American Museum of Natural History: Un-Highlights Tour

This is a course designed to teach basic concepts and techniques to create an oil painting. In the first half of the Summer Session, we will have an overview of materials necessary to create an oil painting, the various methods of prepping your canvas, color theory and composition. At the start of the July Session, we will visit a local museum for...

Try your hand at this historic stringed instrument! This small guitar is made with a wooden cigar box as the resonator. In just one day you can build your own working cigar box guitar. Materials fee to be paid directly to the school on the start of the class.

Learn the fundamentals of Drawing and Painting  with Charcoal and Pastel (in a private class) Often people who want to begin to learn to draw and paint are intimidated large art classes. For that, a private class with an exceptional teacher such as Raphael-Raúl is the solution. You will receive individual attention and learn...

Join us for a timely discussion about the current state of the immigrant rights movement in NYC and how New York's immigrant communities are faring 20 years after the creation of ICE, or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This panel will explore how immigrant rights activists continue to grapple with post-9/11 immigration policies, including...

For Earth Day we will be holding a special 3 hour class where students will build their own bat house and learn about the importance of bats to our ecosystem. The first half hour will be a fun educational information session all about bats! Following the presentation, students will assemble their bat house with the assistance of our woodworking instructor,...

Come learn the incredibly satisfying craft of green wood spoon carving. Starting with locally sourced logs, we will evaluate what makes good ‘spoon wood,’ where it comes from, and how to split a blank from a larger piece. Spoon carving is a great way to learn about wood technology—the structure of wood, how it wants to be cut, and the characteristics...

A major early 20th-century painter, whose work is now exhibited in museums across the globe, Wifredo Lam created his own style by fusing Surrealism and Cubism with the spirit and forms of the Caribbean. Learn about Wifredo Lam’s inspiration and paint your own self-portraits, integrating Lam’s style and symbols with your own personal life and...

The EO Morning Class is a general English language course taught in small classes which allows our expert teachers to provide individual feedback and advice on how to improve and further develop language skills. The lessons take place in the morning at indoor & outdoor locations throughout the city, and focus on learning through real-life communication...

This workshop will include the materials and supplies to create a small cheese cutting board and a larger charcuterie board or cutting board made of different species of wood. This will be a two day workshop in which the first day will be picking out your wood, designing your pattern, squaring up the pieces and gluing them overnight. The next day...

Prerequisite: This 2-day course is designed for students who took Introduction to Square Rule Timber Framing. Participants will learn and assist in the construction of a square rule, post-and-beam timber frame structure on the HRMM campus. The group will assemble previously cut mortise and tenon joints and join the structural frames and add girts,...

Join us for a special screening of the documentary Make Me Famous (Brian Vincent, 2021). The film tells the story of the Lower East Side art movement through an unknown artist, putting creativity itself centerstage. Set during what was arguably the last great art explosion in American history, Make Me Famous explores the life and work of painter Edward...

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, join us for a screening of Americanish (Iman Zawahry, 2021). The film, set in Jackson Heights, Queens follows two sisters and their newly-immigrated cousin as they navigate the consistent and sometimes conflicting demands of romance, culture, work, and family. Serving both as a lighthearted reimagination of and critical...

If you are interested in joining a morning group English class and would like some individual, specialized attention from an instructor in the afternoon, this is the course for you. The Combined English Course for adults in New York consists of the morning EO Morning Class; in addition to individual lessons focusing on the student’s areas of weakness...

Join us for this 1-day class to create a wooden picture frame. Students will make their own piece using natural pine wood, then mat and mount their personal photographs or artwork in their frame. Students will practice their woodworking skills and learn techniques including spline joinery.  This is an intermediate level course with use of some...

Join us for a world premiere of a song cycle about a little-known locus of New York history: 64 East 7th Street performed by Theo Bleckmann (Vocals), Alicia Olatuja (Vocals), Dan Tepfer (Piano), and a chamber-jazz ensemble. The site was at the heart of eight dramatic moments in the life of the city, from the Slocum disaster through the Beat era to...

This 2-day course is designed for students who seek experience in building timber frame structures. Participants will learn and assist in the construction of a square rule, post-and-beam timber frame structure on the HRMM campus. The group will construct mortise and tenon joints and join the structural frames. This course is suitable for both beginners...

Urban Ecosystems| Living Among the Plants, Animals, and Fungi of NYC Did you know that Broadway bends at Tenth Street in order to preserve a prized cherry tree that once grew there? That some New Yorkers feast at wild edible banquets with foods foraged among the City’s parks and waterways? Or, that over 200 different species of bees call Manhattan...

Join this class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a series of drawing lessons based on the collections. Tuition includes museum admission. Please Note: The instructor will contact the participants the night before the first class to confirm the meeting time/place. Generally, meet up at the Museum is at 1:00 PM.  Please enter through...

In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan. Since then, continuing through today, Central Park has an international allure that brings locals and far-away travelers to this urban center delight. In fact, there are a number of photographers who have devoted their...