Community Workshops

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    BioArt Course

    Join us at the Warwick Valley Community Center for a series of five hands-on Bio Art Workshops with artist and educator Nikki Romanello.

    Sundays
    Feb. 8: Kombucha Paper Making
    Feb. 15: Sculpting with Mycelium  
    Feb. 22: Designing with Slime Mold March 1: Casting with Agar
    March 8: Painting with Bioluminescence

    Each workshop explores a different medium in the exciting new field of Bio Art, and includes a slide deck and hands-on experimentation. Participants get to work with living microbes and make their own living work of art to take home and observe.

    Where: Warwick Valley Community Center, 11 Hamilton Ave., Warwick, NY 10990

    CHILDREN & FAMILIES: 10-11:30AM
    Ages 6-12 Children 10 and under may be accompanied by an adult free of charge.
    REGISTER FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES

    ADULT & TEEN (13+):12:30-3:30PM.
    REGISTER FOR ADULT & TEEN

  • Group of people painting and decorating masks at a table in a craft room.

    Open Door Makerspace

    Free drop-in workshops. Bring your own projects, or join in with ours! Dress to get messy.

    Registration is not necessary but a text to let us know you’ll be there is much appreciated. (329) 222-4930

    Adults. Teens. Children.

    FREE

    Tuesdays:
    February 3, 10, 17, 24
    March 3, 10, 17, 24
    April 7, 14, 21, 28
    May 5, 12, 19, 26

    Time: 6:30–8:00PM

    Where: Warwick Valley Community Center, 11 Hamilton Ave., Warwick, NY 10990

  • Drawing from the Inside Out: 3-Part Workshop Series for Women

    Join figurative abstract artist Heidi Lanino in a supportive, immersive environment where women can develop observational skills, experiment with intuitive mark-making, and translate internal experience into drawing and clay sculpture.

    Saturdays
    March 7: Observational Drawing & Contour Plant Drawing

    March 14: Drawing from the Inside Out

    March 21: Blind Contour Clay Figurative Studies

    Time: 10AM - 12PM

    Where: Warwick Valley Community Center, 11 Hamilton Ave., Warwick, NY 10990

    Class size limited to 12

    REGISTER

  • A group of elderly women sitting at a table in a craft room, each holding a watercolor painting with colorful designs. Art supplies, like watercolor palettes and jars, are on the table. The room has wooden chairs, mirrors, and windows.

    Art Workshops For Seniors

    Wickham Works offers free art workshops, exploring a variety of mediums, designed for Senior Adults and Caregivers. Workshops include: Felting, Printmaking, Bookmaking, and Decorative Arts.

    Fridays in May, 2026
    May 1
    May 8
    May 15
    May 22
    May 29

    Time: 11AM - 1PM

    Where: Albert Wisner Public Library

    REGISTER AT THE LIBRARY

    Please contact us if you would like us to host a workshop for your organization. The majority of our workshops are suitable or adaptable for all ages.

    (329) 222-4930, or email Melissa Shaw-Smith mshawsmith@wickhamworks.org.

  • Children and teacher crafting at a table with paper materials in a classroom environment.

    Dulce Esperanza Summer Art Workshops

    Collaborating with the Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization, each year our Teaching Artists provide month-long arts enrichment workshops, serving 100 children of local farmworkers. This is a free program made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

    Would you like to volunteer?

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