classes & workshops

Expanding Voice Through Surface and Form
Aug 1
10:00 am
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6:00 pm
A two day workshop exploring wheel throwing, altering, and surface design.

Unfolding: Zines and Artists’ Books with Juliana Maurer
Aug 1
2:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Discover conceptual and physical forms ofunfolding, spinning, and expanding through zine and book-making, working withauto-ethnographic journaling, photography, or drawing.

Collage Comics with Lara Antal
Aug 2
11:00 am
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4:00 pm
Discover ways to combine collage, oftenfree-form and intuitive, with comic making, often plotted and organized, innew, surprising ways that inform one another.

Crafternoon: Relief Carving & Animal Imagery
Aug 8
1:00 pm
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4:00 pm
Crafternoons are a series of free, drop-in art workshops for families, kids, and neighbors of all ages. Each month, we’ll roll up our sleeves and dive into fun, hands-on animal creations inspired by our first major public exhibition, The Ark.

Anchoring Sight: Figure Drawing with Kiara Ocasio
Aug 9
1:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Strengthen the connection between observation and gesture in live model figure drawing, through this session led and guided by an instructor.

Art Where You Are: NYCHA Gowanus Houses
Aug 14
4:00 pm
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6:00 pm
In celebration of Powerhouse Arts’ first major public exhibition, The Ark, we invite our neighbors to join us at the NYCHA Gowanus Houses picnic area along Hoyt St. to create animal puppets! Using repurposed materials and everyday objects, participants will explore how to design and animate expressive puppets through hands-on making and play.

Morning Dew: Cyanotypes with Mickey Aloisio
Aug 15
11:00 am
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4:00 pm
Explore the rich possibilities of alternative photographic printing using organic materials such as green tea, coffee, and wine.