We offer free evening and weekend workshops designed to foster creativity, strengthen writing skills, and provide students with a forum for executing projects they might not otherwise have the support to undertake. Workshops range from the playful to the practical, and all are taught by volunteer writers, artists, educators, and publishing professionals.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to increased demand, enrollment for workshops are now determined by lottery. Once you have signed up for a workshop, please look for an email from workshops@826nyc.org, verifying that we have received your request. If you have not heard from us after 48 hours, feel free to call.
Our workshops are limited enrollment and often generate wait lists. With this in mind, please only sign up if you can make every session of a workshop. Thank you!
Tabletop Moviemaking
1 Sunday session: June 7 (2009)
12-2pm
Taught by Brick Maier
For ages 9-15
Tabletop Moviemaking goes national with the first ever coast-to-coast challenge! Students from 826LA and 826NYC will both have two hours, backgrounds and characters to create movies based on the same topics. Once the movies are edited both groups will be able to view their movies on YouTube. It is an opportunity for students to represent their local neighborhoods in a coast to coast competition. This is a workshop that combines pen and paper with camera and computer, all for the purpose of telling a story. It's fun, we promise.
Heroes and Villains: Origin Stories
4 Monday sessions: June 1, 8, 15, 22 (2009)
6-7:30pm
Taught by Susan Voelker
For ages 9-12
We all come from somewhere. So what is the explanation for why some turn out heroes and some become villains? It's time to find out! This comic book making workshop will explore the origins of super friends and foes. Were they once brothers that circumstance led astray? Did the two schoolyard girlfriends fight and go on opposite paths? Explosions! Chemical reactions! Separated at Birth! So many reasons for good and evil to take root, what’s your story? Students will create and illustrate their characters in an origin story that explains it all!
Treasure Hunting 101
4 Wednesday sessions: May 6, 13, 20, 27 (2009)
6-7:30pm
Taught by Margaret Crocker and Michelle Knudsen
For ages 9-12
Shiver me timbers! There's treasure in them there hills. At least, there will be after YOU hide it there. That's right! In this workshop you'll make up a treasure, "bury" it, then invent a character to hunt for it. Will your guy or gal get the gold? Only YOU can decide!
I Am a Mutant Monster
2 Tuesday sessions: May 5, 12 (2009)
6-7:30pm
Taught by Laura Sims & Stephanie Fiorelli
For ages 9-14
Tired of reading about heroes and heroines? Sick of the "good guy?" If you've heard enough about "saving mankind" and "rescuing damsels in distress," join us for this monstrous workshop! We'll read and talk about famous monster stories (fact, fiction, and in-between) to find out what makes a great monster, and then you'll write your own monster story. Finally, you will BECOME the monster yourself, and write a story from his/her terrifying perspective! Your friends and family will be amazed...and afraid!
826NYC Filmmaking Collaborative
4 Monday sessions: April 27, May 4, 11, 18 (6-8pm)
8 Tuesday and Thursday sessions: July 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 (1-4pm)
Taught by 826NYC
For ages 15-18
This summer, 826NYC will work with a select group of students to write an original film, then shoot, and star in that film in a total of 8 weeks! Sign up today for your chance to learn the ins and outs of filmmaking. At the end of the summer, you'll take home copies of an original film, which we'll screen for family and friends!
This workshop is free. Students are expected to attend all 12 sessions of this workshop. Filming may take place on additional dates and/or in separate locations.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to increased demand for this program, enrollment for this workshop will be determined by LOTTERY. Please submit the information below by or on April 20th to be considered for this class. The lottery will be conducted on April 21st, and parents will be notified by email on April 22nd.
826NYC Filmmaking Collaborative
4 Monday sessions: April 27, May 4, 11, 18 (6-8pm)
8 Tuesday and Thursday sessions: July 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 (1-4pm)
Taught by 826NYC
For ages 15-18
This summer, 826NYC will work with a select group of students to write an original film, then shoot, and star in that film in a total of 8 weeks! Sign up today for your chance to learn the ins and outs of filmmaking. At the end of the summer, you'll take home copies of an original film, which we'll screen for family and friends!
This workshop is free. Students are expected to attend all 12 sessions of this workshop. Filming may take place on additional dates and/or in separate locations.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to increased demand for this program, enrollment for this workshop will be determined by LOTTERY. Please submit the information below by or on April 20th to be considered for this class. The lottery will be conducted on April 21st, and parents will be notified by email on April 22nd.
