Try It! Zine Workshop
Saturday, February 24th from 1-4pm
Design, doodle, experiment, and create your own Zines in this 3 hour workshop! What is a Zine? A small, handmade booklet filled with anything in your imagination!
Melanie M. Rodgers is an independent graphic designer and illustrator, after 24 years of teaching graphic design, illustration and graphic design history at the college level. She holds an M.A. in Digital Arts and an M.F.A. in Studio Art from The Maryland Institute College of Art, and is also a graduate in Fine Art from the now legendary York Academy of Arts. Before her career in academia, Mel worked as an illustrator, production artist, corporate media specialist and designer of industrial product and training literature. Her research has appeared in Voice: the AIGA Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the proceedings of national and international conferences. Her work is included in the Rhizome ArtBase Collection at The New Museum in New York. Mel is currently working on a variety of projects, both self-initiated and client-based, primarily typographic in nature and for print and screen, as well as critical and creative writing.
Saturday, February 24th from 1-4pm
Design, doodle, experiment, and create your own Zines in this 3 hour workshop! What is a Zine? A small, handmade booklet filled with anything in your imagination!
Saturday, June 8th from 1-4pm
This class is sold out. If you would like to join the waitlist, please email amber@creativeyork.org.
Explore and learn the technique of calligraphy! Students will look at a brief history of calligraphy and learn the basics of holding the pen, making strokes, and writing out words and phrases with your newfound skills. Let’s learn the art of writing beautifully!
Saturday, October 19th from 3-6pm
To celebrate the exhibit “Letter Love” in our Art Lab, this class will provide the opportunity to learn from the artist herself! Explore and learn basic techniques of calligraphy by looking at a brief history of calligraphy and learn the skills of holding the pen, making strokes, and writing out words and phrases with your newfound skills. Let’s learn the art of writing beautifully! No prior experience necessary!
Saturday, December 7th from 1-4pm
Explore and learn basic techniques of calligraphy by looking at a brief history of calligraphy and learn the skills of holding the pen, making strokes, and writing out words and phrases with your newfound skills, perfect for decorating the front of your holiday cards. Let’s learn the art of writing beautifully! No prior experience necessary!
Saturday, March 28th from 1-4pm
Think about words in a whole new way! This workshop will guide you through history of hand lettering by looking at various letterforms and fonts. Then, you will get a chance to practice and create your own hand lettered projects! No experience necessary.