Explore hands-on creative classes and workshops in NYC led by local artists, makers, writers, and studios, for beginners and experienced learners.
East Village
Create a traditional Japanese Kimekomi doll character in this hands-on craft class in NYC. Kimekomi is a Japanese craft that uses silk and fabric to decorate a prepared wooden form, one piece at a time. In this workshop, you’ll learn how fabric is placed and carefully tucked into...
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East Village
Join a Japanese tea ceremony class in NYC and experience chanoyu, the traditional Japanese practice of preparing and sharing matcha. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll be introduced to the quiet rhythm, gestures, and etiquette of Japanese tea ceremony. Through a simple bowl of tea, you’ll learn how chanoyu...
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Bushwick
This bud vase flower workshop in NYC is a relaxed, monthly open studio where you build a small arrangement from five seasonal stems and take home a finished bud vase. No floral experience is necessary, and it only takes about twenty minutes to put together, the rest of...
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East Village
Learn to make a felt fascinator in NYC at this one-day workshop held in a working hat studio in the East Village. You'll turn felt offcuts and old hats into a percher, a small sculptural cocktail hat that sits on top of the head rather than covering it....
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Sunset Park
This knife making class in NYC teaches you to grind, shape, and harden your own custom chef knife from a single steel bar, right in a professional workshop in Industry City, Brooklyn. No knife making experience is needed. Your instructor walks you through safety instruction before any hands-on...
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Gowanus
Join a small creative writing workshop in Gowanus, Brooklyn, where fiction and nonfiction writers share up to ten pages and receive constructive group feedback. This collaborative workshop welcomes writers at different stages to develop new work, sharpen their craft, and build a sustainable creative practice. Participants share pages,...
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Get ready to create unforgettable Halloween sculptures with a friend or loved one. This class is offered to 2 people attending together. Ignite your creativity and bring home unique masterpieces that will outlast any pumpkin. Join us for the most memorable Halloween experience yet. You will learn to...
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East Village
Join a two-part felt hat making workshop in NYC and create your own wearable hat in a working millinery studio. In this hands-on class led by Julia Knox, you’ll learn how a classic felt hat is blocked, shaped, finished, and trimmed. Choose from styles such as a fedora,...
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