CREATE Arts Center

CREATE Arts Center offers Youth and Teen Art Classes for ages 5 through teen, with classes held on weeknights and weekends. It also offers No School Day Camp for school-age children and teens on days when school is closed, Camp CREATE! for youth ages 8-12, smARTkids Afterschool, adult art classes, and art therapy for children, teens, and adults.

Programs

• Youth and Teen Art Classes — 5 through teen · Weeknights and weekends · Wide variety of art classes to foster creativity in young people and give them outlets for important self-expression. Classes are designed for beginners through advanced students.
• Adult Art Classes — adults · Classes for adults, including short workshops or an 8-week class. For artists of all experience levels from beginner through advanced.
• No School Day Camp — school-age children and teens · On days throughout the year when school is closed · Camps on days such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Veterans Day, teacher conference days, spring break, winter break, and February break.
• Art Therapy — children, teens, and adults · Licensed art therapists provide confidential and compassionate support. Individual and group therapy for all ages.
• Camp CREATE! — 8-12 · Summer camp · Summer camp for youth ages 8-12 years with minor to moderate behavioral, emotional and functioning differences who benefit from extra attention and support.
• smARTkids Afterschool — young students · After school · Free afterschool program for young students from low-income schools, English learners with emotional or developmental challenges.

At a glance

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Facility hours: Mon.-Fri. from 8 AM – 4 PM

About the provider

CREATE Arts Center has operated since 1986. Its mission is to spark creativity, foster learning, empower individuals, and facilitate community connections through the visual arts. CREATE works with partners including Community Bridges, Shepherd’s Table, A Wider Circle, Montgomery County Public Schools, Linkages to Learning, YMCA, and other nonprofits and businesses.

CREATE Arts Center does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental health, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected by law, and is in compliance with all requirements of law and regulations with respect to the provision of services, employment decisions, internship and volunteer participation.

Last updated October 29, 2026.