Dedicated to creating beauty and changing lives, The Alpha Workshops is the nation’s first nonprofit organization to provide decorative arts education and employment for adults with visible and invisible disabilities, including HIV/AIDS. The organization was founded in 1995 and modeled on the famed Omega Workshops, the Wiener Werkstätte, the Bauhaus, and the American Arts & Crafts movement. Our award-winning interior products and finishes adorn numerous prestigious spaces, including Saks Fifth Avenue, The Woolworth Tower, Convene, the Polynesian at the POD Hotel, Gotham Hall, and Gracie Mansion. All sales proceeds fund our educational and employment mission.
The Alpha Workshops proudly serves the vulnerable communities of New York City.
News Press Stories
News: Alpha marks 1 one year at new home within Powerhouse Arts
As we celebrate one year (!) at our new home within Powerhouse Arts, we’re revisiting artnet‘s wonderful profile from last spring: “Powerhouse Arts in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn is pioneering a collaborative model for ensuring the longevity of fee-for-service fabrication studios amid constraining factors from the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, real estate prices, […]
Stories
30th Anniversary: Nancy Lorenz at PHA opening event
Read an excerpt from Galerie’s coverage of our fantastic 30th Anniversary exhibition event with artist Nancy Lorenz: The Alpha Workshops and Nancy Lorenz Light Up Powerhouse Arts In celebration of the decorative arts nonprofit’s 30th anniversary and recent relocation to the Brooklyn art hub, they’re showcasing four of Lorenz’s monumental banners previously only displayed in […]
Events
Honoring our 30th Anniversary with a stunning exhibition by artist Nancy Lorenz
As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, The Alpha Workshops and Powerhouse Arts (PHA) present the first-ever New York exhibition of CIELI E TERRA NUOVA by renowned artist and recent Alpha collaborator Nancy Lorenz. These four monumental paintings were created for a site-specific 2023 installation in Rome, Italy, and have never been displayed in North America before now. Open Hours: Friday, Feb 14 | 11am-7pm Saturday, Feb 15 | 11am-6pm Sunday, […]