Petaluma Arts Center Education Programs

Petaluma Arts Center Education Programs include educational classes and workshops, exhibitions, and community events and performances. The program takes place within a larger arts organization that presents rotating exhibitions featuring local, regional, and national artists and generates six shows a year with juried shows that emphasize community and partnership. Participants engage in activities in a setting that also offers professional development and support for artists through membership programs.

• Schedule: Thursdays–Sundays, 12:00pm–4:00pm
• Price: $200/hr, 2-hour minimum (for space rental)

Petaluma Arts Center Education Programs are part of Petaluma Arts Center (PAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that began in June 1998 as a grassroots community initiative known as the Petaluma Arts Council. Approximately a decade later, PAC opened its permanent home in the historic Railroad Depot Freight Building, and since opening its doors in 2008 it has grown into a regional hub for arts and culture. PAC’s mission states that it is a vibrant hub for the arts, recognized by local residents and the wider community for fostering meaningful connection through creativity, education, and community-focused programs. PAC is committed to inclusivity, engagement, and the celebration of diverse artistic voices throughout Sonoma County, and it states that advancing a cultural consciousness of diversity and inclusion is crucial and that it resolves to create a space where people feel a sense of belonging, feeling seen, heard, and understood. PAC acknowledges influential elements within political, cultural, and economic systems that grant access and recognition unequally and commits to cultural equity, and it will establish an annual review of its diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and collect data to ensure measurable outcomes by examining its board, staff, volunteers, and programming. PAC also states that it will partner with diverse institutions and individuals through its programming, policies, and practices by representing varying points of view, affirming similarities, and finding value and curiosity in differences.

Last updated June 26, 2026.