Crafternoons: Crafting a Miniature Museum

You’re already a member. Thank you for your support! You’re already a member. Thank you for your support! You’re already a member. Thank you for your support! Text goes here that starts the relationship with the donor. Thank you for your interest in joining the President’s Guild. Your inquiry has been received, and a member of the Powerhouse Arts team will be in touch shortly with next steps. As a President’s Guild supporter, you help shape the future of contemporary art in Brooklyn: expanding access, deepening community engagement, and sustaining the artists who define our cultural landscape. We look forward to connecting with you personally. Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form. Make a contribution in any amount that feels meaningful to you. Your support directly strengthens Powerhouse Arts’ mission—advancing artist production, expanding public programs, and sustaining a creative community where art and craft thrive. Every gift makes a difference. This fall, we’re opening our doors for Crafternoons, a series of free, drop-in art workshops for families, kids, and neighbors of all ages. Inspired by the immersive virtual reality exhibition Masterpieces: A Virtual Experience of the Museo del Prado, in this session we’ll paint and sculpt small-scale artworks to fill our museum diorama. Every workshop is a chance to play, imagine, and create together with new materials. Whether you’re a seasoned maker or just curious to try something new, Crafternoons offers a welcoming space to connect, create, and engage with artwork featured in the exhibition. All Crafternoons will happen in the Lobby. Registration not required. DJ and community builder April Hunt brings her Mixtape series to Powerhouse Arts for Delighted, an evening of music, conversation, performance, and spectacle. Along with a DJ set by Hunt, the evening features Wardell Milan, Teedra Moses, and DJ Saint James Joy. Explore the rich possibilities of cyanotypes,as well as alternative photographic printing using organic materials such asgreen tea, coffee, and wine. This 3 week class at MGC Community Print Studio will introduce students to all the skills needed to screen print cards and stationery. Step-by-step instruction, demonstration, and guidance will result in a limited edition on paper. Class goal: 20 1-color cards or equivalent self-directed project. Strengthen the connection between observation and gesture in live model figure drawing, through this session led and supported by an instructor. Gilding for printmakers is a custom designed intensive weekend workshop for experienced printmakers who want to use genuine gold and silver leaf in the printing process. The class will focus on two phases: pre-printing and post printing. We will use genuine leaf, metal leaf mica, and metallic powders. In two sessions, experiment with the traditional art of marbling and then create expressive collages using the marbled designs. Presented in dialogue with Masterpieces: A Virtual Experience of the Museo del Prado, the Staff Art Show will showcase a range of artistic practices while exploring the broader ecosystem of influence within the arts. Each participating artist will identify an artwork from art history that has shaped their practice, revealing networks of inspiration that connect artists across generations and offering a glimpse into the creative lives of the people who make Powerhouse Arts run. Taking a software-agnostic* point of view, useboth subscription-based and open-source digital tools to create expressivecollage, patterns, texture and graphic language. With support from Stained Glass Studio founders Bryane and Jenny Fleming, attendees will learn the fundamentals of stained glass techniques while creating their own glass artwork inspired by the masterpieces featured in Masterpieces: A Virtual Experience of the Museo del Prado. Explore various mosaic techniques through hands-on making and create an individual artwork. As part of our Open House New York and Gowanus Open Studios programming, the 2026 Artist Subsidy recipients Bahar Behbahani and Coral Saucedo Lomeli join Powerhouse Arts fabricators Brenna Board and Biata Roytburd to discuss the possibilities and challenges of making site-specific work at scale. As part of our Open House New York and Gowanus Open Studios programming, the 2025–2026 Artist Subsidy recipients Emerita Baik and Rose Malenfant come together with Powerhouse Arts fabricators DW Zinnser and Lisa D. Archigian to share more about their creative practices and experiences working with PHA’s Printshop and the MGC Community Print Studio. Move beyond traditional flat collage andexperiment with the layering of mixed media materials at the intersection ofpainting and sculpture. Inspired by the immersive virtual reality exhibition Masterpieces: A Virtual Experience of the Museo del Prado, we’ll design puppets inspired by Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. Part of our series of free, drop-in art