Art for kids near San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Center for the Book Workshops offer hands-on Letterpress Workshops, Bookbinding Workshops, Arts Workshops, and Risograph Workshops. The program also offers field trips, tours, and team builders for adults and kids, along with in-person...

Precita Eyes Youth & Toddler Art Classes and Urban Youth Arts Programs offers youth and toddler art classes at the Precita Eyes Studio, along with Urban Youth Arts classes. These classes are part of the broader programming of Precita Eyes Muralists...

CASA (Children’s After School Arts) is an independent, nonprofit creative arts after school program that offers creative and performing arts instruction. Students take part in art projects, improvisations, and writing exercises, and they participate...

Young Audiences of Northern California Arts Programs offers dance, music, visual arts, and theater experiences led by teaching artists. Students take part in inspiring performances that introduce an art form, its cultural context, and its...

heARTful Kids Summer Camp offers exploration of visual arts, music, movement, performance, and group games, along with mindfulness practices and access to a Maker’s Lab for self-led choice time. Campers take part in sequential project-based art...

SCRAP Art Education Programs offers workshops at SCRAP, workshops in the community, and workshops for corporate teams. Program activities include SCRAP in a Box, Sustainable Fashion Design, and Educator Professional Development. Additional workshops...

Messy Art Lab Camps offers hands-on, creative days filled with paint, clay, collage, and sensory art. Kids get to explore, experiment, and make a happy mess in an award-winning process-oriented children's art studio that puts creative exploration...

Eureka Valley Arts offers hands-on projects that include 3D printing, crochet, macrame, Dungeons and Dragons, and creative writing. The program includes art and STEM projects that can shift dynamics for different personal needs. • Ages: 5–12 years...

Sharon Art Studio Youth Art Classes offer hands-on activities in ceramics, jewelry, glass, fine arts, stained glass, mixed media, and jewelry and metal arts. The program also includes summer youth art intensives that focus on these areas. • Ages:...

School Programs offers a livestreaming tour along with lessons and storytelling programs. The program allows these activities to be incorporated into classroom teaching. Families and educators can choose from the livestreaming tour, lessons, and...

Imaginate Youth Programs offers art experiences where participants create art using different materials. The program also includes field trips to art places in San Francisco as part of its activities. • Ages: 11–18 years old • Schedule: Imaginate...

Art School of SF Bay Camps and Classes offers drawing, painting, design, sculpture, watercolor, digital art, animation, and portfolio prep for teens. Students work on sketching, shading, perspective, anatomy of humans and animals, gesture drawing,...

Registration is now open for Camp Imaginate, the coolest art camp for 6–12 graders in San Francisco! Session programming is designed specifically for creative youth with developmental and learning disabilities, while warmly welcoming San Francisco...

Join us in the art studio for our Art Studio I & II classes for children ages 3-6 years old. SFCAC’s Art Studio classes provide younger children with open-ended, process-oriented art experiences. 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art activities will...

THIS SPRING: Join us for Art & NatureExplore the beauty of the natural world through the lens of creativity! Combining studio time with outdoor exploration, we’ll transform our observations of nature into creative expressions through painting,...

Sharon Art Studio offers a variety of activities including ceramics, jewelry, glass, and fine arts. It is located in the Sharon Building in Golden Gate Park near the Children’s Playground. The studio is known as San Francisco’s largest public art...

First Exposures Photography Mentoring Program offers activities in photography, including darkroom and digital photography. Participants engage in one-to-one mentorship with photographers, providing experiential learning environments such as...