Craft Workshops New York

BUILDING A CAREER THAT SURVIVES AI

AI is changing the way we design, build, and think about products faster than any technological shift before it. But the real question isn’t **“Will AI take jobs?”** The real question is: **How do we build careers that remain valuable *because* of AI?** This workshop is an open, thoughtful conversation about what it actually takes to stay relevant, creative, and strategically valuable in an AI-driven world. We’ll explore three key pillars: **Foundations** Why strong fundamentals in design, systems thinking, and problem solving matter more than ever in the age of AI. **Fluency** Understanding and experimenting with emerging tools, technologies, and workflows — without becoming dependent on them. **Differentiation** What truly sets professionals apart: product thinking, data-driven design, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and strategic perspective. ## 📍 Event Details **Date:** April 23rd, 2026 **Time:** 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM **Location:** NYIT Manhattan Campus 11th Floor Auditorium 16 W 61st Street New York, NY 🍕 **Food Included** *** ## Speakers **Christopher Lee** Product and technology professional working at the intersection of emerging technologies, user experience, and product strategy. **Anindita Chowdhuri** Engineering leader focused on the intersection of technology, product strategy, and systems thinking. She brings deep insight into how designers and engineers collaborate in real-world product environments. *** ## What Makes This Different This is **not a lecture.** It’s a **live conversation with the community**. After the main session, we will open the room for a **15–20 minute brainstorming discussion** where students, designers, recruiters, engineers, and product thinkers can exchange ideas and perspectives. If you care about **the future of design, product, AI, and technology careers**, this is the room to be in. *** ## 👥 Who Should Attend Students UX Designers Product Designers Engineers Recruiters Product Managers Anyone curious about how careers are evolving in the AI era **Everyone is welcome.** We encourage attendees to **bring colleagues, friends, and other industry professionals** who would enjoy contributing to this conversation. *** ## 📩 RSVP Please RSVP via WhatsApp or message: **301-536-7545** Include: • Your **Name** • Your **Designation** (Student / Designer / Recruiter / Engineer / etc.) This helps us plan the space and food accordingly. *** ## 🌆 Hosted By NYCUXD Community In collaboration with students from **NYIT Manhattan**

Talk & Workshop: Value Exchange Redefined - How Service Design Adapts to AI

**Tuesday, April 28st - 6:00-8:00 PM EDT** **Talk & Workshop:** Value exchange redefined: how service design role is adapting in organizations to deliver on agentic ai **Event Description** This talk will go over the ongoing evolution of the service industry and how the low code/no code revolution is requiring service designers to rethink how to design for services using an agentic workflow mindset. The talk will be followed by an open discussion about this topic where participants will have the opportunity to share and reflect with others about their experience. **About Our Speaker** **Carol Massa** Carol is a multi-disciplinary designer with more than ten years of experience working at the intersection of innovation, design and technology. Her focus has been on improving service experiences in large complex healthcare systems through digital health platforms. As a Service Design Lead at Northwell Health, she acts as a facilitator to enhance service experiences for patients and clinicians and works with key stakeholders across departments on AI strategy leveraging digital partnerships inside and outside of the healthcare system **Agenda** * 6:00-6:30PM Meet & mingle over food and drink * 6:30-7:30PM Talk & Workshop * 7:30-8:00PM Discussion & Networking * 8:00PM - ? After-Party **Address** Intuit 51 Astor Place New York, NY 10003 **After-Party**: No Bar The Standard 25 Cooper Sq **Financial Transparency & Scholarships** As a non-profit, we do our best to strike a balance between making our events available to all and ensuring we keep the lights on. For this event, we are charging $10. * If this amount is prohibitive for you to attend this event, please message [Barry](https://www.meetup.com/sdnnyc/members/267573171/) on Meetup and we’ll provide you a scholarship to this event. You can also email us at sdn.newyorkchapter@gmail.com as we may miss messages on this platform. * If you’d like to provide scholarships, please message [Barry](https://www.meetup.com/sdnnyc/members/267573171/) on Meetup and he will follow up with you. See you there :) David, Francesco, Yasmin, Cameron, Lynn, Nicholas, & Barry Photo by:

WEDNESDAY In-person Crafting and Happy Hour

A lot of folks asked for a second monthly meeting, so here it is! Join us on the last Wednesday of every month for our in-person fiber arts meet up! Whether you knit, crochet, felt, sew, cross-stitch, or embroider, come by, grab a drink or a snack, and share your creations! We meet in the food hall at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey St) in Tribeca. We usually have a sign on the table so you can find us.

Daniel's Comic Book Workshop

WEDNESDAY In-person Crafting and Happy Hour

A lot of folks asked for a second monthly meeting, so here it is! Join us on the last Wednesday of every month for our in-person fiber arts meet up! Whether you knit, crochet, felt, sew, cross-stitch, or embroider, come by, grab a drink or a snack, and share your creations! We meet in the food hall at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey St) in Tribeca. We usually have a sign on the table so you can find us.

The Art Meetup: Free Earth Day Workshops @ Chelsea Piers

Inspiration trap creativity workshop

6,7&8pm Issyra Gallery presents - Inspiration Trap Creativity workshop Only 10 attendees allowed social distancing and mandatory mask wearing. You are invited to participate in a special session of creative thinking and fresh insight dedicated to inspiration. We live in a world of constant change that requires us to be able to continually adapt and innovate in order to succeed. Unfortunately, many of us have forgotten how to delve into our raw creativity and leave behind the rigidity of the frameworks we have progressively interiorized. This unique workshop seeks to reclaim our inspiration and imagination, rethink the unthinkable. It is ideal for people working in the creative arts as well as students, entrepreneurs, team managers, corporate leaders and anyone looking to implement their creative vision. Inspiration is a vital driving force in our lives that moves us to create our best work and lights the way for new, authentic ideas. How do we invite, cultivate and harness inspiration so that we are able to bring these ideas into reality? As a self-taught artist exploring various avenues of self-expression, Issa Sow draws a distinction between the phenomenon of inspiration itself and our task of making ourselves ready for it. In the upcoming Inspiration Trap workshop, we will imagine ways we can invite and contain our inspiration, and well as keep our mind in the open, dynamic state as a receptacle or a “canvas” to collect, reflect and grow our ideas. Feel free to bring along a personal object, a piece of clothing or even a small piece of furniture to play with during this hands-on experiment in innovative thinking. There are surprises and new elements in each session! Issa =2 Issa Sow is a contemporary international autodidact artist known as Issa=2. He believes in life being a journey of continual growth with each new

Inspiration trap creativity workshop

6,7&8pm Issyra Gallery presents - Inspiration Trap Creativity workshop Only 10 attendees allowed social distancing and mandatory mask wearing. You are invited to participate in a special session of creative thinking and fresh insight dedicated to inspiration. We live in a world of constant change that requires us to be able to continually adapt and innovate in order to succeed. Unfortunately, many of us have forgotten how to delve into our raw creativity and leave behind the rigidity of the frameworks we have progressively interiorized. This unique workshop seeks to reclaim our inspiration and imagination, rethink the unthinkable. It is ideal for people working in the creative arts as well as students, entrepreneurs, team managers, corporate leaders and anyone looking to implement their creative vision. Inspiration is a vital driving force in our lives that moves us to create our best work and lights the way for new, authentic ideas. How do we invite, cultivate and harness inspiration so that we are able to bring these ideas into reality? As a self-taught artist exploring various avenues of self-expression, Issa Sow draws a distinction between the phenomenon of inspiration itself and our task of making ourselves ready for it. In the upcoming Inspiration Trap workshop, we will imagine ways we can invite and contain our inspiration, and well as keep our mind in the open, dynamic state as a receptacle or a “canvas” to collect, reflect and grow our ideas. Feel free to bring along a personal object, a piece of clothing or even a small piece of furniture to play with during this hands-on experiment in innovative thinking. There are surprises and new elements in each session! Issa =2 Issa Sow is a contemporary international autodidact artist known as Issa=2. He believes in life being a journey of continual growth with each new

Inspiration trap creativity workshop

6,7&8pm Issyra Gallery presents - Inspiration Trap Creativity workshop Only 10 attendees allowed social distancing and mandatory mask wearing. You are invited to participate in a special session of creative thinking and fresh insight dedicated to inspiration. We live in a world of constant change that requires us to be able to continually adapt and innovate in order to succeed. Unfortunately, many of us have forgotten how to delve into our raw creativity and leave behind the rigidity of the frameworks we have progressively interiorized. This unique workshop seeks to reclaim our inspiration and imagination, rethink the unthinkable. It is ideal for people working in the creative arts as well as students, entrepreneurs, team managers, corporate leaders and anyone looking to implement their creative vision. Inspiration is a vital driving force in our lives that moves us to create our best work and lights the way for new, authentic ideas. How do we invite, cultivate and harness inspiration so that we are able to bring these ideas into reality? As a self-taught artist exploring various avenues of self-expression, Issa Sow draws a distinction between the phenomenon of inspiration itself and our task of making ourselves ready for it. In the upcoming Inspiration Trap workshop, we will imagine ways we can invite and contain our inspiration, and well as keep our mind in the open, dynamic state as a receptacle or a “canvas” to collect, reflect and grow our ideas. Feel free to bring along a personal object, a piece of clothing or even a small piece of furniture to play with during this hands-on experiment in innovative thinking. There are surprises and new elements in each session! Issa =2 Issa Sow is a contemporary international autodidact artist known as Issa=2. He believes in life being a journey of continual growth with each new

Live Song Workshop

Songwriters workshop your original with a band in front of an audience (inquire to register). Come watch 10 songwriters over 2 hours all backed by a live band. End the night with a cover song party!

Queens Fiber Crafters - Event in Jackson Heights

Join us at Art Retail Therapy in Jackson Heights for the next Queens Fiber Crafters MeetUp in-person gathering. This is a social gathering of knitters, crocheters, hand spinners who come together to work on their own projects and enjoy the company of other fiber enthusiasts. Francisco of Art Retail Therapy has graciously agreed to host our group for its ongoing gatherings. As this Meet-Up has taken off we are changing the payment model to send through payment with your RSVP ($15). Cash, PayPal or Venmo is preferred. Please contact me for RSVP in cash or Venmo details. We have had many people sign-up and subsequently not attend, leaving those on a wait list unable to secure a place at the crafting table. This is a fun easy weeknight gathering of crafters. We look forward to meeting and sharing joy. All levels are welcome but **do keep in mind that there is no instruction**. All attendees will need to be fully vaccinated to attend.

Stitch At the Library: Crochet & Knit Fun

Meet fellow craft enthusiasts, chat about your latest projects, and get inspired by all the crafty creations shared during the session. This event will take place in person at the **St. Agnes Library,** the perfect setting for a cozy and creative gathering. Bring your favorite yarns and needles, and get ready for a relaxing and enjoyable morning of crafting. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, share your love for crochet and knitting, and unleash your creativity in a supportive and welcoming environment.