Stenciled Style: Create Your Own Tote Art
Instructor: Alice Mizrachi
$25 | RSVP Required
3 May 2025 | 1-3pm
Join us for a creative art workshop where you will learn to transform plain tote bags into vibrant works of art using ready-made stencils and water-based spray paint! In this hands-on session, you will explore various patterns and designs, experimenting with colors and techniques to personalize your tote. This workshop encourages self-expression and creativity in a fun, relaxed environment.
Flower Print Workshop
Free Drop In Program
4 May 2025 | 1-4pm
11 May 2025 | 1-4pm
18 May 2025 | 1-4pm
25 May 2025 | 1-4pm
Join us at KinoSaito every Sunday in May for the return of our Flower Print Workshop! Participants are invited to create their own colorful artworks using natural materials inspired by the work of Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland on display.
All materials provided.
Kids and families of all abilities are welcome.
Watercolor Values Workshop
Instructor: Lilly Gummerson
$20 | RSVP Required
10 May 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
7 Jun. 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
11 Jun. 2025 | 6-8pm (off-site*) | RSVP
12 Jul. 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
2 Aug. 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
6 Aug. 2025 | 6-8pm (off-site*) | RSVP
A beginner watercolor class using still-life to explore the ways that watercolor can be used to create values. Participants will experiment by creating different values using more/less water, as well as experimenting using monochromatic and complementary colors to create values. This workshop is being taught by KinoSaito’s Education Coordinator Lilly Gummerson.
All materials provided.
This class is suitable for all ages and abilities.
*Off-site workshops are at Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Rd, Montrose, NY 10548
A Sound Forest / Between Worlds Program
Sun Print Workshop
Instructor: Soli Pierce and Asya Reznikov
$25 | RSVP Required
18 May 2025 | 1-3pm
A fusion of science and art! Participants will learn the basics of this early photographic process and how contemporary artists have taken this technique to new heights using various objects and materials to make unique works of art.
Join us for this Between Worlds workshop harnessing the sun to celebrate nature.
This project is made possible with funds from Arts Alive, a regrant program of ArtsWestchester with support from the Office of the Governer, the New York State Legislature, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Discover Abstract Painting
Instructor: Samantha Palmeri
$25 | RSVP Required
31 May 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
16 Jul. 2025 | 6-8pm (off-site*) | RSVP
26 Jul. 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
Let go of the over-thinking mind and go on a visual journey with painter and instructor Samantha Palmeri. In this workshop, Samantha will help you find your unique visual language, learn acrylic painting techniques, and teach you how to start a painting and know when it's finished. Lessons will focus on gesture, color, line, and composition.
All materials provided.
This class is suitable for all ages.
*Off-site workshops are at Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Rd, Montrose, NY 10548
Mixing Mediums Workshop
Instructor: Samantha Palmeri
$25 | RSVP Required
21 Jun. 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
30 Aug. 2025 | 1-3pm | RSVP
Get to know your materials with mixed media painter and instructor Samantha Palmeri. Bring your love of color, pattern, and visual storytelling. The possibilities are endless! In this workshop, Samantha will teach you how to work with a variety of mediums including oil pastels, and acrylic paint. Learn specific collage and printmaking techniques that you can continue to use and explore on your own.
All materials provided.
This class is suitable for all ages.
Shibori Workshop
Instructor: Katrin Reifeiss
$25 | RSVP Required
21 Jun. 2025 | 4-7pm | RSVP
This Japanese Shibori workshop is a hands-on exploration of this traditional dyeing art. Participants will learn a variety of Shibori techniques such as Itajime (folding-and-clamping), binding, and pole-wrapping. Participants will have the opportunity to experiment with different methods and leave with their own unique hand-dyed pieces. Most importantly, they’ll experience the joy and appreciation for the art of Shibori and the creative possibilities it offers.
Participants should bring items from home to dye—anything 100% white cotton, linen, hemp, silk, or a blend of these fibers. Ideas of items to bring include tea towels, clothing, pillowcases, scarves, tablecloths, etc. Please do not bring anything too large, like a duvet cover, as the dye pot will not be large enough to dye an item that size. Older or stained items are also welcome, as the dye can give them new life! Whether new or old, all items must be pre-washed before the workshop.
About Katrin Reifeiss
Katrin Reifeiss (Kat) studied at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. After graduating, she moved to NYC, working in fashion and later in press relations. She never gave up painting and was part of s.u.n.Arts, organizing shows for underrepresented artists from 1999 to 2002. Since 2008, she has combined her love of painting and fashion by creating and dyeing fabric, specializing in Japanese Shibori for her self-named line, Katrin Reifeiss. Kat has taught Shibori at the Textile Arts Center and Japan Society in NYC. Since 2016 she has been a Teaching Artist at Garrison Art Center and has held workshops at private residencies in the Hudson Valley.
La MaMa Kids
My Handy Ancestors Art Workshop
Free Drop In Program
28 Jun. 2025 | 1-4pm
Who is your first finger? Who is your pinky? Students will participate in making a pair of ancestor gloves with white cotton gloves, their imagination, paper, markers, glue, and scissors to celebrate their hands. They will think of each finger as an ancestor/character here to assist them in the world and share with the group if they wish. Gloves will be displayed and must be used in a ritual ceremony at the end of Maria’s performance in order to take home. Maria will provide examples to expand the possibilities. This workshop is to imagine the body as a sacred supportive vessel that supports us instead of just a meat sack to do work.
All materials provided.
This class is suitable for all ages and abilities.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. They are a creative home to artists and audiences from around the world and a dynamic hub for risk-taking performance. La MaMa believes in the power of art to reveal our shared humanity and supports artists of all identities in the creation of new work.
Founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, La MaMa is the only original Off-Off-Broadway theatre still in operation. Over the course of 61 years, they have grown from an underground refuge for the avant-gar- de to a world-renowned cultural institution, with 30+ Obie Awards, dozens of Drama Desk Awards, Bessie Awards, Villager Awards, and the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award. They have supported nearly 160,000 artists from all over the world, such as Blue Man Group, Peter Brook, André De Shields, Ping Chong, Olympia Dukakis, Harvey Fierstein, Philip Glass, Tedeschi Kantor, Shuji Terayama, Adrienne Kennedy, Diane Lane, Taylor Mac, Bette Midler, Meredith Monk, Sam Shepard, Andrei Serban, Elizabeth Swados, and Julie Taymor, to name a few.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Energy Hygiene Puppet Painting Workshop
$10 | RSVP Required
13 Jul. 2025 | 1-3pm
Join Maria as we practice energy hygiene techniques to connect to the different sensations/emotions/pains trapped in our body followed by using our imagination to clean it out. Participants will then paint provided mini Aricamian puppet statues with how they imagined cleaning out their body. Painted puppets will be used in Maria’s final performance.
Since 2020, Maria became a certified Introspective Hypnosis Practitioner alongside her artistic practice to release heavy energies from the body. She has learned how past experiences can get stuck in our body and using the imagination daily to release these energies is beneficial before unresolved feelings become physical ailments or disease. She will teach techniques she uses in hypnosis and is excited to share this with the public.
All materials provided.
This class is suitable for all ages and abilities.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. They are a creative home to artists and audiences from around the world and a dynamic hub for risk-taking performance. La MaMa believes in the power of art to reveal our shared humanity and supports artists of all identities in the creation of new work.
Founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, La MaMa is the only original Off-Off-Broadway theatre still in operation. Over the course of 61 years, they have grown from an underground refuge for the avant-gar- de to a world-renowned cultural institution, with 30+ Obie Awards, dozens of Drama Desk Awards, Bessie Awards, Villager Awards, and the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award. They have supported nearly 160,000 artists from all over the world, such as Blue Man Group, Peter Brook, André De Shields, Ping Chong, Olympia Dukakis, Harvey Fierstein, Philip Glass, Tedeschi Kantor, Shuji Terayama, Adrienne Kennedy, Diane Lane, Taylor Mac, Bette Midler, Meredith Monk, Sam Shepard, Andrei Serban, Elizabeth Swados, and Julie Taymor, to name a few.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.