Creative IQ Art Studio
Creative IQ Art Studio & CIQ Gallery, 3423 Balboa Street, San Francisco, CA 94121
About
Creative IQ Art Studio offers fine art classes, art classes, art camps, workshops, after school programming, summer camps, and camps during school breaks. The program also hosts private parties, Arty Parties, paint and sip events, student art shows, and opportunities for volunteering as an assistant counselor, along with in-school programs.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Fall, winter, and spring class and camp options on weekdays and Saturdays, with additional summer programs running Monday–Friday during the day, and separate hours available for art parties throughout the year.
Creative IQ Art Studio offers weekly classes, summer camps, school holiday break camps, Fall Camp, Winter Camp, and Spring Camp. The space is used for events such as birthdays, Ladies/Friends Night, team building, holiday parties, and more. Students work with an emphasis on drawing and painting and get first-hand experience making and displaying their own original paintings, illustrations, and arts and crafts projects. The CIQ gift shop and gallery feature art, handmade gifts, cards, prints, and wares made by local artisans, and the gallery exhibits and sells work of established and emerging artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a new gallery show every few months featuring a variety of art styles, mediums, and price points. Creative IQ programs promote creative arts literacy, community involvement in the arts, cultural enrichment, social creativity, interpersonal social skills, creative confidence, and self expression. The program provides access to high quality art education, local art professionals, and an active creative arts community.
Creative IQ opened in 2015. Owner Suzie Ferras has over 20 years of experience teaching art and working professionally in the arts, and over 25 years of experience working and teaching in the arts. She is the owner of Creative IQ Art Studio and CIQ Gallery, an SF Arts Commissioner, and the president of the Balboa Village Merchants Association. Creative IQ Art Studio represents and hosts a collective of talented local visual artists and craft artists from San Francisco, Oakland, and the San Francisco Bay Area, exhibiting and selling their work.
Last updated June 19, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Fall, winter, and spring class and camp options on weekdays and Saturdays, with additional summer programs running Monday–Friday during the day, and separate hours available for art parties throughout the year.
Creative IQ Art Studio offers weekly classes, summer camps, school holiday break camps, Fall Camp, Winter Camp, and Spring Camp. The space is used for events such as birthdays, Ladies/Friends Night, team building, holiday parties, and more. Students work with an emphasis on drawing and painting and get first-hand experience making and displaying their own original paintings, illustrations, and arts and crafts projects. The CIQ gift shop and gallery feature art, handmade gifts, cards, prints, and wares made by local artisans, and the gallery exhibits and sells work of established and emerging artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a new gallery show every few months featuring a variety of art styles, mediums, and price points. Creative IQ programs promote creative arts literacy, community involvement in the arts, cultural enrichment, social creativity, interpersonal social skills, creative confidence, and self expression. The program provides access to high quality art education, local art professionals, and an active creative arts community.
Creative IQ opened in 2015. Owner Suzie Ferras has over 20 years of experience teaching art and working professionally in the arts, and over 25 years of experience working and teaching in the arts. She is the owner of Creative IQ Art Studio and CIQ Gallery, an SF Arts Commissioner, and the president of the Balboa Village Merchants Association. Creative IQ Art Studio represents and hosts a collective of talented local visual artists and craft artists from San Francisco, Oakland, and the San Francisco Bay Area, exhibiting and selling their work.
Last updated June 19, 2026.
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