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:
Allerton - "Bronx Fantastic" Drawing workshops with comic artist Ivan Velez:
Baychester - "Acting for the Fun of It" Theatre Workshops with teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta:
Grand Concourse - Visual Nar rative For Older Adults art workshop with cartoonist Medar de la Cruz:
Harry Belafonte - Storytelling from Somatics: Watercolor & Dance workshop with artist Leah Yassky of Urban Stages:
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:
Morningside Heights - Self-Portrait Painting with multi-disciplinary artist Whit Harris:
Morris Park - Crochet Circles: Easy Fiber Arts Workshop with artist Ruth Marshall:
Parkchester - “Paint Your Heart Out” painting workshops with the Art Studio NY:
Roosevelt Island - Discover Your Place in Nature: Drawing and Painting with Peggy Roalf:
Spuyten Duyvil - “ARTOPIA” mixed-media art making workshop with comic artist Ivan Velez:
Throg's Neck Library - "It’s All About Crochet" Easy Fiber Arts Workshop with Sandra Ramirez:
Tottenville - Playback Theater + Storytelling - Community Theatre with Yibin Wang of Urban Stages:
Westchester Square - “Collage Heart Out" collage workshops with Art Studio NY:
Woodlawn Library - "Crochet Circles" Easy Fiber Arts Workshop with Ruth Marshall:
For the full calendar please see here.
Upcoming programs:
Creative Aging - "Artopia" Visual Culture in the Bronx with Ivan Velez
Discover Your Place in Nature: "Drawing and Painting from Mannahatta" at Roosevelt Island Library
It's all about Crochet with Teaching Artist Sandra Ramirez at Throg's Neck Library
Care Through Stories: Playback Theatre and Storytelling at Tottenville Library
Creative Aging Drawing Class: the Bronx Fantastic at Allerton Library
Release Your Creativity Series: Paint Your Heart Out! with The Art Studio NY at Parkchester Library
Release Your Creativity Series: Collage Your Heart Out! with The Art Studio NY at Westchester Square Library
Crochet Circles with Bronx Artist Ruth Marshall at Woodlawn Heights Library
Storytelling & Somatics: Watercolor and Dance Workshop with Leah Yassky (Urban Stages)
Self Portrait Painting with Brooklyn-Based Artist Whit Harris at Morningside Heights Library
Print + Process: Printmaking Workshop at Jefferson Market Library
Canceled
It's all about Crochet with Teaching Artist Sandra Ramirez at Throg's Neck Library
Crochet Circles with Bronx Artist Ruth Marshall at Morris Park Library
Postponed
Creative Aging: Visual Narrative For Older Adults at Macomb's Bridge Library
Creative Aging: Visual Narrative For Older Adults at Grand Concourse Library
Creative Aging - "Artopia" Visual Culture in the Bronx with Ivan Velez
Care Through Stories: Playback Theatre and Storytelling at Tottenville Library
Creative Aging Drawing Class: the Bronx Fantastic at Allerton Library
Release Your Creativity Series: Paint Your Heart Out! with The Art Studio NY at Parkchester Library
Release Your Creativity Series: Collage Your Heart Out! with The Art Studio NY at Westchester Square Library
Self Portrait Painting with Brooklyn-Based Artist Whit Harris at Morningside Heights Library
Print + Process: Printmaking Workshop at Jefferson Market Library
Canceled