Maker’s Space is a time of exploration and creativity for both emerging and established artists. Bring a project in progress or begin something new with our many provided materials! All experience levels and mediums are welcome to this space of creation and connection.

​Collage Club at RecCreate is a therapeutic two hours of cutting and pasting, letting your creativity flow while crafting the coolest found art piece.

​​Join us in the studio for an evening of vision boarding for the new year amongst new friends!!! Sift through our massive selection of vintage + modern books/magazines, stickers and craft goods to help you dream and scheme for the season ahead <3

Join writer and facilitator Julia Edelman (insta) for an evening of reflection, creativity and community.

This will be a chance to channel your intentions for the new year, and transform them into art. After being given a set of guided journaling prompts, you’ll use what you've written to inspire a new acrylic or watercolor painting.

​Reading Rhythms is a series of welcoming reading parties designed to make it easy for people to gather and read socially. We invite you to bring any book you want and facilitate silent reading periods, as well as 1-on-1 breakouts, and group discussions to pull on the threads of the books that everyone is engaging with.

For this reading party, attendees can explore Zenni through interactive, educational, and playful experiences, including:

​Learn About Zenni Q&A: Chat with Zenni team members about all things frames—from style and fit to lens options, eye health, and how to find the perfect pair.

​Book & Character Try-On Area: Step into a fun, imaginative zone where guests can try on frames inspired by iconic literary characters and book authors, creating photo-friendly moments and sparking conversations around reading and personal style.

Experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges with expert teaching artists. In this special gallery session, draw inspiration from Man Ray’s vibrant collage series Revolving Doors (1926) and create your own colorful composite exploring line, shape, color, and abstraction. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. Please note, only pencils are allowed in the galleries. Demonstrations repeat every 40 minutes. For visitors of all ages.

Have a craft or project you’ve been meaning to work on? This DIY Craft Night is an open, relaxed space to work on your own projects alongside others!

This is a laid-back, bring-your-own-project craft hang where we create side by side, share ideas, and enjoy being creative in community. No pressure, no experience required. 🤍

This evening will be about slowing down, creating intentionally, and learning from each other.

Bring a new friend or loved one and start the new year off with creativity in cardboard! In this workshop, artist Oscar Wilder will guide participants on how to create your own portraits out of cardboard.

This workshop is well-suited for all levels of artists. Scissors, glue, and a box of precut bases - you pick one. Choose from boxes of eyes, noses, ears, and lips. Then a side box full of cardboard accessories: hair, glasses, jewelry, hats. We’ll cut, glue, and craft a portrait of you, made of recycled liquor boxes collected from neighborhood stores! 

​Everyone will be paired with a partner — no one will be left alone (promise 🫶)

​Each pair will receive a list of birds that appear throughout the Met

​Your mission? Wander one designated floor of the museum and try to spot them together

​Some birds will be obvious. Some will be sneaky. Some you might think you see… and get totally wrong — and that’s part of the joy!!

This experience is about curiosity, collaboration, and play, not perfection. You don’t need to know anything about birds. You don’t need to know anything about art. You just need to show up open-hearted and ready to explore.

Postcards and letters are a tangible representation of presence, time and care. With intention, they can also be part of a creative practice that fosters connection with new friends, old friends, and even with yourself.

In this block printing workshop, we will celebrate analog correspondence and carve our favorite memories into meaningful printed art on paper to create a handmade letter writing kit.

Bring to class some of your favorite 3d memorabilia to draw inspiration from (like your everyday mug, special jewelry, or an old fridge magnet)! Instructed by Angie Hewitt.

​As the weather gets chillier, let’s get cozy and with our very own heat pad! In this workshop, we’ll make our very own reusable heat pads - let your imagination run wild because you'll be creating the heatpad in a shape of your choosing. You’ll learn the basics of hand sewing and embroidery while crafting something both beautiful and functional.

​All materials are provided, but feel free to bring your own fabric (it must be cotton) if you have something special/upcycle you’d like to use!