Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, Vitality Arts Workshops offer a supportive, inspiring, creative environment. Draw inspiration from works in the Museum’s collection as you develop new skills and express your artistic vision. Each workshop offers guided instruction, hands-on practice, and plenty of artistic freedom. Come join us to connect with fellow art enthusiasts, learn new techniques, and create unique, expressive artworks. All levels of experience are welcomed.
Spring 2026
Creating from the Collection: A Hands-on Reflective Art Workshop
Spring 2026 - Course Number CED1115 (Non Credit)
Inspired by works from the Neuberger’s collection, explore drawing and painting using watercolor pencils as tools for personal storytelling. Through mini demonstrations learn to create artwork that reflects your aesthetic, emotional, intellectual, and/or spiritual response to museum art. Novice or skilled participants, experience the joy of translating your emotional and sensory responses to art into a deeply personal visual narrative.
Course Date and Times Two-hour workshops will be held on seven consecutive Wednesdays from 11am-1pm:
March 4, 11, 18, and 25
April 1, 8, and 15
Location All sessions will be held in the Neuberger Museum of Art’s Skylight Gallery.
Class Size Limited to twelve (12) registrants.
Culminating Event The workshops will culminate with an art showcase and reception on May 6
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from 12pm–2pm in the Museum’s Open Classroom gallery featuring the projects created by participants during this workshop series.
Registration Details
Spring 2026 - Course Number CED1115 (Non Credit)
Workshop Fee $350 (inclusive of all course materials) + $25 nonrefundable registration fee paid once per semester. No refunds for missed sessions.
$25 discount for early registration before Friday, January 16th, 2026, for Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Teaching Artist Maxine Nodel, Teaching Artist
Maxine Nodel is an award-winning art educator and professional visual artist with 35+ years of extensive exemplary experience as an adult and high school multimedia art educator, and writer. She holds a B.F.A. from Cooper Union and an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College where she studied writing privately with Allen Ginsberg.
In 2002, Maxine was awarded Bill and Melinda Gates, Carnegie, and Annenberg Foundation grants to create an art high school in NYC, Millennium Art Academy (MAA). In 2009, MAA received The Lincoln Center Institute 1
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-Place Award for Most Imaginative Curriculum in NYC.
Throughout our lifetimes, creativity is within us waiting to be awakened and expressed – bringing a new sense of accomplishment and connection with communities. Watch this short video to learn more about the Vitality Arts Workshops funded by E.A. MichelsonPhilanthropy.
E.A. Michelson Philanthropy generously supports the Vitality Arts Workshops, which provide adults aged 55 and older with a community-based outlet for creative expression. These innovative programs offer enriching opportunities for older adults to learn new skills, rediscover a sense of purpose, and enhance their overall wellbeing. By fostering social connections and encouraging artistic exploration among peers, the workshops cultivate a vibrant, supportive community rooted in creativity. Each workshop centers on a distinct artistic discipline.
