Index is a center for peer-led, public PROGRAMMING and the generous exchange of knowledge and ideas. We have shared studios and event spaces in NYC and LOCATIONS all over the world. Learn ABOUT our organization, or explore our community RESOURCES.
Index NYC (Chinatown)
120 Walker St.
Manhattan 10013
Index NYC (Greenpoint)
696 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn 11222
Ours
Richmond, VA
post-office
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lagori
Bengaluru, India
ishinoko kitchen
Ishinawa, Japan
Far away? Explore our digital offerings and participate in our community online.
Our peer-led programming model invites anyone to teach a course or host a workshop online. Have something you'd like to share? Get in touch with our programs team!
Asynchronous Courses
Intro to Coding for Designers
Our flagship Index course, taught by Alexa Ann Bonomo. Learn at your own pace through 8 chapters and creative prompts.
Calendar
A Social for Collective Creation with Figma Make
11:00 pmAn evening of absurdist prompts, collaborative chaos, and collective invention, powered by Figma Make.
Thursday, Aug 28, 2025
11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Upcoming
A Social for Collective Creation with Figma Make
An evening of absurdist prompts, collaborative chaos, and collective invention, powered by Figma Make.
Thursday, Aug 28, 2025
11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Upcoming
A Social for Collective Creation with Figma Make
11:00 pmAn evening of absurdist prompts, collaborative chaos, and collective invention, powered by Figma Make.
Thursday, Aug 28, 2025
11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Upcoming
A Social for Collective Creation with Figma Make
An evening of absurdist prompts, collaborative chaos, and collective invention, powered by Figma Make.
Thursday, Aug 28, 2025
11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Upcoming
Saltwater Alchemies
5:00 pmDiscuss ancestral grief through mermaids, play with seaweed, ferment vegetables, and learn how to make agar bioplastic in this hands-on culinary and material research workshop.
InstructorMeech BoakyeSunday, Sep 14, 2025
5:00 pm — 8:30 pm UTC
$60
Saltwater Alchemies
Discuss ancestral grief through mermaids, play with seaweed, ferment vegetables, and learn how to make agar bioplastic in this hands-on culinary and material research workshop.
InstructorMeech BoakyeSunday, Sep 14, 2025
5:00 pm — 8:30 pm UTC
$60
Artistic Alchemy: Creative Transformation Through The Artist's Way + 1:1 Coaching
11:00 pmA 12-week method to manifest your creative dreams, break through blocks, and build empowering habits through The Artist’s Way, personalized coaching, and a supportive community of fellow artists.
Sep 17, 2025 — Dec 18, 2025
Wednesdays from 11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Thursdays from 12:00 am — 2:00 am UTC
$420
Artistic Alchemy: Creative Transformation Through The Artist's Way + 1:1 Coaching
A 12-week method to manifest your creative dreams, break through blocks, and build empowering habits through The Artist’s Way, personalized coaching, and a supportive community of fellow artists.
Sep 17, 2025 — Dec 18, 2025
Wednesdays from 11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Thursdays from 12:00 am — 2:00 am UTC
$420
Living Room Lectures presents: Why Natural Selection Kept Us Queer
11:30 pmResearch scientist Andrew Bazley explores the evolutionary roots of queerness, revealing how same-sex attraction persists across species, and what it teaches us about sex, gender, and human biology.
Thursday, Sep 18, 2025
11:30 pm — 2:00 am UTC
$30
Living Room Lectures presents: Why Natural Selection Kept Us Queer
Research scientist Andrew Bazley explores the evolutionary roots of queerness, revealing how same-sex attraction persists across species, and what it teaches us about sex, gender, and human biology.
Thursday, Sep 18, 2025
11:30 pm — 2:00 am UTC
$30
Rag Rug Primer: Strategies for Renewal
5:00 pmThis workshop acknowledges the long lives of the textiles we live with, from humble sheets, to cherished shirts, to threadbare quilts, and introduces strategies for extending their roles in our lives.
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025
5:00 pm — 8:00 pm UTC
$120
Rag Rug Primer: Strategies for Renewal
This workshop acknowledges the long lives of the textiles we live with, from humble sheets, to cherished shirts, to threadbare quilts, and introduces strategies for extending their roles in our lives.
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025
5:00 pm — 8:00 pm UTC
$120
Rag Rug Primer: An Introduction to Rag Rug Study Group
9:00 pmAn interactive, illustrated lecture that introduces Rag Rug Study Group and the art of textile renewal.
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025
9:00 pm — 10:30 pm UTC
$15
Rag Rug Primer: An Introduction to Rag Rug Study Group
An interactive, illustrated lecture that introduces Rag Rug Study Group and the art of textile renewal.
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025
9:00 pm — 10:30 pm UTC
$15
Pasta Cosmologies
6:00 pmA handmade pasta workshop and book launch in which participants will engage with pasta as a lens through which to understand cuisine, ecologies, and culture.
Sunday, Sep 21, 2025
6:00 pm — 11:00 pm UTC
$70
Pasta Cosmologies
A handmade pasta workshop and book launch in which participants will engage with pasta as a lens through which to understand cuisine, ecologies, and culture.
Sunday, Sep 21, 2025
6:00 pm — 11:00 pm UTC
$70
TechnoMirage
6:00 pmJoin us for Reclaim, Reimagine, Rewire, a 3-part journey that pierces through the illusion of creative progress projected by AI.
UAAD + Julienne DeVitaUAAD + Julienne DeVitaSunday, Sep 21, 2025
6:00 pm — 10:00 pm UTC
$25
TechnoMirage
Join us for Reclaim, Reimagine, Rewire, a 3-part journey that pierces through the illusion of creative progress projected by AI.
UAAD + Julienne DeVitaUAAD + Julienne DeVitaSunday, Sep 21, 2025
6:00 pm — 10:00 pm UTC
$25
Facing the Storm: Holding Grief, Anxiety, and Deep Emotion during the Climate Crisis
11:00 pmAn interactive futures salon to explore the emotional dimensions of climate change, and how we might move from paralysis to action.
FacilitatorsJulienne DeVita + Alisha BhagatMonday, Sep 22, 2025
11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
$25
Facing the Storm: Holding Grief, Anxiety, and Deep Emotion during the Climate Crisis
An interactive futures salon to explore the emotional dimensions of climate change, and how we might move from paralysis to action.
FacilitatorsJulienne DeVita + Alisha BhagatMonday, Sep 22, 2025
11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
$25
Artistic Alchemy: Creative Transformation Through The Artist's Way + 1:1 Coaching
11:00 pmA 12-week method to manifest your creative dreams, break through blocks, and build empowering habits through The Artist’s Way, personalized coaching, and a supportive community of fellow artists.
Sep 17, 2025 — Dec 18, 2025
Wednesdays from 11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Thursdays from 12:00 am — 2:00 am UTC
$420
Artistic Alchemy: Creative Transformation Through The Artist's Way + 1:1 Coaching
A 12-week method to manifest your creative dreams, break through blocks, and build empowering habits through The Artist’s Way, personalized coaching, and a supportive community of fellow artists.
Sep 17, 2025 — Dec 18, 2025
Wednesdays from 11:00 pm — 1:00 am UTC
Thursdays from 12:00 am — 2:00 am UTC
$420
The Send Off
5:00 pmA collective celebration to remember the places, people, and moments we’ve lost in the city
Saturday, Sep 27, 2025
5:00 pm — 8:00 pm UTC
$80
The Send Off
A collective celebration to remember the places, people, and moments we’ve lost in the city
Saturday, Sep 27, 2025
5:00 pm — 8:00 pm UTC
$80
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Teach something
Want to lead an event, workshop or course at Index? We believe in teaching as an expression of the creative process, and our instructors are a mix of first-timers and seasoned pros. We split profits 50-50 with instructors so you can make money too.
PALs
Index Patronage Program
Index is graciously supported by our community of Patrons and Liaisons (PALs). We hang in Discord, join collective reading and research groups, and get 10% off of all courses, workshops and paid events.
If you're in a position to give back to your creative community, we promise to make your contribution go as far as possible.
C'mon. Be a PAL