Armory Studio Art Classes
Armory Center for the Arts (The Gale Kohl Center for Creativity), 145 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
About
Armory Studio Art Classes offers studio art classes in the visual arts that are designed and led by Armory Teaching Artists. The program also includes year-round free art classes for children, teens, older adults, and families at parks, community centers, and juvenile justice centers across the region. In addition, it offers sequential courses in public elementary school classrooms that merge visual arts with math and science, as well as artist residencies that embed Armory Teaching Artists at local social service organizations.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Price: Admission is always free
Armory Studio Art Classes is part of an organization founded in 1989 that presents exhibitions by forward-thinking contemporary artists and provides artist-led education programs for children, teens, and adults across LA County annually, with a particular emphasis on uplifting young people from historically under-resourced neighborhoods in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. Armory Teaching Artists are accomplished artists with active studio practices. The program operates within a hybrid model that is neither squarely an art museum nor an art school, using contemporary art exhibitions as teaching tools and presenting rigorously researched exhibitions and related programs at no cost to the public. Exhibitions emphasize contemporary artists whose work is socially relevant and often BIPOC-centered, and they are presented to advance social justice and advocate for a more equitable society. Galleries are open Thursdays through Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. The organization is guided by a mission to nurture the community and its young people by creating, learning, and presenting art to advance equity and social justice, with a vision of joyful, healthy, and equitable communities shaped by imagination, creativity, and diverse voices. The leadership team includes Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Director of Exhibitions.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Price: Admission is always free
Armory Studio Art Classes is part of an organization founded in 1989 that presents exhibitions by forward-thinking contemporary artists and provides artist-led education programs for children, teens, and adults across LA County annually, with a particular emphasis on uplifting young people from historically under-resourced neighborhoods in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. Armory Teaching Artists are accomplished artists with active studio practices. The program operates within a hybrid model that is neither squarely an art museum nor an art school, using contemporary art exhibitions as teaching tools and presenting rigorously researched exhibitions and related programs at no cost to the public. Exhibitions emphasize contemporary artists whose work is socially relevant and often BIPOC-centered, and they are presented to advance social justice and advocate for a more equitable society. Galleries are open Thursdays through Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. The organization is guided by a mission to nurture the community and its young people by creating, learning, and presenting art to advance equity and social justice, with a vision of joyful, healthy, and equitable communities shaped by imagination, creativity, and diverse voices. The leadership team includes Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Director of Exhibitions.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
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