Creative Guides
The Pleasure of Doing Just One Thing
Read The Story
Creative Stories & Guides
Explore artist stories, creative guides, and ideas for beginning and continuing a creative practice. Discover approachable ways to learn, make, and keep creating.
Creative Guides
The Pleasure of Doing Just One Thing
Read The Story
Community Events
Creative Community Session: Choose Art or Writing — Saturday, January 23
Spend Saturday, January 23, from 2–4:30 PM in Gowanus, Brooklyn, drawing, painting, or writing, with a little guidance, plenty of room to explore, and time to meet other creative people.
Creative Guides
The Pleasure of Doing Just One Thing
Why Making Art Can Help Us Find Balance in an Increasingly Fragmented World.
Creative Guides
Make Something Together This Fall
Find a different way to spend time with the people you care about through playful, hands-on creative classes this fall.
Creative Guides
Fall, Inspired by Nature
A quick guide to hands-on classes inspired by the colors, materials, and natural forms of fall, from seasonal flowers and bonsai to woodworking, ink painting, and stained glass.
Building a Creative Life
Start Building a Creative Practice
How returning to drawing helped the author reconnect with creativity, build a regular practice, and find more room for making in everyday life.
Creative Guides
Why Learn From Artists and Makers This Fall
Learning from practicing artists and makers offers more than technique. Their creative practices and perspectives shape what they bring into the classroom and connect learners more closely to New York’s creative community.
An easier path to creativity, community, and balance.
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