Dozens of Arts & Crafts classes adorn the fall/winter catalog with as many as eighteen different courses starting the week after Labor Day.

Upcoming drawing classes abound, with openings in Expressive Motion of Charcoal Drawing (13453), Portrait Drawing (13461), Zen Design Doodling (13450), and Storytelling by Drawing (13464). Refine your skills using specific drawing tools in Colored Pencils from A-Z (13451), Introduction to Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing (13463), and Vibrant Strokes of Pastel Drawing (13452). Combination drawing and painting courses include Drawing and Acrylic Painting (13460) and Drawing and Painting Open Studio (13454).

If watercolor is your preference, choose from Introduction to Watercolor Painting (13462) or Watercolor Painting (Tuesday afternoons: 13440; Thursday mornings: 13495; Thursday afternoons: 13439). Or try using several different paint mediums in

Painting the Landscape (13496).

Push the boundaries in Express Yourself Through Collage (13459). Combine storytelling with origami in Storygami (Monday morning: 13620; Thursday morning: 13621). Create a useful and pretty storage unit in A Tisket, a Tasket, Learn to Make a 2/2 Twill Weave Basket (13466). Grab your needles and yarn for Knitting for All Levels (Tuesday evenings: 13436); Wednesday mornings: 13437) or Advanced Beginner Knitting (13438).

The courses mentioned above all begin the week of September 7, 2025, with many more starting later in the term.

Register today to receive personalized instruction from world-class artists.

Week of August 24, 2025

No classes will begin this week. Fall classes commence after Labor Day with staggered start dates throughout the term.

Week of August 31, 2025

Literature, Film, and Television

• Henry James’s The Princess Casamassima (1886) (13442)
• Legacy of Toni Morrison Intensive Workshop (13512)
• HBO’s Gilded Age — Fact and Fiction (13567)

Week of September 7, 2025

Special Events

• Author Visit: Harry Agress, Jr., Next Years Best Years (2025) (13514)

Architecture/History and Culture

• Ballparks, Baseball, and the American City (13629)

Art Appreciation

• Artistic Rivalry: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo (13578)

Arts & Crafts

• Expressive Motion of Charcoal Drawing (13453)
• Introduction to Watercolor Painting (13462)
• Storygami (Monday morning: 13620; Thursday morning: 13621)
• Drawing and Acrylic Painting (13460)
• Painting the Landscape (13496)
• Watercolor Painting (Tuesday afternoons: 13440; Thursday mornings: 13495; Thursday afternoons: 13439)
• Express Yourself Through Collage (13459)
• Knitting for All Levels (Tuesday evenings: 13436); Wednesday mornings: 13437)
• A Tisket, a Tasket, Learn to Make a 2/2 Twill Weave Basket (13466)
• Portrait Drawing (13461)
• Zen Design Doodling (13450)
• Colored Pencils from A-Z (13451)
• Introduction to Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing (13463)
• Storytelling by Drawing (13464)
• Drawing and Painting Open Studio (13454)
• Advanced Beginner Knitting (13438)
• Vibrant Strokes of Pastel Drawing (13452)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• Introduction to AI and ChatGPT (Monday morning: 13542; Wednesday evening: 13548)

Current Events and Politics

• Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (Tuesday morning: 13524; Wednesday morning: 13610; Thursday morning: 13606)

Financial and Retirement Planning

• Medicare Demystified (13538)

Fitness and Dance

• Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength, and Abs (13443)
• Walk 15® (Monday mornings online: 13470; Tuesday mornings in person: 13469)
• Mat Pilates (Monday mornings: 13615; Friday mornings: 13616)
• Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Tuesday afternoons: 13447); Thursday mornings: 13448)
• Movement to Music (Tuesday mornings in person: 13497; Tuesday mornings online: 13498; Thursday mornings online: 13500; Friday mornings in person: 13499)
• Essential Yoga (13556)
• Gentle Yoga (13557)
• Postural Therapy Movement (13501)
• Body Sculpting (Thursday mornings in person: 13446; Thursday afternoons online: 13445)
• Total Body Workout with Bands (13444)

Games

• Beginner Canasta (Monday afternoons: 13483; Tuesday evenings: 13491;
• Beginner Canasta (Thursday mornings: 13484; Thursday evenings: 13505)
• Canasta: Supervised Play (Monday mornings: 13489; Tuesday evenings: 13493; Thursday afternoons: 13487)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (Monday mornings: 13473; Wednesday mornings: 13477; Wednesday evenings: 13503; Friday mornings: 13481)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (Monday afternoons: 13478; Wednesday afternoons: 13475)

History and Culture

• Cuban Missile Crisis: How JFK Saved Our Country and the World (13612)

Hobbies and Edutainment

• Introduction to Digital Photography (Tuesday mornings: 13531; Thursday evenings: 13571)
• Introduction to iPhone Photography (13467)
• Create Photo Books with Canva, Shutterfly, or Mixbook (13554)

Home and Garden

• Style a Beautiful Table for Your Holiday Celebrations (Wednesday morning: 13536; Thursday evening: 13560)

Languages

• Beginner Spanish (13600)
• Beginner to Advanced Beginner Spanish (13599)
• Advanced Beginner Spanish (13605)
• Intermediate Spanish (13604)
• Intermediate to Advanced Spanish (13602)
• Intermediate Conversational Spanish (13603)
• Advanced Conversational Spanish (13624)
• Conversational French (13601)
• Intermediate German (13628)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Short Stories Admired by Other Authors (13472)
• Shakespeare's Tyrants (13458)
• Book Discussion: A Marriage at Sea (2025) by Sophie Elmhirst (13533)

Music Appreciation

• Beyond Beethoven: A Thousand Years of Music (13434)

Walking Tours

• Culinary Walking Tour: Arthur Avenue (13594)
• Culinary Walking Tour: Multi-Ethnic Cuisine of Astoria (13593)
• Walking Tour: Rashid Johnson and Faith Ringgold at the Guggenheim Museum (13430)

Writing

• Finding Your Voice through Memoir Writing (13608)

All upcoming classes through end of August will be listed in the Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall/Winter 2025 Catalog (link coming soon!). New classes are added in real time.

Class times are for the Eastern Time Zone. Please check regularly for additional options to keep you engaged and learning, whether from the comforts of home or through our expansive number of in-person options.