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This spring, Arts, Culture & Fun is offering FREE outdoor workshops with limited attendance so that you can have a safe and enjoyable time in our parks. Based on New York State guidance for sports and recreation during COVID-19, we’ve put protocols into place to keep our participants and staff safe and healthy. We're asking everyone to help us stay safe:
- Stay home if you are sick
- Maintain six feet of physical distance between households
- Wear a face covering
- Wash your hands
We encourage participants to bring their own hand sanitizer to our programs. Programs may be modified, rescheduled or cancelled due to weather, health, or safety concerns.
Visit Arts, Culture & Fun at Parks@Home to explore a fun range of virtual activities picked by our staff.
Arts, Culture & Fun Series Events
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Watercolor Painting Workshop
at 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Artist Sonomi Kobayashi will teach you how to draw and paint using nature as your inspiration. Learn about light, color, and design while making art en plein air (outside).
Free!
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Watercolor Painting Workshop
at Outdoors at Poe Visitor Center, Bronx
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Artist Amy DiGi will teach you how to draw and paint using nature as our inspiration. All levels from beginners to advanced are welcome.
Free!
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Jazz Concert with Art Baron & Friends
at Gertrude Ederle Playground, Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Art Baron made a notable appearance on Stevie Wonder's Music of My Mind, and then joined the Duke Ellington Band at age 23. He went on to work with many major artists including Buddy Rich, Sam Rivers, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, and James Taylor.
Free!
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Watercolor Painting Workshop
at Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground (in Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Artist Sonomi Kobayashi will teach you how to draw and paint using nature as your inspiration. Learn about light, color, and design while making art en plein air (outside).
Free!
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Watercolor Painting Workshop
at Outdoors at Poe Visitor Center, Bronx
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Artist Amy DiGi will teach you how to draw and paint using nature as our inspiration. All levels from beginners to advanced are welcome.
Free!
Friday, May 21, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Drawing Workshop
at Astoria Heights Playground (JHS 10) (in Astoria Heights Playground), Queens 
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Artist Andrew Griffith from the Art Students League's Seeds of League will teach you how to draw using nature as your inspiration. All levels from beginners to advanced are welcome.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Kim Clarke and Digology Crew
at 41st Avenue Entrance (in Queensbridge Park), Queens
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Queens native Kim Clarke is a sought-after bassist in both the jazz and R&B realms, best known for her long associations with jazz legend Bertha Hope and the influential funk group Defunkt.
Free!
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Watercolor Painting Workshop
at Sakura Park, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Artist Sonomi Kobayashi will teach you how to draw and paint using nature as your inspiration. Learn about light, color, and design while making art en plein air (outside).
Free!
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: The Five Amigos
at Outdoors at Poe Visitor Center, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Enjoy a special performance by the longtime band of the late, great percussionist Ray Mantilla who was instrumental in bringing Latin percussion to jazz.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Watercolor Painting Workshop
at Outdoors at Poe Visitor Center, Bronx
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Artist Amy DiGi will teach you how to draw and paint using nature as our inspiration. All levels from beginners to advanced are welcome.
Free!
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: The Phil Young Experience
at 135 Street Lawn (in St. Nicholas Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
A much-loved figure in the uptown community, Phil Young has played with legendary figures like Bobby "Blue" Bland, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson, Art Farmer, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Free!
Friday, May 28, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dancing in the Streets
at Outdoors at Poe Visitor Center, Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join It’s Showtime NYC! for an all-ages street dance class with a range of teaching artists who perform and teach flexn, litefeet, hip hop, and other street and club dance forms.
Free!
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dancing in the Streets
at Outdoors at Poe Visitor Center, Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join It’s Showtime NYC! for an all-ages street dance class with a range of teaching artists who perform and teach flexn, litefeet, hip hop and other street and club dance forms.
Free!
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