The Arsenal Center for the Arts offers art classes for children and adults - regardless of experience.  Students learn from professional artists as well as from their fellow students in a supportive art environment. Classes & workshops focused on ceramics, painting, printmaking, drawing, mosaics, collage, cartooning, and more are all available year-round.

• View/print our Spring/Summer 2012 course offerings here.

Call 617-923-0100 x309 for registration, or use our mail-in registration form here.

 

SUMMER CLASSES AT A GLANCE

Session 1 Jun 18-22
Morning:
Going Green (ages 5 & 6)
Painting & More (ages 7-10) ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT
Comics (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Let’s Paint (ages 5 & 6)
Comics & Characters (ages 7-10) ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT
Basic Jewelry (ages 11+)

Session 2 Jun 25-29
Morning:
Animal Planet (ages 5 & 6)
Clay Projects (ages 7-10) ONLY 1 SPOT LEFT
Let’s Draw (ages 7-10)
Mosaics & More (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Clay for Kids (ages 5 & 6)
Fun on the Farm (ages 5 & 6)
Puppets, Props, & Plays (ages 7-10) FILLED *NEW SECTION ADDED!*
Drawing & Painting (ages 11+)

Session Jul 9-13
Morning:
Up in the Sky (ages 5-6)
Earth Friendly Art (ages 7-10) ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT
Drawing & Painting (ages 11+)
Pottery & Sculpture (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Art Sampler (ages 5-6)
Art Basics (ages 7-10) ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT
Wheel (ages 11+) FILLED
Mixed Media (ages 11+)

Session 4 Jul 16-20
Morning:
Under the Sea (ages 5 & 6)
Clay Projects (ages 7-10) ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT
Creative Dolls (ages 7-10)
Mixed Media (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Clay for Kids (ages 5 & 6)
Let’s Paint (ages 5 & 6)
Painting & More (ages 7-10) FILLED *NEW SECTION ADDED!*
Polymer Clay Jewelry (ages 11+)
Comics (ages 11+)

Session 5 Jul 23-27
Morning:
Fun on the Farm (ages 5 & 6)
Puppets, Props, & Plays (ages 7-10) ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT
Pottery & Sculpture (ages 11+)
Hip Hop Lyrics (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Fables & Fantasy (ages 5 & 6)
Clay Projects (ages 7-10) FILLING FAST
Painting & Printmaking (ages 7-10)
Drawing & Painting (ages 11+)

Session 6 Jul 30-Aug 3
Morning:
Lions, Tigers & Bears (ages 5 & 6)
Painting & Printmaking (ages 7-10)
Let's Draw & More (ages 7-10)
Polymer Clay Jewelry (ages 11+) ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT
Afternoon:
Tinker With Toys (ages 5 & 6)
Art Basics (ages 7-10)
Comics (ages 11+)
Mosaics & More (ages 11+)

Session 7 Aug 6-10
Morning:
Circus Art (ages 5 & 6)
Earth Friendly Art (ages 7-10) FILLING FAST
Wheel (ages 11+) ONLY 1 SPOTS LEFT
Mixed Media (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Possibly Picasso (ages 5 & 6)
Comic & Cartoon Characters (ages 7-10) ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT
Hip Hop Lyrics (ages 11+)
Mosaics & More (ages 11+)

Session 8 Aug 13-17
Morning:
Fables & Fantasy (ages 5 & 6)
Painting & Printmaking (ages 7-10)
Comics (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Under the Sea (ages 5 & 6)
Clay Projects (ages 7-10) FILLING FAST
Creative Dolls (ages 7-10)
Pottery & Sculpture (ages 11+)
Mixed Media (ages 11+)

Session 9 Aug 20-24
Morning:
Tinker With Toys (ages 5 & 6)
Painting & Printmaking (ages 7-10)
Comic & Cartoon Characters (ages 7-10) ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT
Basic Jewelry (ages 11+)
Afternoon:
Art Sampler (ages 5 & 6)
Let's Draw & More (ages 7-10)
Painting & More (ages 7-10)
Wheel (ages 11+) FILLED

 

Vacation Workshops provide creative experiences during school vacation. Each workshop is 2 hours long and runs from 10 – 12 in the morning and 12:30 – 2:30 in the afternoon.

• View/print our Vacation Workshops Brochure and Registration Form here .

Call 617-923-0100 x309 for phone registration.

April Vacation Workshops
April 17, 18, 19, 20 (Tuesday – Friday)

Celebrate your child's birthday party with an art workshop at the Arsenal Center for the Arts. Workshops include mask making, t-shirt painting, clay animals and more. Cost is $165 for members, $180 for non-members, for a party of up to 10 children. Each additional child is $9. (There is a minimal surcharge of $2 per shirt for t-shirt workshops).

• View/print our Birthday Party Brochure & Registration Form here.

Call 617-923-0100 x309 for phone registration.

Thank you to our sponsors for your support of our arts education program. Your generosity enables us to provide a limited number of student scholarships.

• Tommy Heinsohn & The Helen J. Weiss Scholarship Fund
• Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation
• Watertown Community Foundation
• Roy A. Hunt Foundation
• Cambridge Trust
• Massachusetts Cultural Council

In the case of bad weather, daytime art classes at the Arsenal Center for the Arts are cancelled when the Watertown Public School System is closed. If the Watertown schools are running on a delayed schedule, our daytime classes will meet at the regular times. For evening cancellations, please call 617-923-0100 x309. A message will be left on the machine by 5 pm.