In addition to our Public Programs, SI offers ongoing educational opportunities for adults of all ages, including seniors within a multigenerational cohort. Contemporary Art Topics (CAT) began in 2018 in partnership with the Educational Alliance Sirovich Center, a nearby center for older adults in the East Village. During the pandemic, SI embarked upon a new opportunity to build a learning community through which learners of all ages could connect virtually and learn together and from one another. In addition to CAT, we also partner with local artists to host one-off, hands-on workshops throughout the year.
Sun May 17 2026, 1:30pm
Join Maylyn 'Zero' Iglesias for an artist talk and cyanotype workshop for Lower East Side History Month. This free, 3-hour workshop will include: an artist talk around Zero's own photographic practice and her deep connections to the LES, a demo of treating paper with cyanotype chemicals, and creating cyanotypes of our own.
ART OBJECTS: FOUND, MADE, AND THE EVERYDAY
Mar—May 2026
Open to adults of all ages, SI’s Contemporary Art Topics (CAT) course is a free, discussion-based course designed to investigate current themes and issues being explored by living artists today. Thematically based and artist-led, these two-hour synchronous virtual classes introduce concepts and ideas in contemporary art through lectures, guest artist talks, class discussions, “slow looking” at art, and individual and group activities, as well as opportunities to share student artwork.