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Watercolor Painting: Color Mixing Basics

92nd Street Y

In this class we will learn about color theory and color mixing thought the medium of watercolor. Using only four tubes of paint will be able to mix a full palate of colors and match any hue. We will also learn about the properties of color like value, intensity, and temperature and how to utilize them to create a sense of light and space. Click below for the supply list: Supply List

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Plein Air Painting on the Road to Tarascon

92nd Street Y

Follow along from start to finish a landscape, still life, or portrait painting by Zach Seeger, who along with demonstration, provides notes and tips on painting, strategies of setup, and a list of artists to reference in a corresponding PDF. This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. For supply list, CLICK HERE

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Real Russian Cuisine: Beyond Borscht and Potatoes

92nd Street Y

Author Darra Goldstein—whose new book is Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore—takes a lively look at Russian cuisine through recipes and literature. In times of austerity Russians have discovered not only how to survive but how to turn basic ingredients into tasty meals. During this quarantine period, we can learn from their food practices and see how a limited availability of foods can yield delicious dishes characterized by exhilarating...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Perspective Practice

92nd Street Y

Three lessons that demystify basic one and two-point perspective and help students develop a working knowledge of perspective basics. Projects will include a. drawing a box/grouping of boxes using perspective; b. drawing a pile of books/desk; and c. chair, desk or corner of room. Students can use a variety of materials from the most basic (pen or pencil and pad) to markers, watercolor etc., even collage. The assignments will be adaptable to...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Philosophy in Hard Times: Conversations with John Kaag

92nd Street Y

What will the future hold? How can philosophy help us in times of crisis? Where can we find meaning at this unusual moment? How do we become the best version of ourselves? The typical answers to these perennial but ever-pressing questions don't seem to measure up today. We are left unmoored, alone, quarantined in what David Foster Wallace once called out "tiny skull sized kingdoms." This series of conversations is meant to provide some escape and...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Guitar Crash Course (Intermediate)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Join teaching artist, Andrew Hartman, and take your guitar playing to the next level in this fun and supportive virtual group class! To join this class students should be comfortable playing songs with standard open chords (A, Ami, C, D, E, Emi, and G). Students should be able to play move between these chords with relative ease. Students should also be familiar with rhythmic values, whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes as well as some basic...

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
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$165

4 sessions

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Guitar Crash Course (Advanced)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Join teaching artist, Andrew Hartman, and take your guitar playing to the next level in this fun and supportive virtual group class! To join this class students should be comfortable with all open chords and common barre chord shapes (E, Emi, A, Ami). Students should be able to play at least one major scale pattern and 1 minor pentatonic pattern. Students should also be familiar with note values, including triplets and 16th notes, as well as various...

(1061) Advanced 18 and older
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$160

4 sessions

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Great Short Novels

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Delve into some of the best short novels of the 20th century. Spend the first weeks of summer delving into some of the best short novels. 

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$120

4 sessions

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Learning to Draw in Perspective

92nd Street Y

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 list:...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Art History Discussion Group: Politics and Art

92nd Street Y

Art History Discussion Group: Politics and Art in the 20th Century Whether artists use protest art to move the public or create personal art as a statement about the individual, all art is in some sense political. This online art history class will start with the art of the Weimar Republic, with artists such as Otto Dix, George Grosz and Kathe Kollwitz. We will discuss power relationships in Francisco Goya’s work in Spain under French rule....

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Great Figures in Jewish History

92nd Street Y

“There are no people more difficult to understand than the Jews.”—Elias Canetti The modern world produced challenges, dangers, and opportunities for the Jewish People. A tiny spec in the world’s population, they produced individuals who changed both the Jewish world and the world itself. This six-session course will examine the lives of some of the most complex and extraordinary of these figures. Trudy Gold will dive into their biographies,...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Comics & the Graphic Novel

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover how to create a strong, compelling storyline, how to create characters, illustrate body language and facial expression, and how to match words and pictures. Working in small groups to enable each student to receive individual attention, we’ll cover basic drawing and storytelling techniques, and will reference a broad range of comic book styles. There will be a demo of all materials and an expanded list available in the first day of class....

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$350

6 sessions

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Classical Music in Six 20th-Century Composers

92nd Street Y

This course will explore the history and culture of the 20th century in Europe and the Americas through the lens of six of that century’s most influential and consequential classical composers: Gustav Mahler, Edward Elgar, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Carlos Chavez and Dimitri Shostakovich. Through lectures and discussion, participants in the course will engage significant repertoire and the character and consequences of 20th century musical...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Conceptual Illustration

92nd Street Y

Create striking visuals that illuminate their subject matter in a clever way. By combining thematic brainstorming exercises, discussions on semiotics, and iconic rendering techniques, students will develop a working process they can use repeatedly to create conceptual illustrations. Supply list:  Paper  Pencil  Eraser  Pen  Ruler  OR: digital drawing setup Note: This program is taking place remotely. If you...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Art in Focus: Pattern & Design

92nd Street Y

Classes focus on using pattern and design to explore dynamics of composition, movement, and color. Specific projects include:  using pattern scarfs as a subject clustering cups and dishes with various designs creating a collage of text and image fragments that create a pathway through pictorial space.  Students can use a variety of materials from the most basic (pen or pencil and pad) to markers, watercolor etc., even collage. The...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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A History of Spying in America

92nd Street Y

Whether we know it or not, intelligence has been an integral part of American national security since before the country’s founding. It is impossible to fully understand the broad objectives, priorities, approaches, and limits to American policy without first understanding the role and limitations of intelligence. In this course, Dr. Vince Houghton, Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, will take you on a historical...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Petals and Posies

92nd Street Y

This class will use readily available materials and tools to create flowers out of aluminum cans that can be singular or grouped to form a “Posy” (small bouquet) or wreath. We will be referencing historic iron working patterns to learn different ways of planning and constructing flowers out of metal. Together we’ll also look at examples of folk art to inspire ways of making art with limited tools and supplies. Tools and Supplies needed: ...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Charms and Crowns

92nd Street Y

Using materials and tools we all have at home and borrowing from the spirit of folk art, we will be doing hands on projects inspired by embossed Milagros and Greek/Roman Laurel leaf crowns. Each student will be able to make several charms depending on complexity, and one crown or small wreath. Tools and supplies needed:  7-10 aluminum soft drink cans Ruler Scissors Sharpie Ball point pen Something to make holes - Nail, thumbtack, awl...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Advanced Practice Online: Drawing and Works on Paper

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. ____________________ Develop your personal art-making vocabulary and artistic goals through tailored instruction. Artists will strengthen their composition, conceptual and technical painting skills through individual projects and discussions guided by each artist’s independent goals. Supply list:  12” x...

(1061) Advanced 18 and older
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$115

3 sessions

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Design and Concept Development

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Group exercises and class discussions will be based on your individual interests and aesthetics to develop designs and ideas for your own jewelry pieces: start with brainstorming, then hone in on ideas, generate variations and creative approaches, then make a step-by-step plan to make each design). Class will include examples and discussions of different design elements implemented in a wide variety of jewelry pieces, sources for inspiration and...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$115

3 sessions

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