K12 Gallery & TEJAS Art Classes and Camps

K12 Gallery & TEJAS Classes and Camps offers art classes, summer art camps, in school and after school hands-on making programs, field trips, workshops, art parties, and a Homeschool program. The program also includes professional exhibitions, public art and murals, an Artist-in-Residence program, an Artist-in-Training program, Very Special Needs classes, Community Outreach, Art Exhibitions, adult classes, and the HAALO program with the Juvenile Court System. K12 Gallery & TEJAS also runs BONDS Robotics, where students design, manufacture, and build a robot that competes in a sports-like challenge against other national and international teams.

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Thursday with daytime and early evening hours, plus Friday and Saturday daytime hours

K12 Gallery & TEJAS is an artist-centered regional visual arts center offering visual arts programs for all ages in the Miami Valley, Ohio, and is described as a multi-generational, family oriented, complete creativity space. It offers over 400 on-site art classes and exhibitions and over 1,000 off-site classes at 15 urban locations, and includes the Local Artist Nook sales gallery and the Scrappy Cat Salvaged Art Supply Store. The center hosts individual professional artist studios for David Bignell, Brent and Michele Devitt, Lisa Dineen, Marki Geib, and Betsie Molinsky, and art is on display with artists working on site. Members save 50% off all Saturday and weekday art classes, and TEJAS (Teen Educational Joint Adult Studio) is the expansion of art programs beyond the high school age. K12 Gallery & TEJAS impacts over 25,000 lives in its facility.

K12 Gallery for Young People was created in 1993 as a grassroots effort by artist and teacher Jerri Stanard, who founded the organization. The mission is to inspire people of all ages to imagine, learn and create art in a unique and encouraging environment. Enthusiastic instructors are all practicing artists.

Professional artists at K12 Gallery & TEJAS support low-income students, youth on probation, adults with disabilities, incarcerated individuals, and survivors of violence, providing equal access to the educational and healing quality of the arts. The organization builds collaborations with public schools and the community, expands urban Catholic schools’ participation in the Artist-in-Residence program, and implements HAALO with the Juvenile Court System to aid convicted juveniles in their rehabilitation. It provides dozens of public art projects, including public art and murals, to add cultural beauty to the Dayton region, promotes art-based community development and mutual-interest art partnerships, and aims to expand current partnerships and build new ones.

Last updated July 17, 2026.