The Best Art School / Art Classes in Bay Area

Glaze & Confused

Glaze and Confused, a new pottery studio located in downtown San Rafael, offering lessons for all ages. We are also well-stocked with made-in-house pottery ceramics and are able to create custom designs upon request. Private and group lessons are ava... more

H. Momo Zhou Fine Art Studio

Gallery, commission painting, fine art classes for young kids to adult, open painting/drawing workshops for everyone more

Handcraft Studio School

We are a community of artists, makers, students and teachers who are committed to the preservation of handcrafts. In our El Cerrito studio we partner with local artists and crafts people to offer a wide variety of classes such as calligraphy, wood ca... more

Harvey Milk Photography Center

Celebrating 75 years, the Harvey Milk Photo Center (HMPC) is the oldest and largest community darkroom west of the Mississippi, and is part of the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. Harvey Milk Photo Center is located at 50 Scott Street, in... more

Healing The Zebra: Expressive Arts Education

See the website at http://www.HealingTheZebra.com for more information. more

Institute of Mosaic Art

Institute of Mosaic Art (IMA) is the only comprehensive Mosaic Art School, Mosaic Exhibition Gallery, Mosaic Supply Store and Mosaic Production Studio under one roof in the United States. Please stop by and check out our beautiful facilities, murals... more

Joseph Fine Art School and Gallery

Our Mission Joseph Fine Art School and Gallery aims to help students of all ages to express their artisitc imaginations and develop their own unique styles through the medium of traditional Chinese visual arts. The School The Joseph Fine Art Scho... more

Junior Center of Art & Science

Kepler Learning Center, Inc.

At Kepler Learning Center, we acknowledge that getting homework done is critical towards academic success. The center provides academic coaching for children grades 3 through 8. Our after school homework program provides: * individualized attention... more

Kids Knitwork

Knitting and Fiber Art classes, camps, workshops, and parties for kids and adults.  Learn to knit or improve your skill.  Special 10% referral discount off your Summer Camp cost when you bring a new student to join any week of t... more

KidsArt Studio

KidsArt & Drawn2Art teaches students realistic drawing and painting. Curriculum is varied to include teaching still-life, the figure, landscape, portraiture, cartooning, animation, clay sculpture and more. This high quality fine art program offer... more

Lafayette Studios

Lafayette Studio is dedicated to creating a harmonious and pleasant place for artists to teach, learn and work. We serve as a space for professional artists to teach independently, for art students to expand their knowledge and abilities at their own... more

Maker Studio SF

Join teams from KiraKira and My Fashion Design Kit for a summer of learning fashion design, engineering, and technology. We'll spend time coming up with design ideas, brainstorming, sketching, turning those sketches into 3D models and then using 3D p... more

Marilyn Ines Rodriguez

  Sculpture classes The Human Figure in Clay with professional model. The only privately taught classical sculpture class in San Francisco AND with only seven students!           ... more

Metalworks Gallery

Welcome to Metalworkssf! We are located in the heart of North Beach in one of the longest ongoing metal studios in all of North America, Macchiarini Design Jewelry. The school was founded by educator, and jeweler Emma Macchiarini in 2015. This is a... more

Mexican Heritage Plaza - School of Arts and Culture

Established in 1999, the Mexican Heritage Plaza / Centro Cultural de San José, officially opened its doors to the residents of East San José and to its surrounding communities on September 9, 1999. The Plaza is owned by the City of San... more

Neoteric Renaissance School of Art

The Neoteric Renaissance School of Art creates a platform where people can study traditional art forms of realism in Figure Sculpture, Figure Drawing and Painting. We are located in an artist's campus, creating a new Renaissance with fellow artists a... more

Nine Studio

Nine Studio opened in October of 2016 with the vision of creating a fun and exciting art studio space that encourages children to connect with their artistic potential. We focus on painting, drawing, landscape and portrait as well as more unconventio... more

Oriental Art Gallery

The Oriental Art Gallery sells a variety of brushes and quality grades of rice paper for creating art or writing traditional Chinese Calligraphy. more

Pan Theater Class Space

Pan Theater is the East Bay's oldest improv theater. Pan has been bringing improv goodness to the Bay Area since 2002. Tens of thousands of people have enjoyed shows, performed at and studied improv at Pan. Pan Theater class and rehearsal space is lo... more

Peninsula Art Institute

PAI  is a department of the Peninsula Museum of Art. Artist disciplines include Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Fibre Art . The Peninsula Art Institute (PAI) provides a limited number of studios to adult visual artists without restrictions... more

Pigman Gallery

Pinots Palette Livermore

Pinot's Palette is the upscale destination in Livermore where you can "Paint. Drink. Have Fun." At our painting events, anyone can be an artist and have fun being creative - no art experience required! In two or three hours you can create a festive,... more

PLACE for Sustainable Living

We are a public-serving, experiential learning center to showcase and foster sustainable living practices, urban homesteading, community resiliency & preparedness, social justice and artistic expression. Our goal is to incubate a local sustainabi... more

Public Glass

Public Glass is San Francisco's nonprofit center for creation and education in the glass arts. We offer classes in glassblowing, fusing/slumping, flamework, casting and neon. Beginners to advanced as well as specialty classes are offered year-round.... more

Rare Bird Makers' Studio

DIY, Art, and Sewing Workshops for all ages right on Piedmont Ave. in Oakland, California! more

Re-enchanting the world through art

Why is creativity so important to children? Why art for kids? Why art advocacy in education? Why focus on a big elementary school art project? Good questions. The KIDS CHALK ART PROJECT is an educational community campaign to promote the importance... more

Reb Peters Press - letterpress printing & workshops

     Reb Peters Press offers careful, precise, and affordable printing services for:  business cards, wedding invitations, custom letterhead, brochures, menus, birth announcements and more.  You don’t have to be in... more

Revere Glass

Revere Glass is a lampworking center in the heart of the Bay Area. We strive to provide state of the art equipment for student use. This includes Glass Torch Technologies, Delta Elites, and a new ventilation system. Each Station has a generous 6 f... more

San Francisco Artist Network (SFAN)

The San Francisco Artist Network Mission is to: * heighten awareness and understanding of the visual arts, through education, outreach, and service to visual artists * encourage and provide resources for the professional development of visual arti... more

San Francisco Comedy College

We offer stand-up, sketch and improv classes throughout the week as well as ongoing workshops in comedy writing, voice-over, one-person shows and more in San Francisco. Our graduates have gone on to working professionally at the San Jose Improv, Th... more

San Francisco School of Needlework and Design

The San Francisco School of Needlework & Design offers a wide range of technique classes taught by experienced and dedicated masters of the art – and a welcoming, collegial environment for sharing the pleasures of this slow and infinitely r... more

San Francisco Studio School

The San Francisco Studio School is dedicated to the study of drawing, painting, photography and mixed media. The school blends the studio emphasis of an atelier with a spirited exploration of theory and contemporary issues relevant to today's vi... more

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

Gallery, Classes, Events A local non-profit organization dedicated to making art a part of your life.  Supporting and encouraging the arts through education, exhibition and cultural activities. more

Seikishin Dojo Jujutsu

<strong>Japanese Jujutsu and Shinkendo (Japanese swordsmanship).</strong>&nbsp; more

Sequoia Fabrica

We are Sequoia Fabrica, an intergenerational community workshop in the San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood fostering the next generation of makers, designers and craftspeople. We're home to a wood and textile workshop, 3D printers and laser cut... more

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