Youth Programming

Refer a friend and or sibling get you both 5% off the registration.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

Space is very limited in classes & workshops. Please read the cancellation policy here: https://www.550arts.com/studio-policies

Financial need? Fill out an application for the Art for All Scholarship.

2026 Summer Camps

Arts Explorer (7yo+):

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Students explore through paint, paper, pencil, clay sculpting, and more. Process over product!

  • Session 1 (June 29-July 3): Miniature Worlds 2:30-5PM, $195
  • Session 2 (July 6-10): Young Illustrators 2:30-5PM, $195
  • Session 3 (July 13-17): Epic Underwater Adventures 2-5PM *, $225
  • Session 4 (July 20-24) : Nature 2:30-5PM, $195
  • Session 5 (Aug 3-7): Travel the World with Art 2:30-5PM, $195
  • Session 6 (Aug 10-14): All Aboard the Peace Train 2-5PM *, $225

The * means the youth camp is happening on the same dates as the teen camp and the session is 2-5PM, taught by Beth.

No * means the session is 2:30-5PM, taught by Mattea.

Teen/tween Clay (10yo+):

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Students work with clay all week. Some camps are clay sculpting only (working with clay to make functional pottery and sculptures without the spinning wheel) and some are focused on learning to use the pottery wheel.

Clay Sculpting by Hand Camps:

  • Teen Clay Sculpting Session 1 (June 22-26), 2-5PM, Beth, $225
  • Teen Clay Sculpting Session 2 (July 27-31), 2-5PM, Beth, $225
  • Teen Clay Sculpting Session 3 (Aug 17-21), 2:30-5PM, Mattea, $215

Pottery Wheel Camps:

  • Teen Pottery Wheel Session 1 (June 22-26), 2:30-5PM, Emma, $215
  • Teen Pottery Wheel Session 2 (July 13-17), 2:30-5PM, Emma, $215
  • Teen Pottery Wheel Session 3 (July 27-31), 2:30-5PM, Emma, $215
  • Teen Pottery Wheel Session 4 (Aug 10-14), 2:30-5PM, Emma, $215

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Please drop off/pick up your child within 5 minutes of the start and end times.

Kid’s After School Classes

An 8-10wk session is offered Fall, Winter and Spring, depending on how many holidays land in that session. All classes encourage exploration while sharing techniques and skills to form a solid base of understanding for the subject being covered.

We have clay-focused and drawing/painting-focused classes. There are also teen-only and youth-only classes.

Home School Classes

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Home schooled kids are welcome to join any of our after school kids classes. View the classes offered above or contact us if you have 8 or more students in the same 2-3 year gap age range who would like to take a class. We can possibly schedule something for your group specifically. Small group sizes and wide age ranges are more difficult to organize.

Family Clay Sculpting:
Family Clay – Sculpting (under 9yo)
A new project every month! The guided project has ample room for customization and creativity, so independent thinkers can take the project in where they choose.

The price includes one hand-sculpted piece per person. All ages are welcome, but if the child is 5 or under, parent & child can choose to sculpt a single piece together.

NOTE: This is NOT a wheel throwing class. The wheel is recommended for kids 9+.

Family Pottery Wheel:

Family Pottery Wheel (9yo+)

This crash course on the pottery wheel includes a demonstration, about an hour on the wheel, some time for clean up, and at least one piece finished

 and fired per person. Extras may be kept for $5 each. Create side by side and have a blast making something that you can eat your snacks out of or

drink from!

NOTE: 9 yo+ only. Smaller bodies have a difficult time on the wheel, and we don’t want one’s first experience with the wheel to be frustrating simply because of body size!

Family Watercolor Painting:

Family Watercolors! (mixed ages)

The subject changes each month! Come paint side by side with your little one as you explore the joys of watercolors together.