{"title": "Design Night | Sketching from Nature", "start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-20T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", "address": "East 91st Street 2, New York", "price": "Free for Visitors with Disabilities and their companions", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Design Night | Sketching from Nature is a sensory-friendly evening of structured fun at the museum, designed for adult visitors who identify as Autistic or with a range of sensory, learning, and developmental disabilities. Hosted by Cooper Hewitt, it invites participants to engage in the creative process of sketching from nature inspired by the Church in Jamaica exhibition through interactive experiences, conversation, and creativity. The night offers a guided 30-minute tour of the exhibition led by museum staff, a hands-on creative activity, wine, drinks, and snacks, and a quiet Break Room for those who need a rest. The museum will be closed to the public, is fully wheelchair accessible, and registration is required for this free program.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/design-night-sketching-from-nature-52207/", "official_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/design-night-sketching-from-nature-11-20-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fb6d2d1d0fa479ff694591b78ce51093e93999a0cbf581705e7779c37c8a50ad-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-20T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", "address": "East 91st Street 2, New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Drop-in Sketching in the Galleries", "start": "2026-11-13T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-13T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", "address": "East 91st Street 2, New York", "price": "Free with museum admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A drop-in sketching session held in the museum's galleries, open to all with no drawing experience required. Participants sketch within the Frederic Church in Jamaica exhibition, which explores the painter's sketches of the Jamaican landscape from his 1865 journey to the island. Drawing prompts, seating, and materials are provided, and space is limited on a first come, first served basis. The session takes place in the Conservatory on the second floor of Cooper Hewitt, a fully wheelchair accessible space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/drop-in-sketching-in-the-galleries-52201/", "official_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/drop-in-sketching-in-the-galleries-11-13-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/15532423ffd1e901bb9c1d3f0014a5eb6942313a8e8d85be4e7a2ebc491e47c8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sketch Night at the Society", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Society of Illustrators", "address": "East 63rd Street 128, 10065 New York", "price": "$10.00 – $20.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing/figure-drawing"], "description": "Sketch Night at the Society is a figure drawing session at the Society of Illustrators, open to artists of all skill levels, with a nude model. It is hosted by the Society of Illustrators, whose mission includes promoting the art of illustration. Chairs and sketch boards are provided, but attendees bring their own art materials, and ticketed guests can enjoy a cocktail at the 128 Bar & Bistro. The event takes place on the third floor, accessible only via stairs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sketch-night-at-the-society-55951/", "official_url": "https://societyillustrators.org/event/sketch-night-10-28-26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0ede136803bb58bbd76723464500e2be2eb385fba21a7e9bcffd53f42aee035e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Hands-On: Drawing", "start": "2026-11-15T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "$16 general / Free for members", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Hands-On: Drawing is a bi-monthly sketching workshop held in the museum galleries, where participants draw from observation with inspiration from Isamu Noguchi's sculptures. Beginners are welcome, and all materials and drawing tools are provided. The program fee includes admission to the museum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/hands-on-drawing-56816/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-15-1500-hands-on-drawing/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b93d514837ebde0a68d55b17db0d35fc4659079c937159efe3aac061a96ec4f4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Costumed Sketch Night at the Society", "start": "2026-11-18T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-18T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Society of Illustrators", "address": "East 63rd Street 128, 10065 New York", "price": "$10.00 – $20.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing/figure-drawing"], "description": "A costumed figure drawing session for artists of all skill levels. The Society of Illustrators hosts it, providing chairs and sketch boards while artists bring their own materials, and a bar where guests can enjoy a cocktail. The event takes place on the third floor, accessible only via stairs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/costumed-sketch-night-at-the-society-81522/", "official_url": "https://societyillustrators.org/event/sketch-night-11-04-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2dda6ac76d46632947f1d795cab8c83ac4d78824fc71ec98ff91ea07eba5aa0b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Discover Design at Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library: Design Across Time", "start": "2026-11-19T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-19T18:30:00-05:00", "place": "Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library", "address": "West 20th Street 40, 10011 New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "Discover Design at Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library: Design Across Time is a guided conversation and hands-on workshop exploring the Design Across Time exhibition, with this session focused on the theme Repeat. It is co-hosted by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum staff at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. Participants join an interactive tactile tour with live verbal description of every object, group discussion, and creative design activities. The program is free of charge, designed for visitors of all ages interested in design, and registration is recommended.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/discover-design-at-andrew-heiskell-braille-and-talking-book-52205/", "official_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/discover-design-at-andrew-heiskell-braille-and-talking-book-library-design-across-time-11-19-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e568a5aca59d658944c4d5ceea168d1eeed0e491cf85d945604c9fb4dd64c8be-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Life Drawing Session", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Drawing Center", "address": "Wooster Street 35, 10013 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing/figure-drawing"], "description": "Life Drawing Session is an evening of sketching the human figure in the galleries, open to all levels of experience and styles. Led by The Drawing Center's Isabella Kapur, the session offers a relaxing, social, and inclusive setting with both quick and extended poses. It is a 21+ event featuring a nude model, music, and a drink with each ticket, with alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages available. Participants should arrive on time and bring their own drawing supplies, which the bookstore also sells.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/life-drawing-session-124715/", "official_url": "https://drawingcenter.org/programs/lifedrawing18", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b655ed8ef8b828820b0386c9bf40ea349a32a952b4a8432135778bf8d8b9565c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Family Program | Botanical Prints", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", "address": "East 91st Street 2, New York", "price": "Free with museum admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["science/biology/botany", "diy/printmaking"], "description": "Family Program | Botanical Prints is a drop-in hands-on workshop at Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where youth ages 5–12 and their adult guardians create botanical prints using gel plates. It is part of the museum's monthly second-Saturday family activities and is inspired by the exhibition Frederic Church in Jamaica, whose botanical sketches made on treks through Jamaica's landscape will be on view. A museum educator guides participants as they use ferns and other botanical pressings to make prints capturing the details of nature; no experience is necessary and all materials are provided. The program is included with museum admission, youth 18 and under are always free, and registration is not required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/family-program-botanical-prints-52202/", "official_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/family-program-botanical-prints-11-14-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f8528b50a2390433981e8bf089e447b0be0aade8c1b5754211d3b482fb44c174-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Design Lab: Weekend Activities", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "New York Hall of Science", "address": "111th Street 47-01, 11368", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/design", "science/engineering"], "description": "Design Lab: Weekend Activities is a drop-in program of hands-on design and engineering challenges at the New York Hall of Science, running all day on the weekend. The museum's Design Lab invites visitors to take risks, share ideas, and gain new perspectives on engineering and design through raw materials and real-world problems. This day's activities include Ziplines, where you build a harness to send farm animal figures down the lines, Lego Bridges, a ramp obstacle course for a ball, and color tile puzzles for an Indi bot.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/design-lab-weekend-activities-124707/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3cd9cda9d59709e92038b762297dc9c2d9540c7265cdadf2329a6ce39648d182-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Studio Social", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00-05:00", "place": "102 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Studio Social is an evening gathering in a Tribeca art studio where people meet new faces in the city. It is an Anchor gathering, this time built around a shared artwork everyone can add to throughout the night. Art supplies are included, no experience is needed, and helpers make introductions so no one stands alone. You can come on your own or bring a friend and draw a little, talk a lot, or move between the two.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/studio-social-67348/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/077e3ce19aea3162f4725bf7edbed662baf56567fecc7003a8369d32b0b7d57d-2000.webp"}]}