5 upcoming · 3 local studios
Hamilton Heights offers six upcoming art sessions across just two venues, split evenly between nature-based workshops at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park’s Greenhouse and Education Center and structured weekly classes at Spark Pa. The park programs—like “Art in the Garden: Drawing with Nature”—have no listed price or age range, while Spark Pa sessions run Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for ages 5–12 at a flat $20 per class. All confirmed dates and details are below; filter by age or price if you need a tighter match.
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FREEFri, Sep 11 · 3:00 PM
NYPL Hamilton Grange Library · Hamilton Heights
This event will take place in person at Hamilton Grange Library. Join us for a relaxing afternoon of coloring. Fun coloring pages will be provided, or simply get creative and color freely. All materials will be provided. Sign up for the biweekly NYPL Kids e-newsletter to get information on free children's programs, upcoming author talks, and more happening at the Library and online.
From $20Wed, Sep 16 · 5:30 PM
Spark Pa · Hamilton Heights
Wednesdays | 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM This Fall, come create with Spark Founder and Teaching Artist Sebastian Alappat on our beautiful six acre property in Kunkletown PA. Running on Wednesdays, September through December, Spark PA classes give children the opportunity to slow down, get creative, spend time outdoors, and develop their artistic skills in an environment unlike a traditional classroom. Our property becomes part of the experience. Students have access to both our indoor art studio and outdoor creative spaces, allowing lessons to move naturally between making art, exploring the land, practicing mindfulness, and connecting with the changing seasons. Every week is different. Students will explore drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, collaborative projects, and nature inspired art. Classes will also incorporate elements of yoga, breathwork, meditation, and outdoor exploration throughout the semester. Our goal is bigger than simply making great artwork. We want children to build confidence, curiosity, patience, creative problem solving skills, and a deeper relationship with themselves and the natural world. Less screens. More creating. More nature. More connection. Come create, explore, breathe, and discover what happens when children are given the space to truly Spark.
From $20Thu, Sep 17 · 11:00 AM
Spark Pa · Hamilton Heights
Thursdays | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Our extended daytime class, perfect for homeschool families and children looking for a deeper creative experience. More time allows for larger projects, outdoor exploration, and immersive art making. This Fall, come create with Spark Founder and Teaching Artist Sebastian Alappat on our beautiful six acre property in Kunkletown, PA. Running September through December, Spark PA classes give children the opportunity to slow down, get creative, spend time outdoors, and develop their artistic skills in an environment unlike a traditional classroom. Our property becomes part of the experience. Students have access to both our indoor art studio and outdoor creative spaces, allowing lessons to move naturally between making art, exploring the land, practicing mindfulness, and connecting with the changing seasons. Every week is different. Students will explore drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, collaborative projects, and nature inspired art. Classes will also incorporate elements of yoga, breathwork, meditation, and outdoor exploration throughout the semester. Our goal is bigger than simply making great artwork. We want children to build confidence, curiosity, patience, creative problem solving skills, and a deeper relationship with themselves and the natural world. Less screens. More creating. More nature. More connection. All classes are taught by Spark Founder Sebastian Alappat , bringing more than a decade of experience creating meaningful art and enrichment experiences for children. Come create, explore, breathe, and discover what happens when children are given the space to truly Spark.
artThu, Sep 17 · 5:00 PM
The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights
Harness the light! Cast rainbows! And find flow working with dried botanicals and upcycled materials With the arrival of Autumn Equninox, as the days get shorter, perserve Summer blooms that brightened your day in your own upcycled botanical lantern. Work with pressed flowers from the garden and upcycled jars to disrupt the wastestream, create something anew, and find flow. Your Facilitator: Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper is a Harlem-based visual artist, arts instructor, and author. She transforms found objects into visual art and sparks viewers’ creativity through discussion and hands-on activities. She is an arts instructor in healthcare settings wherein she uses the arts to nurture the creativity of cancer patients, their families, and staff. She also guides elder participants through arts projects at senior centers throughout the city. Find more of her work at @sistaahstudio on Instagram or on sistaah.org Join us for Art in the Garden every Thursday! Grounded in the garden, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place, our relationships to our lived environments, ecological concerns, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing, printmaking and sculptural techniques, scientific observation with plant portraiture, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden. Immerse yourself in the learning garden, greenhouse, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants. Workshops are rain or shine. When inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. Accessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths, and the entrance is through a gate with a small, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use, and while we try to cook without peanuts, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. Our closest bathrooms are a building away, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone, and because herbalism classes take place here, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
artFrom $20Sat, Sep 19 · 11:00 AM
Spark Pa · Hamilton Heights
Saturdays | 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Our Saturday class, perfect for children 10+ to learn and focus on their art skills. Build up your talents on foundational level and learn across a variey of mediums. Perfect for families of creative kids ages 10 and up looking for a deeper creative experience. More time allows for larger projects, outdoor exploration, and immersive art making. This Fall, come create with Spark Founder and Teaching Artist Sebastian Alappat on our beautiful six acre property in Kunkletown, PA. Running September through December, Spark PA classes give children the opportunity to slow down, get creative, spend time outdoors, and develop their artistic skills in an environment unlike a traditional classroom. Our property becomes part of the experience. Students have access to both our indoor art studio and outdoor creative spaces. Every week is different. Students will explore drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, collaborative projects, and nature inspired art. Our goal is bigger than simply making great artwork. We want children to build confidence, curiosity, patience, creative problem solving skills, and a deeper relationship with themselves as artists. Less screens. More creating. More connection. All classes are taught by Spark Founder Sebastian Alappat , bringing more than a decade of experience creating meaningful art and enrichment experiences for children. Come create, explore, breathe, and discover what happens when children are given the space to truly Spark.
Most art and craft classes in Hamilton Heights run for ages 18 months through 12 years. Specific age bands are listed on each class page so you can filter by what fits your child.
Prices in Hamilton Heights range from free library or museum sessions through about $60 per class for studio programs. Free events and drop-in pricing are flagged on each class card.
Most studio-run art and craft classes require advance registration through the studio's booking page. Library and city-park art programs are typically drop-in, though some popular sessions release a limited number of tickets in advance.
Most studio-run art classes include all materials in the class price. Library and museum drop-in sessions also provide supplies. We note any BYO-supply requirements on individual event pages.