Specialties
PLAYDAY is the place for children to experience the joy of making ART in a fun, safe, clean, supportive, and collaborative studio environment. During PLAYDAY's ART Activities, After School Programs, Camps, Custom Birthday Parties, and Special Events, our super positive highly trained instructors and spacious studios give children the opportunity to discover their creative voice and have fun while they’re doing it. For our youngest participants, we offer Grown Up & Me Art & Sensory activities for children ages 1-4 everyday Monday - Friday at 10AM & 11:15AM. Our 60-minute ART 5+ drop-in activities such as Drawing & Painting, Water Color World, Sculpture, Cartooning, Little Architects, and many others are offered daily Monday - Friday all year round! Check with your local PLAYDAY location's schedule to learn more about each activity offered. Monday-Friday during Camp 5+ and Afterschool 5+, children enjoy a series of activities that introduce them to ART history, reveal creative talents, and have fun with new friends and awesome instructors. Our Advanced Art program is designed for the child that enjoys Painting & Drawing, Sculpture, Roblox & Minecraft, or Architecture and wants to move their skills to the next level. From regular programming to specialized workshops, you have so many opportunities to immerse your child in the world of ART. Not to mention, our very
History
Established in 2017.
Founded in 2017, PLAYDAY set out to accomplish four goals: produce original “no-screen” creative enrichment for young children, provide an art focused after school program, throw the most awesome children’s ART Birthday Parties, and attract the best professional educators to be positive creative role models for children all while elevating social emotional awareness and creative development through ART.At PLAYDAY, children unlock their own creativity all while focusing on embracing diversity, building confidence, and developing an awareness of self. Learning new skills and ways to express yourself at a young age boosts confidence and fosters inspiration. These invaluable skill sets transcend ART and set children up for success. With their peers, children will participate in indoor and outdoor projects that promote focus, patience, process, forgiveness, sharing, accomplishment, problem solving, and aesthetics.
Meet the Manager: Madeline O.
I graduated from Hofstra University in 2021 with a dual degree in Early Childhood Education and Drama and am a certified teacher in New York State birth-6th grade in all subjects. I spent time teaching in the Long Island public schools system, creating and facilitating character development curriculum for the 12.14 Foundation back home in CT, and working in different performance mediums before settling in NYC. I was always seeking a career at the intersection of arts and education and found a great match with PLAYDAY! I have grown from instructor to assistant manager to manager within Playday and feel so much gratitude for the support of the team. I am excited to continue my work within Playday by developing our community and school partnerships and showcasing our communities through special events. I began those collaborations in Cobble Hill and look forward to expanding that across NYC.