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Not a pro just trying to help: I badly want to give advice on this but it is a long list of don't. The only two that I can say are safe indoors is sewing and non spray makeup applications. Hand painting with low fume paints and sketching, along with the low scrap sculpting like plastilina, sculpy (plastic clays) etc. are all good indoor options. Can't ever use the sinks for any form of cleanup on resins, clays, or casting materials of any kind so that is out unless you just use disposable temp tools like popsicle sticks and dollar tree brushes. Resins are a near hundred percent no unless they are ridiculously low fume and I say that is not really possible. Most of the classes will advise well enough about it being an indoor or outdoor process. If you do work inside get yourself a kiddy wading pool and some larger but lower walled storage containers to work in. I think the biggest NO is fumables that are also flammables. I can see throwing away completely dried sculpture or casting wastes but never attempt to add alcohols, thinners, liquid resins or chemicals of that nature "soaked up or not" to trash in a community trash, it is just a fire hazard on such a huge level. No baking the sculpy in the apt and similar. For now, you might want to focus on stone molds and gelatin casts, things like that. I know you are already feeling all this and it is why you asked so ignore my rambling about things you are already overcoming. Most apartments will have a work area and yours might be accessible if you ask the super. That is a tight line to walk though as they would then be quite curious what you might be doing in the apt so maybe ask other tenants first. I would advise searching your local area for maker spaces, community centers or similar but having fought that battle myself, it would be more likely the super would have a legit workspace on site. Might be worth a call to city hall or your local art center. You would be surprised how many are available.

I am in the same boat actually and with the cold weather as well! I luckily had an extra small office sized room in my old apartment I was able to use with a small table to sculpt and work on. I now have a little workbench in my basement (still not ideal in the winter months) but it works for now, and I brought my plaster molds upstairs into my bedroom so they wouldn't get moldy or crack. Just use whatever space you have! I even sculpted and painted in my living room for a while. 

The spray painting and airbrushing might be a little tougher. Maybe make a spray paint box out of any old boxes to use outside and then bring your projects back in to dry. If you have any fans to put on them to get any residual fumes out. Or ask any friends or family members that have garage spaces if you could use them for painting in.

Hope this helps somewhat! 

Well, this might get done in 2022. Working on the coat now. Very possible but still plenty yet to do. My kingdom for a few classes with Penny Rose.... hint hint.