Pacific Grove Art Center Youth Art Programs

Pacific Grove Art Center Youth Art Programs offers after school art classes, weekend art classes, and summer art classes for kids. These classes include after school, weekend, and summer options that focus on art activities for youth.

• Ages: 8–17 years old
• Schedule: Open Wednesday–Sunday, 12–4 PM

Since 1969, Pacific Grove Art Center has been a community based nonprofit seeking to enhance art appreciation and encourage the creation of art. Its mission is to cultivate the arts throughout the Monterey area by creating experiences that inspire and engage, touch hearts, challenge minds, and enrich lives. The organization has four exhibit galleries named Nadine Annand, David Henry Gill, Elmarie Dyke, and Louise Cardeiro Boyer, as well as seventeen professional artist studios. It offers art and movement classes for adults, after school, weekend and summer art classes for kids 8–17, creative opportunities for teens, and music and cultural events throughout the year. It has provided low cost classes, free exhibits, and reduced rent for artist studios for over 40 years and is also the home of the Peninsula Ballet Center. The Board of Directors includes Karen Owen (President/Chair), Misha Pavlov (Board 1st Vice President), Emily Fantelli (Secretary), Amanda Menefee (Board Treasurer), and board members Adrianne M. Jonson, Dixie Layne, Shahla Safaie, Aiden Ponce, Anthony DeMers, Sam Al-Maqtari, Fiona Leahy, Jameson Paull, Micah Stamps, and Bob Pacelli.

Last updated July 5, 2026.