Paso Robles Youth Arts Center

Paso Robles Youth Arts Center offers after-school classes in Art, Dance, Music, Theatre, and Culinary Arts. The program includes hands-on instruction in cooking, nutrition, and food preparation in the JUSTIN Culinary Arts Teaching Kitchen. The mission of Paso Robles Youth Arts Center is “enriching lives through the arts.”

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Friday, 2:30 pm–6:30 pm

Phase one of the program’s expansion is complete with the new JUSTIN Culinary Arts Teaching Kitchen, which provides hands-on instruction for children ages 5–18 in cooking, nutrition, and food preparation. A planned new building in May 2026 will add over 4,000 square feet of classroom space for local youth. Accessible after-school classes are offered in a variety of visual and performing arts, including Art, Dance, Music, Theatre, and Culinary Arts.

This is a community effort to support critical arts education, and the community is helping make the Paso Robles Youth Arts Center expansion happen. A generous donor has contributed a $250,000 matching gift, and every dollar donated through April 30, 2026, will be matched dollar for dollar. So far, $1.5 million has been raised by 144 donors, with $2 million left to complete the expansion. All donations are tax deductible, and the organization is grateful for the generosity of many sponsors who help make Paso Robles Youth Arts Center available to the youth of the community.

Families can also receive the monthly ArtisTree newsletter, which includes artbeats and spotlights of Paso Robles Youth Arts Center. One testimonial from founder Donna Berg states, “IF YOU CAN GIVE YOUR CHILD ONLY ONE GIFT, LET IT BE THE ARTS.”

Last updated June 23, 2026.