Colorspace Arts Youth Art Classes and Workshops

Colorspace Arts Youth Art Classes and Workshops offers activities such as Block Printing Workshop for Teens, a 3-Day Portrait Painting Workshop, Character Design, a Cartooning Class, an Art Portfolio Class, Figure Drawing For Teens, Still Life Lab, a Figure Drawing Workshop, Drawing Comics, a Free Collage Workshop, and figure drawing and painting sessions with live models. The program also includes life model sessions and an uninstructed still life session.

• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: Options include single 3-hour workshops, weekly classes over several weeks, and multi-day workshops
• Price: Character Design $160 for 4 classes per session; Still Life Lab weekly fee $15; Figure Drawing Workshop tuition $300 (model’s fee included)

Block Printing Workshop for Teens is held on Memorial Day from 10AM–1PM. The 3-Day Portrait Painting Workshop with Mildred Hankinson for ages 16 through adults runs July 17–July 19. Character Design meets on Mondays from 4–6PM in two separate four-class sessions, April 20–May 11 and May 18–June 8. Figure Drawing For Teens for ages 12–18 runs from April 19–May 24 with weekly Sunday classes from 1PM–4PM. Still Life Lab meets on Mondays from 10AM–1PM in 3-hour sessions. The Figure Drawing Workshop runs on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, from 12–5PM each day. Drawing Comics meets on Wednesdays from 4:30PM–6:30PM from March 11–May 27. Still Life Lab is an uninstructed still life session with various still life setups with themes and props each week, and the setup and lighting remain consistent throughout the 3-hour sessions. Multiple figure drawing and painting groups run throughout the week and are open to everyone, and teen students are welcome in the Figure Drawing Workshop with a parent’s consent for working with nude models.

Colorspace Arts is studio space dedicated to providing a vibrant and accessible environment for art-making and arts education in the San Francisco Bay Area, including El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Richmond, Oakland, and San Francisco. It offers a community-focused art space with a variety of art classes, workshops, and uninstructed sessions for both beginners and experienced artists. The site has been a hub for art classes and workshops organized by Liv and Chiu Art Studio for the past 3 years. Colorspace Arts, led by Susan Chuang, is taking over organizing the art programs starting July 2025. Susan Chuang is a figurative painter who has been pursuing art for 20 years and is a retired physician who practiced primary care medicine for three decades, and she has been directing the use of the studio for art education in addition to her own art practice. Colorspace Arts is on the Ambassador Committee for the El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce. The program plans to fill the calendar with art workshops taught by distinguished artists locally and from all over the country and offers opportunities for youth and adults to have in-depth learning with expert artists and teachers through extended weekly classes. For the Figure Drawing Workshop, the supply list includes an 18" x 24" pad of smooth newsprint, charcoal pencils (two each of 2B and 4B, with optional HB and 6B), a kneaded eraser, a sand paper pad or paddle, a box cutter or x-acto knife for sharpening pencils, and optional baby wipes for quickly wiping charcoal off hands.

Last updated May 13, 2026.