth Marshall:

• Register Here for December Dates

Parkchester  - “Paint Your Heart Out” painting workshops with the Art Studio NY:

• Register Here for December Dates

Roosevelt Island - Discover Your Place in Nature: Drawing and Painting with Peggy Roalf:

• Register Here for December Dates

Spuyten Duyvil - “ARTOPIA” mixed-media art making workshop with comic artist Ivan Velez:

• Register Here for December Dates

Throg's Neck Library  -  "It’s All About Crochet" Easy Fiber Arts Workshop with Sandra Ramirez:

• Register Here for December Dates

Tottenville - Playback Theater + Storytelling - Community Theatre with Yibin Wang of Urban Stages:

• Register Here for December Dates

Westchester Square - “Collage Heart Out" collage workshops with Art Studio NY:

• Register Here for January Dates

Woodlawn Library - "Crochet Circles" Easy Fiber Arts Workshop with Ruth Marshall:

• Register Here for December Dates

For the full calendar please see here.

Upcoming programs: