Classes

While we hold big all-day Skillshares once a year (typically in the fall), we have recently been having smaller one-off 1-2 hour classes, called “Mini Skills” at LaunchPad in Crown Heights! LaunchPad is a creative gathering place focused on the arts, community programs, technology, and anything else that captures the imagination. Thay are located at 721 Franklin Avenue.

We are also host Skillshare Nights every 2nd Tuesday of the month with the good folks at Tea Lounge!

**OPEN CALL FOR TEACHERS! Have a skill you want to share? Email brooklynskillshare@gmail.com if interested in teaching. No previous experience required—just an enthusiasm to share!**

UPCOMING CLASSES 

How to Order Wine in a Restaurant 
Skillshare Nights @ Tea Lounge 
When: Tuesday, March 13th at 7:30pm 
Where: Tea Lounge in Park Slope (837 Union Street between 6th & 7th Aves) 
Description: Come learn how to take the anxiety out of the ordering process, the mystery out of the wine list, deciphering the hidden costs/values, demystifying that first taste, and how to talk to a sommelier. Aimed for novice wine drinkers who want to feel more confident in their vino virtuosity! 
FREE! (21+ as we will be sampling wine. Please bring valid ID) 

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PAST CLASSES 2012

How to Be a Great Storyteller and Other Useful and Humorous Public Speaking Techniques!
Description: Local storytellers Kerri Doherty (I Like You, Maude) and Andy Ross (Real Characters) shared the art of storytelling. How to hook an audience with the first sentence, how to construct a beginning, middle and end and how to prepare for telling your story onstage in front of an audience. 

List of Storytelling & Open-Mic Nights in NYC 


PAST CLASSES 2011

Crocheting Winter Accessories 101

Description: Come learn how to crochet a cowl, infinity scarf, and fingerless gloves that are easy enough to finish off alone. 
Taught by: Andree Sajous


PAST CLASSES 2011

Pickling & Home Canning

Recipes, cookbooks, blogs, the basic canning kit, spice website & NYC spice shop recommendations all mentioned in class
Taught by: Emily from Nomnivorous

Making Homemade Baby Food
PDF of recipes shared at the class
Taught by: Megan Saynisch of The Brooklyn Farmhouse 

A Rough & Ready Introduction to Sewing basics & Tailoring
Into to sewing & tailoring handout
Teacher: Inessah Selditz

Learn to create your own yarn (without a spinning wheel!)
Intro to Spinning Handout
Teacher: Jenny Jo Reinhart

How to plan for and enjoy a multi-day bike trip (and why they are awesome)
Powerpoint of the class
Teachers: Joel Martin & David Little

Beer Brewing 101
Teachers: Anthony Mohen & Greg Glassman

Green Housecleaning for the Domestically Impaired
Teachers: Olivia Lane & Liz Neves

Producing a Documentary from Scratch
Teacher: award winning documentarian, David Sauvage

Natural Dyeing Techniques


Teacher: Isa Rodrigues from the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn
Filmed by: Tom Hayes

Knitting 101

Teacher: Jacqueline Schmidt

PAST CLASSES 2009–2010

  • Basic bike maintenance
  • Basic Raw Food Preparation: the art of “uncooking”
  • Bicycle Mechanics 101
  • Block printing
  • Bookbinding 101
  • Create Your Own Website 
  • Crocheting
  • DIY electronics
  • Felting
  • Fiber arts
  • Food Preservation
  • Get Your Wellness On! Essential Oils & Healing Bodywork
  • Gettin’ Trashed: Make fun gifts out of your old plastic bags and plastic packaging!
  • Glass Etching: Customize your Containers!
  • Henna
  • Home audio production using Digital Performer
  • Home canning (jams, pickles etc)
  • How to brew Kombucha
  • How to Decode Your Cravings and Get Off the Sugar Rollercoaster
  • How to dye fabric from your grocery bag
  • How to make smartass robots
  • Ice Cream 101
  • Improv and sketch comedy
  • Introduction to Old-Time/Clawhammer Banjo
  • Magic & Balloon Animals
  • Make Your Own Butter and Ricotta (with Recipes and Ideas for Using Both)
  • Massage basics
  • Natural Jewelry Casting
  • Party favorites: infused liquor, homemade ginger ale & tasty snacks
  • Reusable Bag Sewing Workshop
  • Scrapbooking
  • Screenprinting basics and DIY techniques
  • Screenprinting on fabrics
  • Taking your SLR camera off of Automatic mode
  • Treasure Everywhere! - glass bottles into cups, bowls, and vases
  • Worm Composting 101
  • Yogurt: How to make it