92nd Street Y
Classes in Brooklyn
92nd Street Y is a prestigious cultural and community center that brings people together through art, entertainment, and conversation. With a wide range of classes and programs, as well as top-notch events and concerts, it offers something for everyone, regardless of age or interest.
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Copperplate Calligraphy
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Practice this classic style used for formal invitations and addressing that has never been more popular. Learn the basics of lettering with the pointed pen, as well as modern variations. Required Materials: These supplies are available online at John Neal booksellers https://www.johnnealbooks.com/ Paper and Ink Arts, https://www.paperinkarts.com/ or at Amazon or Blick https://www.dickblick.com Note: If you are unable to get all the supplies, markers...
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Drawing for Painters
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In this class, students will learn a range of approaches and strategies to create drawings customized specifically to help their painting. Students will create a tone drawing translating color to value, a trompe l’oeil drawing from a collage, and a shaped contour drawing that address complimentary colors through a schematic. Supply list: 4B Pencil, other values optional White plastic eraser Kneaded eraser Pad of drawing...
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Drawing with Graphite and Color
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Learn how to draw what you see with graphite and other color media. Examine different artists’ approaches to a given topic while developing keen observational skills. Through discussions, lectures, and demonstrations you’ll discover creative responses to specific visual projects in this online course. Supply list: Pencils Erasers Sketch paper Optional: Charcoal Pastels Colored...
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Learning to Draw Perspective
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Watch online demonstrations of how to observe and render interiors (like your apartment!) in perspective. Start your own drawings at home and get personal online interactive coaching to improve your work and get answers to your perspective questions. If the students are comfortable with sharing, drawings and critique of each student’s work will be shared with the whole class to cover a broad range of perspective topics and challenges. Supply...
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Critique Group for Visual Artists
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Visual Artists Discussion Group: Group Critique & Career Development Need feedback on your artwork? Get constructive critiques with peers and with Instructor Melissa Staiger on your independent projects. We will also find out about upcoming art opportunities to show your work and best practices to launch into being an independent artist. All mediums and styles welcome. Programs taking place online: An access link will be emailed...
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Mastering Spring Blossoms in Watercolor (Int/Adv)
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Revel in spring colors as you explore varied approaches to composing and painting spring flowers in watercolor, from wet-on-wet techniques, to dry brush and layered methods. An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.
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Painting for Absolute Beginners
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Explore the sumptuous, magical medium of paint. Learn the basics of how to mix colors, set up a palette, and paint what you see. Working from direct observation and photographs, you’ll learn to create depth and luminosity as you explore the use of textures and different surfaces. All levels; no experience necessary. For the Supply List please CLICK HERE
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Shakespeare with Leo Schaff: Twelfth Night
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Join charismatic actor and teacher Leo Schaff as he breathes life into Shakespeare’s words, acting out portions of the play and offering illuminating insights into the Bard’s language, plot lines, historical context and eternal relevance, all with a generous sense of humor. “If music be the food of love…” The jewel of festive comedy. Cross-gartered, storm-tossed, disguised, beguiled. Feste, Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, the malevolently...
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Intermediate Theory
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Topics include: triads in major and minor keys key transposition seventh chords modal and pentatonic scales song form, periodic phrasing and cadences secondary dominants rhythm and ear-training. Required course materials The text book (including homework and answer sheets) is available in 2 formats: Digital Download via PDF's: $15 Bound physical copy: $25 For digital PDF, please reach out to [email protected]...
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Reading Boccaccio’s the Decameron with Joseph Luzzi
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“It is human to have compassion for the suffering.” So begins Giovanni Boccaccio’s extraordinary classic, the Decameron, a collection of one hundred short stories written in 1353, just five years after the Great Plague of 1348 that claimed millions of lives throughout Europe and more than half of the population of Boccaccio’s hometown, Florence. Boccaccio’s work has long been celebrated for its bawdy humor and open consideration of...
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Advanced Poetry with Nathalie Handal
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In this advanced poetry workshop, writers will generate and critique new, original poems as well as develop current works-in-progress through readings, feedback and re-drafting. This workshop will help writers sharpen their writing skills and expand the imaginative boundaries in their work. Discussions will include how to assemble and submit a poetry collection and on the publishing and literary scene. Manuscript submission required: Applications...
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Group Ukulele (Intermediate)
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This class is a continuation of our Yes, Uke Can! beginner ukulele class. To be successful in this intermediate class, students should be able to quickly tune their ukulele, have a firm grasp of the basic chords C, Am, F, G and G7; and be comfortable reading and understanding basic tablature. Students must bring their own Ukulele. An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.
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Showing Up: A Poetry Intensive with Emily Skillings
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In this uncertain and unsettling time, finding groundedness inside practice is both rewarding and necessary for us as writers. Instead of following the traditional feedback-based workshop model in which poems are written outside of class, this 3-week generative course will focus on creating a rigorous space for the practice of poetry. Each 2-hour session will begin with a mini craft lecture or guided close reading, followed by a series of structured...
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Advanced Poetry with Alex Dimitrov
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In this poetry workshop we will fuse the personal with the surreal and unconscious. We will experiment with various forms, rituals, and techniques to bring forth narratives we’ve always wanted to tell and those we didn’t even know were there. The space of the poem will be treated as an opportunity for chance and the new.
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Intro to Podcasting
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Are podcasts getting you through the pandemic? Have you been dreaming of starting your own podcast, but don’t have the slightest idea where to start? Have you opened GarageBand and been terrified by how many digital knobs there were? Have you listened to WTF and wondered “could that be me??” Now is the perfect time to develop and launch your ideas! Luckily, these days it doesn’t cost much or even take all that much effort to get your show...
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Drawing and Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
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This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. Create beautiful drawings and paintings from the comfort of your own home! Learn new techniques and discover the work of master artists through lectures, demonstrations and lively class discussions. Develop your observational drawing and painting skills though group and individual assignments and feedback. Supply list: ...
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Beatrice Coron: The Art of Cut Paper
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Learn from internationally renowned artist Beatrice Coron whose work can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Walker Art Center and The Getty. Using historical traditions, we will take an exciting approach to papercutting as visual storytelling. Learning basic principles of designing with full and empty shapes, each student will create paper cuttings in black and white as well as colorful collage. During this intensive class of serious...
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Timothy Hampton: Deconstructing Bob Dylan
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In 2016 Bob Dylan became the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, placing him in the company of writers including John Steinbeck, Pablo Neruda and Toni Morrison. Timothy Hampton, professor of literature at UC Berkeley and author of the new book Bob Dylan: How the Songs Work, joins us for a class exploring the poetry, politics, and musical fabric of Dylan’s songs. From the landmark protest songs of the 1960s (“Blowin’...
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Twisted Wire Rings, Bangles and Hoops
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Learn to twist wire to form beautiful patterns to create rings, bracelets, or hoop earrings. Forming, hammering, fitting, and finishing are covered in this fast-paced and fun mechanical twisting process. Required materials: 4-8 foot-long lengths of brass in assorted shapes eg:rectangular, half-round, square, round (1-2 of each)(sterling silver may be used for 2 pieces). 3 feet of sterling silver round wire 14 gauge 6 feet of rich low, copper...
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Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color
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This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. Josef Albers’s famous color course is brought to life by Albers Foundation educator Fritz Horstman. Working directly from Albers’s teaching notes from the Bauhaus, Black...
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Reviews of 92nd Street Y
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Drawing for Beginners
I love this class. Learning a lot about drawing. -
Watercolors for Absolute Beginners
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Drawing for Beginners
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Colored Pencils for Beginners
Erin is lovely!! Really encouraging of expression in all its forms. It was such a great way to feel comfortable with coloured pencils. -
Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
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Drawing with Pastel
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Getting Started with Oil Painting
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Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
This watercolor class was a revelation—beautifully structured, thoughtfully paced, and led by an inspiring instructor, Allison, who made even the most complex techniques feel within reach. As someone who had never touched watercolor before, I left my first year not only confident but with a piece accepted into an art show—proof of just how transformative and empowering this class truly is. -
Precious Metal Clay II
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Twisted Wire Jewelry
This class involves one project, a lovely twisted wire ring, although if you're quicker or more skilled (I'm just kind of intermediate), you may have time for an extra piece. It was challenging, but I learned a lot and was pretty proud of what I accomplished. It will be even more exciting when the new jewelery labs at 92nd Street Y open with new equipment! -
Mosaic Art Crash Course
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Collage Then and Now
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Figure and Portrait Drawing Combined
Susan is an EXCEPTIONAL teacher! I learned so much and had so much fun! HIGHEST recommendation! -
Getting Started with Oil Painting
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Drawing with Pastel
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Drawing for Beginners
Bernado is amazing. I learned so many new things and had a blast drawing and learning from him. Would definitely recommend and take again. -
Beginner Jewelry Projects
Michelle was great as were the other classmates -
Multiple Approaches to Enameling (Intermediate/Advanced)
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Multiple Approaches to Enameling (Intermediate/Advanced)
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Collage Then and Now
