New sessions of Arts & Crafts are slated to begin in the next few weeks. Pastels, watercolors, and mixed media courses provide expert instruction to support your creativity.

Moshgan Rezania will offer a new session of Vibrant Strokes of Pastel Drawing (Course 13683) on Friday mornings. Follow in the footsteps of impressionist and post-impressionist masters such as Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to embrace the expressive qualities of pastels.

On Tuesdays, Maxine Nodel will return for Painting Landscapes and Still Lifes with Soft Pastels (Course 13449) as well as Landscape Painting with Oil Pastels (Course 13673). Sessions include live demonstrations, independent art-making, personalized support, and end-of-session art shares.

Anne Johann is back for Painting the Landscape with Watercolors (Course 13671) on Tuesdays. Starting with quick drawings to determine composition and value, explore themes such as seashore, vistas, trees, and more using watercolors. Johann will also teach a new session of Watercolor Painting (Course 13672) on Thursdays, where students learn a range of watercolor techniques including basic, variegated, and graded washes.

Amanda Wilson introduces students to Express Yourself Through Collage (Course 13818) on Tuesdays. Discover this creative media without any fixed rules or limitations. Learn new techniques (stenciling, rubbing, creating your own decorative paper) to explore color, texture, and shape.

All of these courses begin the week of January 11, 2026. Register today to work on your masterpiece of tomorrow.

Week of January 4, 2026

Art Appreciation

• Artistic Rivalry: Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro (13588)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• iPhone Beyond the Basics I (13767)

Fitness and Dance

• Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength, and Abs (13746)
• Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Tuesday afternoon online: 13747; Thursday morning online: 13749; Thursday morning in person: 13750)
• Body Sculpting (Thursday morning in person: 13748; Thursday afternoon online: 13751)
• Postural Therapy Movement (13778)
• Mat Pilates (13700)
• Total Body Workout with Bands (13752)

Hobbies and Edutainment

• iPhone Photography: Beyond the Basics (13771)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Devils (1872), the Hopeful and the Wicked (13678)
• Book Discussion: Heart of a Stranger (2025) by Angela Buchdahl (Friday morning in person: 13788* please note change in venue; Friday afternoon online: 13787)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Studio Museum in Harlem (13777)

Week of January 11, 2026

Art Appreciation

• Women Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot (13811)

Arts & Crafts

• Express Yourself Through Collage (13818)
• Landscape Painting with Oil Pastels (13673)
• Painting Landscapes and Still Lifes with Soft Pastels (13674)
• Painting the Landscape with Watercolors (13671)* please note change in venue
• Watercolor Painting (13672)
• Vibrant Strokes of Pastel Drawing (13683)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• Introduction to AI and ChatGPT (Wednesday morning: 13704; Thursday evening: 13705)

Current Events and Politics

• Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (Tuesday mornings in person: 13679; Wednesday mornings online: 13731;Thursday mornings online: 13732)
• Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality (13728)
• Warfare’s Role in American Society (13834)* JUST ADDED

Fitness and Dance

• Mat Pilates (13699)
• Walk 15® (Monday mornings online: 13697; Tuesday mornings in person: 13698)
• Essential Yoga (13695)
• Gentle Yoga (13696)
• Movement to Music (Tuesday mornings in person: 13754; Tuesday mornings online: 13755; Thursday mornings online: 13757; Friday mornings in person: 13756)
• Conditioning for Racket Sports (13753)
• Introduction to Chair Yoga (13772)

Games

• Advanced Beginner Bridge (13825)
• Bridge: Supervised Play (Monday mornings: 13824; Wednesday evenings: 13823)
• Bridge: Supervised Play for Experienced Players (13826)
• Beginner Canasta (Monday mornings: 13716; Tuesday evenings: 13718; Thursday mornings: 13717)
• Canasta: Supervised Play, Tips, and Strategy (Monday mornings: 13723; Tuesday evenings: 13724; Thursday afternoons: 13722)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (Monday mornings: 13686; Wednesday mornings: 13684; Wednesday evenings: 13762; Friday mornings: 13688)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (Monday afternoons: 13691; Tuesday mornings: 13764; Wednesday afternoons: 13690)

Hobbies and Edutainment

• iPhone Photo Features (13766)

Languages

• Beginner Spanish (Wednesday mornings online: 13740; Wednesday afternoons online: 13742)
• Beginner Spanish II (13744)
• Advanced Beginner Spanish (13739)
• Intermediate Spanish (13738)
• Intermediate to Advanced Spanish (13736)
• Basic Conversational Spanish (13741)
• Conversational Spanish (13730)
• Intermediate Conversational Spanish (13735)
• Advanced Conversational Spanish (13737)
• Conversational French (13734)
• Beginner Italian (13819)
• Conversational Italian (13820)
• Intermediate German (13821)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Short Stories by Women About Women (13765)
• Book Chat with Anna Katsavos: My Friends (2025) by Fredrik Backman (13680)

Performing Arts

• Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students (13809)
• Joy of Singing (Tuesday evenings: 13807; Wednesday afternoons: 13808)
• Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners (13810)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at the Met Cloisters (13781)
• Walking Tour: Grand Central Terminal (13619)

All upcoming classes through end of March 2026 will be listed in the Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall/Winter 2025-26 Catalog. New classes and changes 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.