Our overview of art classes in Brooklyn features opportunities for kids of all ages to explore visual art at any level, from drop-in toddler classes to advanced courses for teens. These studios specialize a variety of media, from painting and drawing to ceramics and sculpture to weaving, crocheting, and more textile arts! Each listing includes program details, ages, costs, and locations.
The Art Annex | Park Slope
Program Details: The Art Annex in Park Slope offers visual art programming of all ages: early childhood (18 months – 4 years), K – 5th Grade, and 6th – 12th Grade. Classes offered include a wide array of themes and media. The Art Annex also offers camps, birthday parties, and more!
Ages: 18 months and up
Costs: Early Childhood starts at $170/semester; K-5 classes range from $500-$625/semester; 6-12 classes start at $455/semester. School pickup available at an extra cost.
Locations: 413a 7th Avenue | Park Slope
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.395.7324
Artshack Brooklyn | Bed Stuy
Program Details: Artshack Brooklyn is a nonprofit ceramics studio located in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. We are working towards accountability as an anti-racist, queer-affirming organization that celebrates the creativity of youth and honors people of all abilities. We believe in the healing powers of clay! Artshack offers afterschool classes (with school pickups form A&L 305 United and PS 56), teen classes, kid-friendly classes on the weekend, kids camps, and more.
Ages: Family classes are for all ages, 1 and up. Afterschool classes are 5 and up. Teen classes are for ages 10-14.
Costs: Prices vary by program; click here to see all prices and register.
Locations: Ceramics Studios are located at 1131 & 1127 Bedford Avenue | Bed Stuy
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 347.417.3304
Artuta Art School @ Tappeto Volante Gallery | Park Slope
Program Details: Artuta is an art school for kids ages 4+ featuring classes taught by working, professional artists in NYC. Our student-centered teaching methodology fosters creativity, concentration and problem-solving. In-person Observational Drawing classes take place at Tappeto Volante, an art gallery in Park Slope. Artuta Art School also offers Summer Art Camp, Portfolio Support, and Private Instruction.
Ages: 11-18
Costs: $80/session for classes; summer camp is $525/week.
Locations: Tappeto Volante Gallery | 126 13th Street | Park Slope
Contact: Website | [email protected]
Barking Cat Studio | Windsor Terrace
Program Details: Barking Cat Studio is a uniquely equipped kid-size art studio that encourages creativity, discovery, teamwork and independent thinking. Our award-winning children’s art workshops are built on fun and engaging art principles combined with unique project concepts we know kids will enjoy. We are a teaching studio. We inspire our young artists with the know-how and the studio space and to work out their individual creative inspirations. Barking Cat offers toddler art classes, art-school workshops, mid-day studio time for homeschoolers, Kids Night Out, summer camps, school break mini-camps, and more!
Ages: 18 months and up
Costs: Toddler classes start at $47/class; classes for older kids start at $67/class. Pricing varies by program; visit website for all class prices.
Locations: Windsor Terrace | 219 Greenwood Avenue
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.686.1132
Bond Craft Studio | Carroll Gardens
Program Details: Bond Craft Studio is located on the border of Carroll Gardens & Gowanus in Brooklyn. They offer workshops for kids in crochet and other craft-making.
Ages: 5 and up
Costs: Prices vary; check website for upcoming workshops and pricing.
Locations: 372 Bond Street | Carroll Gardens
Contact: Website | [email protected]
Brooklyn Museum Studio Art Programs | Prospect Heights
Program Details: The Brooklyn Museum offers a wide array of fun and appealing art courses for families, children, teens, and adults. Be inspired and guided by professional teaching artists, see our collections in a new way, and create your own art with new and traditional materials. All levels of experience welcome! Check out their toddler program (ages 2-3), family program (ages 4-6), youth program (ages 6-13), and teen program(14-18).
Ages: 2-18
Costs: Toddler program is $160/6 classes; family program is $128/4 classes; youth and teen programs are $310/10 classes; discounted rates for museum members.
Locations: Brooklyn Museum | 200 Eastern Parkway | Prospect Heights
Contact: Website | [email protected] | [email protected]
Choplet Ceramic Studio & Gallery | Williamsburg
Program Details: Choplet Ceramic Studio offers ceramic classes and clay studio space in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The studio offers an After School Kids, Tweens & Teens Clay Program and Kids & Teens Ceramic Camps.
Ages: 6-14
Costs: After School is $715 (pick up option from PS 84, Brooklyn Arbor and North side is an additional $165). Camps are $500.
Locations: 238 Grand Street | Williamsburg
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 917.547.8316
ClayHouse Brooklyn | Cobble Hill
Program Details: ClayHouse is a pottery studio in Cobble Hill affiliated with The Painted Pot. They offer classes for kids including wheel pottery classes, handbuilding classes, and summer camps. They also offer special workshops, family classes, and more.
Ages: 6 and up (9 and up for pottery wheel classes)
Costs: Pottery wheel classes are $425/7 weeks, $545/9 weeks, $606/10 weeks. Handbuilding classes are $545/9 weeks. Summer camp is $625/week.
Locations: 229 Smith Street | Cobble Hill
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.222.0334
ColorLab @ Brooklyn Children’s Museum | Crown Heights
Program Details: ColorLab is Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s art-making space where artists of all ages can explore, make, and celebrate art. ColorLab programs are rooted in the creative works and cultures of Black artists. Each month our projects are inspired by a muse artist’s work and practice. Families have the opportunity to explore print-making, collage and sculpture projects inspired by artists such as Chakaia Booker, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold and Kehinde Wiley, among others. ColorLab is open Wednesday through Friday afternoons from 2:30-4:30 pm, and weekends from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Ages: All ages
Costs: Entry to ColorLab is included in general admission ($15/person).
Locations: Brooklyn Children’s Museum | 145 Brooklyn Avenue
Contact: Website
Creatively WILD Art Studio | DUMBO
Program Details: Brooklyn’s award-winning art studio in DUMBO offers art classes for all ages and levels, art camps for kids and teens, private art lessons, and more.
Ages: 2-18+
Costs: Toddler classes $60/class; kids classes $75/class; teen classes $80/class; click here for more pricing and registration.
Locations: 98 Water Street | DUMBO
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 917.543.8130
Eckford Street Studio | Greenpoint
Program Details: ESS Community Projects’ mission is to bring high quality art education to all members of our North Brooklyn community, regardless of income or experience. We host classes in our studio, in local public schools, and at community events around the neighborhood. After School classes are offered at Greenpoint Reformed Church, and ARTLAB for 6 months – 5 years old takes place at Sparśa Greenpoint.
Ages: 6 months and up
Costs: ARTLAB for 6 months – 5 years old is $150/5 classes. After School regular tuition is $1125; reduced tuition is $975. Summer Art Workshops are $650/week for regular tuition; $550/week for reduced tuition.
Locations: Greenpoint Reformed Church | 136 Milton Street | Greenpoint
Sparśa Greenpoint | 10006 Manhattan Avenue | Greenpoint
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 347.464.6929
Kentler International Drawing Space | Red Hook
Program Details: Kentler International Drawing Space is a drawing gallery on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook that offers a variety of educational programs for Red Hook youth and families. Their Drawing Together family program on the first and third Saturday of each month (10-11am) is FREE and designed for ages 4+ with a caregiver; drop-ins are welcome! Led by professional teaching artists, workshops are based on exhibitions at Kentler with new activities offered each week.
Ages: 4 and up
Costs: FREE!
Locations: 353 Van Brunt Street | Red Hook
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.875.2098
Lebeor School of Art | Park Slope
Program Details: Lebeor School of Art specializes in preparation for Middle School and High School admission art tests and portfolio reviews while also offering regular art classes that aim to increase a student’s artistic skills through their creativity. Their classes are divided by age group starting with the 1st Grade and work with a variety of artistic media.
Ages: 1st Grade and up
Costs: Inquire directly; parents complete student form on website in order to choose a class and receive pricing.
Locations: 688 Union Street | Park Slope
Contact: Website
Le Meraviglie Art | Brooklyn Heights
Program Details: Founded by artist and educator Piera Bonerba, Le Meraviglie – ‘the Wonders’ in English – exposes children to innovative and creative arts-enrichment programming in beautiful Brooklyn Heights. Classes are offered in many 2-D and 3-D media, and Le Meraviglie even offers art & cooking camps.
Ages: 2.5 and up
Costs: Prices vary; click here to see all classes and register.
Locations: 108 Montague Street, 2nd Floor | Brooklyn Heights
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 917.624.1709
Loop of the Loom | DUMBO
Program Details: Loop of the Loom is a textile art studio that offers kids classes in weaving, felting, spinning, and more. Their classes provide a process-oriented program that empowers every child to create and self-express with confidence without the fear of making mistakes. Loop of the Loom offers drop-off kids classes, weekly afterschool class packages, project-based classes, studio passes to work independently, and more!
Ages: 6 and up
Costs: Classes start at $65/2 hours; weekly afterschool class packages are $550/1.5 hours x 10 sessions. See more classes and rates on their website.
Locations: 197 Plymouth Street | DUMBO
Contact: Website | 718.734.2307
The Painted Pot | Park Slope
Program Details: The Painted Pot is a paint-your-own pottery studio that offers clay & art classes, week-long camps, and more. All instructors are accomplished artists and are the foundation of our studio. Whether teaching a semester class, party, or private lesson, our instructors love sharing their knowledge and passion for pottery with others. Check out The Painted Pot’s sister studio, ClayHouse Brooklyn in Cobble Hill (The Painted Pot in Cobble Hill is no longer open).
Ages: 6 and up
Costs: Classes are $425/7 weeks, $545/9 weeks, and $606/10 weeks. Camp is $625/week for Summer Clay & Art and $625/week for Summer Kids Wheel & Hand Building (at ClayHouse Brooklyn)
Locations: 200 7th Avenue | Park Slope
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.768.8379
PLAYDAY | Cobble Hill & Park Slope
Program Details: PLAYDAY is the place for children to experience the joy of making art in a fun, safe, clean, supportive, and collaborative studio environment. Grown Up & Me classes (aka Gum Art & Sensory) activities for children are offered for ages 1-4. Our 60 minute Art 5+ drop-in activities, such as Drawing & Painting, Water Color World, Sculpture, Fiber Frenzy, Cartooning, Little Architects, and many others are offered daily Monday-Friday all year round. Monday-Friday during Camp 5+ and Afterschool 5+, children enjoy a series of activities that introduce them to art history, reveal creative talents, and most importantly have fun with new friends and creative role model instructors. Our Advanced Art program is designed for the child that enjoys Painting & Drawing, Sculpture, Roblox Design, or Architecture and wants to move their skills to the next level.
Ages: Ages 1-4 must be accompanied by an adult; children 5+ can be dropped off for classes.
Costs:
Locations: Playday Cobble Hill | 269 Baltic Street, Brooklyn NY, 11201
Playday Park Slope | 242 7th Avenue, Brooklyn NY, 11215
Contact: Website | [email protected] | [email protected]
Pratt Saturday Art School | Clinton Hill
Program Details: Since 1897, Pratt Institute’s Saturday Art School has been offering a broad range of classes for children and teens. Saturday Art School students are encouraged to explore a variety of media, techniques, and approaches. Most classes are taught by art and design education students who are supervised by faculty. All classes meet from 10 AM–12 PM for two 10-week semesters, fall and spring. Instructors explore new ideas and projects each semester and year, as participants may take classes many times. See all Classes and Curriculum here. Registration for the fall semester is first-come, first-served. Due to returning students, spring classes fill up very quickly.
Ages: 6 years old – 12th Grade
Costs: $320/class, $160/additional sibling; financial aid available.
Locations: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus | 200 Willoughby Avenue, South Hall 203
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.636.3654
Private Picassos | Park Slope
Program Details: Private Picassos is a virtual & in-person art studio, creating art experiences for kids and adults throughout the US and the world. Private Picassos offers walk-in art-making 6 days a week from 10am-5pm! The studio also offers classes for all ages, art camp, private classes, homeschool classes, and more!
Ages: 18 months and up
Costs: Monthly memberships ($125) available for drop-in art making; or get a $50 day pass for unlimited art making. Classes start at $35/class; click here to see all prices and register.
Locations: 237 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.215.0589
Textile Arts Center | Park Slope
Program Details: Textile Arts Center is a studio offering youth classes in weaving, sewing, printing & dyeing, and more. Youth programs include After-School classes, Textiles for Tweens, Mini Camps and Summer Camps.
Ages: 5-14
Costs: Classes start at $550/8 weeks
Locations: 505 Carroll Street | Park Slope
Contact: Website | [email protected] | 718.369.0222
Updated: March 2024. Main Image: The Art Annex.
