Create Community Studios

09/20/2026

⭐ What will you CREATE this week!?! ⭐
September 21st-27th

Screen printing 101 is this week in Schenectady! There is still time to sign up for this 2 week series and learn how to burn your own screens to create your own custom prints.

Don't forget the opening of "this is ... ME, SHE, WE" is this Friday in Troy! Stop by to see an amazing collection of local female artists.

📅Check our calendar for a full description and to sign up for classes

CREATE's programs are 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.

09/19/2026

09/18/2026

✨2nd Annual Co****le Tournament and Fundraiser: CREATE Change is Tomorrow! ✨

We are getting excited for tomorrow and can't wait to see you there! Get your tickets now for an afternoon full of co****le, art and prizes, all while supporting our youth expressive arts programming!

Toss Bags. Make Art. Build Community. Support Youth Mental Health.

🔷CREATE Change: Co****le Edition, 9/19 12-5pm Artisanal Brew Works

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09/17/2026

🫟Screen Printing 101, 2-week series, starts next week! 🫟

Sign up now to learn how to burn your own design into a silk screen to create your own unique prints. In Week 1, you will create designs and burn them into the screens. Week 2, you'll experiment with printing with your screens.

🔷Screen Printing 101, 9/24 & 10/1 6-8:30pm, Schenectady Studio

09/16/2026

🔥 It’s the Ceramics Studio's 1-Year anniversary and we are celebrating with FIRE!🔥

Join us for a special Raku demonstration, outside, behind the ceramics studio, to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!
And Open House in our Ceramics Studio to check out some of the amazing pieces our members have been making!

🔷Ceramics Wellness Studio 1-Year Celebration, Friday 9/18 5-8pm, Ceramics Studio: 140 Erie Blvd, W105, Schenectady
FREE Parking available at First National Bank of Scotia

09/15/2026

✨ CREATE Change: Co****le Edition is almost here! ✨

This is so much more than only co****le tournament. You can enter the raffle for custom co****le boards, make some art at multiple art making stations, and play co****le all while helping CREATE Change by supporting youth expressive arts programming!

⭐CREATE Change: Co****le Edition - 2nd Annual Co****le Tournament and Fundraiser
🔹Saturday 9/19, 12-5pm, Artisanal Brew Works

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09/14/2026

🫟 Teen Classes in Saratoga! 🫟

Teen Open Studio is starting back up in Saratoga this Tuesday! Teens can drop into the studio, get inspired, explore new mediums, and create in community!

Don't forget we also have Rainbow Garden Club on Fridays at Pitney Meadows Community Farm. This LGBTQIA+ friendly group lets kids create and explore while growing community in the garden!

🔷Teen Open Studio, Tuesdays 3:30-5pm, Ages 13-18, Saratoga Studio
🔷Rainbow Garden Club, Fridays 3:30-5pm, Ages 12-18, Pitney Meadows Community Farm

09/13/2026

☀️ What a beautiful day at the stockadeartshow in Schenectady!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat and begin working on the next community art project!

🚂 Artwork made over the next several months will be turned into colorful banners to be displayed at Orchard Park in the Mont Pleasant/Engine Hill neighborhood as part of resident Tiffany Caldwell’s “Blight to Light” ONE Schenectady project!

We couldn’t be more thrilled to help brighten another part of Schenectady!

09/13/2026

✨What will you CREATE this week!?!✨
September 14th - 20th

CREATE Change: Co****le Edition is this week! We are counting down the days to our 2nd annual co****le tournament. Get your team together and sign up to help support our youth programming.

It's also the 1 year anniversary of our Ceramics Wellness Studio! Stop by during Schenectady Art Night for a special Raku demonstration!

Don't forget both Art Journaling and Teen Open Studio start back up this week and we have a new workshop Fanbinding: Immortalized your Favs!

📅Check our calendar for a full description and to sign up for classes

CREATE's programs are 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.

09/12/2026

🎉One more week until CREATE Change: Co****le Edition!🎉

Get your teams together for our 2nd annual Co****le tournament and fundraiser! Come toss bag, make art and support youth expressive arts programming!

🔹CREATE Change: Co****le Edition, Saturday 9/19 12-5pm Artisanal Brew Works