New York · WORKSHOPS
Good workshops & classes fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 3 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Meet artists such as Ghost, Leaf, or Ghost Face Mims at a Bushwick studio for a one-hour graffiti lesson. Learn spray-can control, lettering, shading, and color, then help create a wall piece. Choose the canvas option if you want original art to take home.
“Quite an authentic venue in the right area. A big thumbs up!!!”
At the Ground Zero Museum Workshop, you’ll hear personal stories behind 100 photographs and artifacts from the nine-month recovery effort. Gary Marlon Suson’s images, a stopped clock, World Trade Center steel, and window glass fill an intimate Meatpacking District space. This is separate from the official 9/11 Memorial Museum.
“Such an impactful collection packed in to a small space. It was an honour to meet Gary: his narration explaining the backstory of the photographs and artefacts was informative and moving.”
At Graff Tours in Bushwick, you’ll learn aerosol techniques from NYC graffiti artists such as Leaf, Ghost, and Mims. Practice on a wall, create a personal canvas, and take your work home. The one-hour class welcomes beginners, families, teens, and adults, with groups capped at six.
“Entertaining! Fun! Educational! Leaf, our guide to graffiti was awesome! We showed up, Felt welcomed, we knew nothing about graffiti and it was perfectly fine. We took away our graffiti, Leaf is very encouraging and guided and assisted us the entire way!”
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