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Field Guide II: The Street

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

This six-hour workshop covers the unpredictable nature of the city landscape. A more advanced course, The Street challenges students to get out and use the environment as a working tool, putting their learning to practice by observing and capturing light, reflection and shadow in the real world. This Field Guide also focuses on color, composition and context within images. This workshop is ideal for students and street shooters who are already experienced...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$140
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Analog Darkroom Basics: Black & White Printing

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

In three hours, we’ll show you how to take a 35mm black-and-white film negative and print it using an enlarger and traditional chemistry.  You’ll learn how to make test strips, contact prints, enlargement prints and how to properly develop, fix, wash and dry your print.  This is a very basic introduction to the darkroom, covering only the printing phase. For a more detailed workshop covering the full process from capture to print, try...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
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Woodworking: Build a Custom Table

Manifesto @ 461 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY

*COVID-19 UPDATE: Hello from Manifesto! All of our in-person workshops + studio sessions are on pause for the time-being; you can 100% still book a workshop and work with us to reschedule your date. For Wedding Invites, Knife-Making + Business Cards - these blocks are for initial design sessions, which we can host virtually. You may request a consultation with us to discuss production of your items. Take care & be safe!  If you're interested...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$220
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After Workshop: Hand Quilting

Textile Arts Center @ 505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the art of hand quilting in this engaging workshop where you'll learn essential techniques such as pinning and binding. Create your own unique quilt block and experiment with various stitching methods. Join us at the Textile Arts Center for a high-quality, hands-on experience that will equip you with lifelong skills and knowledge.

(504) Beginner 18 and older
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$87.55
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Autumn Macarrons

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

There's no better way to celebrate the flavors of fall than by making French Macarons. Our favorites will include fig, pumpkin spice, & espresso chocolate.

(73) All levels 8 and older
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New Year's Eve Sweets

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

Join us in bringing starting a sweet New Year! We'll make holiday inspired French macarons, fortune cookies, chocolate-covered strawberries, and truffles you won't want to miss!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Winter Macarons

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

Become a professional macaron maker in this class celebrating the art of French Macarons! We’ll make three flavors from scratch, including a lavender lemon, raspberry dark chocolate, and hazelnut espresso, all to be taken home at the end of the class.

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Bagel Workshop

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

How often have you thought about taking the plunge and making your own bagel creations from scratch? Now's your chance to become a brunch master. BYO coffee and join us for a morning making bagels from scratch, accompanied by handmade fillings and toppings that'll take them over the top!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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One Day Intensive: Bundle Dyeing

Textile Arts Center @ 505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Students learn the basics of extracting color from plants for accessible and sustainable naturally-dyed fabric. We'll explore the Bundle Dyeing technique of directly imprinting fabric with the petals, leaves, and roots of dye plants to create beautiful patterns. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along some light colored natural fabrics to experiment with (cotton, linen, wool, etc)! Our classes are designed to focus on a learned...

(504) All levels 18 and older
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$216.30
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Apple Pie Workshop

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

We're making everything from scratch - from the perfect pie dough to a tender crumble top, a salted caramel drizzle, and a perfect apple filling. Each guest will leave with a 6" Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie, 6" Cranberry Apple Crumb Pie and Fig-Walnut Apple Hand Pies

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Doughnut Night

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

We're making three types of doughnuts in this workshop, including a classic glazed yeast doughnut, jam filled ricotta bites, & chocolate baked minis. Join us for a fun-filled night of frying and baking!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Field Guide V: The Flash

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

On-camera and off-camera flash is a very useful tool, but it's also one of the more difficult ones to understand and use correctly. To avoid blown-out, unflattering images, photographers must carefully deploy these powerful little devices, but the results can be well worth the effort. From lighting a dark scene, to filling harsh shadows, to creating multi-light strobe setups, the Flash is a versatile weapon in your lighting arsenal. This 2-day Field...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$140
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Weekend Bead-O-Rama

UrbanGlass @ 126 13th St, Brooklyn, NY

In this intensive, information filled weekend workshop students will learn the basics of flame working by learning to fabricate glass beads. A variety of shaping and surface embellishments will be covered, including dots, lines, encasing with clear, surface marbling, drawing swirls. Hollow bead forms and sculptural beads, such as flowers, will also be explored and coldworking techniques to bring the beads to a clean finish will be demonstrated....

(55) All levels 18 and older
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$345

2 sessions

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Sculptural Beads & More

UrbanGlass @ 126 13th St, Brooklyn, NY

Students will learn how to construct and pull murine pattern cane and how to fabricate complex forms, bringing these techniques together in their final pieces. During this two day intensive class, the focus will be on constructing sculptural beads as well as figurative and abstract forms. Important Things to Note: Prerequisite: Beadmaking Part 1 or Basic Flameworking experience All materials provided. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class...

(55) All levels 12 - 18 years old
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$350

2 sessions

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French Pastry Techniques

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

We're making profiteroles, eclairs and cheese-filled gougeres from scratch in this Pate a Choux extravaganza! Get ready to be a French pastry pro by the end of the class, and leave with a box full of goodies!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Thanksgiving Pies

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

Looking to take your pie skills to the next level? Join us in making three types of pies: a deep chocolate pecan, pumpkin with a cheesecake swirl, and bourbon apple hand pies. Each guest will leave with an 8" box full of the desserts made in class.

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Hanukkah Desserts

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

We're making sufganiyot, Hanukkah cookies and rugelach from scratch

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Buche De Noel

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

This classic Christmas cake is the perfect centerpiece for any holiday table. Join us in making two flavors of buche de noel - a hazelnut chocolate and raspberry pistachio. You'll want to make these year-round! Each guest will leave with one of each flavor of Buche de Noels made in class.

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Unicorn Celebration

Plum & Honey @ 117 9th St, Brooklyn, NY

We love unicorns, sparkles and sweets in general. So there's no better way to celebrate baking than with a unicorn themed class! Each student will make unicorn macarons and unicorn cupcakes from scratch, to be enjoyed or taken home at the end of the class.Get your camera ready and we'll stock up on glitter!

(73) All levels 8 and older
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Aesthetics and the Senses

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

The event of art, Jacques Rancière writes, plays out in “form, a burst of colour, an acceleration of rhythm, a pause between words, a movement, or a glimmering surface.” Art, in other words, transforms the “sensible fabric” of life “at the cost of constantly merging its own reasons with those belonging to other spheres of experience.” This course will put Rancière’s assertion to the test, examining the ways in which theories of the...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

4 sessions

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