More than two dozen in-person arts & crafts classes appear in the fall lineup this year, all led by talented, artistic teachers. As many as eight different courses start the week after Labor Day with daytime and evening options to suit everyone's interests and schedules.

Drawing classes offer opportunities to master portraits, still life, landscapes, animals, nature, and colorful patterns and designs. Improve your techniques using watercolor, acrylic, or oil-based paints.

Pastels is now offered on two different days of the week. Create an image using different layers and shapes of colored paper. Indulge your creative impulses with a variety of collage classes and other types of projects such as creating greeting cards or mandalas, paper quilling, Bargello, knitting, and weaving.

Arts & Crafts instructors returning to the classroom this fall are Bonnie Cotnoir, Jacqueline Davis, Hope Friedland, Edward Grigg, Robin Ingram, Anne Johann, Dana Matsushita, Maggie O'Keefe, Katy Romita, and Amanda Wilson. Joining SAS for the first time are Jo Jayson, Stephanie Lieberman Paley, and Maxine Nodel.

Choose from our many many options and prepare to start your next masterpiece in September!

Week of September 1, 2024

Fitness and Dance

• Postural Therapy Movement (12821)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Greenwich Village, West of Fifth Avenue (12860)* NEW SECTION JUST ADDED
• Walking Tour: European Wing at the Met (12674)
• Walking Tour: Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. at the Met (12745)

Week of September 8, 2024

Arts & Crafts

• Drawing and Acrylic Painting (12677)
• Express Yourself Through Collage (12678)
• Watercolor Painting (Tuesday afternoons: 12685; Thursday mornings: 12684; Thursday afternoons: 12691)
• Introduction to Classical Oil Painting (12682)
• Create Handmade Greeting Cards (12850)
• Introduction to Graphite Pencil Drawing (12683)
• Paper Quilling (12693)
• Painting with Brilliant Colored Paper (12697)

Current Events and Politics

• Myths and Facts about the Deglobalizing World Economy (12749)
• Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (Tuesdays in person: 12793; Wednesdays online: 12791; Thursdays online: 12792)
• Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality (12794)

Fitness and Dance

• Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength, and Abs (12705)
• Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Mondays in person: 12706; Tuesdays online: 12699; Thursdays in person: 12700; Thursdays online: 12701)
• Walk 15® (12773)
• Movement to Music (Tuesdays in person: 12813; Tuesdays online: 12815; Thursdays online: 12814; Fridays in person: 12812)
• Gentle Yoga (12835)
• Essential Yoga (12836)
• Body Sculpting (Thursday mornings in person: 12703); Thursday afternoons online: 12704)
• Total Body Workout with Bands (12702)
• Ballroom Dancing: Salsa and Bachata (12837)

Games

• Beginner Bridge (Tuesday evenings: 12766)
• Advanced Beginner Bridge (12768)
• Bridge: Supervised Play (Monday mornings: 12867; Tuesday afternoons: 12770; Wednesday evenings: 12868)
• Beginner Canasta (Tuesday evenings: 12718; Wednesday mornings: 12717)
• Canasta: Supervised Play (Tuesday evenings: 12723; Wednesday afternoons: 12721)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (Monday afternoons: 12758; Wednesday mornings: 12759)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (Monday mornings: 12763; Wednesday afternoons: 12762)

Health and Wellness

• Ecstatic Dance for the New Moon (12871)

History and Culture

• France's Influence in America: Art (12804)

Languages

• Beginner Spanish (Wednesday afternoons in person: 12865; Friday mornings online: 12803)
• Advanced Beginner Spanish (12866)
• Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Spanish (12797)
• Intermediate to Advanced Spanish (12798)
• Advanced Spanish (12799)
• Conversational Spanish (12863)
• Intermediate to Advanced Conversational Spanish (12874)
• Advanced Conversational Spanish (12800)
• Conversational French (12801)
• Conversational Italian (12802)
• Beginner Portuguese (12861)
• Intermediate German (Tuesday mornings: 12781; Tuesday afternoons: 12778)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Celebrated Canadian Short Stories (12779)
• Swimming Lessons: Swimming and Aquatics in Popular Culture, Literature, and Life (Wednesdays online: 12843; Thursdays in person: 12713)
• Book Discussion: The Rainbow (1915) by D.H. Lawrence, a Modernist Family Saga (12775)

Music Appreciation

• Music of the Fifties (12751)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea (12753)
• Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea (12878)* NEW SECTION JUST ADDED
• Culinary Walking Tour: Multi-Ethnic Cuisine of Astoria (12726)
• Walking Tour: Greenpoint Art Excursion, North Brooklyn Renaissance (12754)

Writing

• Finding Your Voice through Memoir Writing (12848)

All upcoming classes are listed in the Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall/Winter 2024-25 Catalog. New classes 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.