Creative Aging programs at Brooklyn Public Library
Creative aging programs (whether held in-person or online) usually consist of 6-10 sessions of at least 90 minutes each, and are followed by a celebration where participants showcase their work for family, friends and neighbors. Brooklyn Public Library uses the Lifetime Arts creative aging model. Over the years, our programming librarians have been trained by Lifetime Arts to work with professional teaching artists to plan, deliver, and sustain this program model which supports social engagement, skills mastery, and creative expression.
View upcoming creative aging programs here.
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Services for Older Adults is partially funded by Coordinated Outreach Library Services aid from the New York State Education Department, administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. All programs are sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library’s Department of Outreach Services.
Additional support for Creative Aging programs at BPL are made possible with support from The Sills Family Foundation; Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement; Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation; Apple Bank, celebrating over 25 years in Brooklyn and over 155 years of neighborhood banking in greater New York (Visit applebank.com for more information); and, several BPL Friends Groups, private funders, and volunteers.
For more information about Creative Aging, please email jvigo@bklynlibrary.org or call 718-236-1760
Upcoming Events
Creative Aging: Expressive Masks & Collage Culminating Event
In this 9-week Mask & Collage workshop you will be using self-expression and creative skills to create artist masks and collages. Basic paint colors mixing color theory will be covered. Various collage artists and masks from different cultures will be introduced and discussed.
Week 1 –…
Creative Aging: Silver Shoes Dance Club Dance Party & Performance
Do you like music? Do you like to dance?
Come celebrate our Silver Shoes Dance Club at this free community dance performance. After months of hard work, participants will show off what they've learned on the dance floor, with a very special public performance followed by a free dance…
Adult Coloring
Do you enjoy coloring? Join us on Tuesdays from 2:00 - 3:00 pm for this known stress reliever.
Weekly Craft Circle!
Looking for a space to make art, exchange skills, and meet fellow crafters? Join us! Get to know fellow crafters at Borough Park Library's weekly craft circle! Bring your crocheting, knitting, embroidery, or whatever else you're working on.
Learn, share, and socialize.
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Adult Coloring
Please join us at our adult coloring session! We provide the supplies while you partake in a relaxing way to exercise your mind.
Teens are also welcome!
Crochet Circle
Join our crochet circle , learn how to crochet while crafting "new friendships!" All skill levels are welcome.
Creative Aging: Little Joys in Life Collage
This is an interactive text and image collaging workshop series featuring poems, stories, and photos about the history of photo-poetry and its unique power to ignite the imagination. We will employ pictures taken by participants and historical photographs as we write, creating works that fuse…
Creative Aging: Chinese Brush Painting & Calligraphy Culminating Event
Learn how to paint in the Chinese style. Themes of paintings inspired by nature. Bamboo, birds and flowers, fish, scenery and other subjects. Learn the basic techniques in Chinese painting and develop your own style. An introduction to Chinese characters.
Week…
Creative Aging - Creative Life Writing: Sharing Memories Culminating Event
In this course, we'll focus on different themes, central to our lived experience of the world. Themes will include gratitude, adversity, happiness, and courage. Instructor Ari Satok will start each class by bringing in a variety of artistic reflections on that theme (quotes, cartoons, songs,…
Weekly Craft Circle!
Looking for a space to make art, exchange skills, and meet fellow crafters? Join us! Get to know fellow crafters at Borough Park Library's weekly craft circle! Bring your crocheting, knitting, embroidery, or whatever else you're working on.
Learn, share, and socialize.
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