Abrakadoodle

Abrakadoodle, 100 Carpenter Drive, Suite 100, Sterling, VA 20164

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About

Abrakadoodle offers visual arts classes for kids that include painting, sculpting, drawing, collage, paper art, fabric art, mosaics, anime, and studio art. The program also provides summer art camps, holiday art camps, art parties, art events, art activity days, school art assemblies, and an Academic Art Program. Abrakadoodle brings art onsite to kids in schools and community sites through a mobile art program.

• Ages: 3–12 years old

Abrakadoodle was founded in 2002. The company’s leadership includes Rosemarie Hartnett, Co-Founder and President of Abrakadoodle. Abrakadoodle provides well-trained teachers and uses expansive art lesson plans that exceed national standards for visual arts education. Programs include kids’ art classes, kids’ art camps, kids’ art parties, and art events, and Abrakadoodle has programs in multiple U.S. locations including Loudoun County, VA and Northern VA.

Abrakadoodle’s mobile art program brings its Academic Art Program to charter schools, private schools, and public schools where it becomes the school’s academic art program. It delivers visual arts classes, camps, parties, and events in schools, community sites, and Abrakadoodle art studios for kids around the world. Kids work with creative art materials such as bamboo brushes, molding compounds, wire, and oil pastels, and they experiment with elements of art such as color, form, line, shape, texture, and value. They also explore a wide range of art forms and styles from Pop Art to Pointillism and learn about different ways working artists are creative through the Artist of Distinction Program. According to the program, art lessons help build cognitive skills including concept development, problem solving, language, history, measurement, critical thinking, and fine motor development.

The stated mission is: “The Abrakadoodle® mission is to enhance the lives of children by creating an educationally rich learning environment that ignites their imaginations and leads them to discover their own unique creativities, talents and abilities.” Abrakadoodle was voted “Best Art Class to Inspire Your Child's Inner Picasso.” Abrakadoodle has been listed among the top brands of 2025 by the Franchise Journal and was ranked as one of the Top 100 Franchises Under $50k by Entrepreneur in 2025. Rosemarie Hartnett was included in Franchise Dictionary Magazine’s 2025 Women of Wonder (WOW) Celebration.

Parents and community partners have shared feedback about the program. Judy Jensen said, “Christian absolutely loves his art classes. He talks quite a bit about them and looks forward to displaying his art on the art wall at home.” Amy Wolfe said, “First, I love how organized and great the teachers are. …..I absolutely loved the finished product the children could take home- they were very impressive and as a parent of a child who was in the class, we hung every piece in his room.” Joel Rivera from Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley in Aliso Viejo, CA said, “The Abrakadoodle program connects with the kids. I have seen the relationships grow as the years pass, as well as the improvement of the kids artwork grow as well.” Alice Handrich from Shepherd’s Flock Preschool in Prior Lake, MN said, “The children enjoy the art. It’s developmentally appropriate and the children are learning about the artist and the different mediums used by that artist. It’s always framed. Parents comment on that.” Dan Pink, best selling author, said, “Abrakadoodle provides a great choice for savvy parents looking for high quality art classes that can help children develop essential right brain competencies and a true sense of creativity.” Brenda Donovan said, “My kids love Abrakadoodle and for that I thank you and your staff.” Marilyn Aparicio from Smart Starts Day Schools in Miami, FL said, “I like that they (Abrakadoodle) teach the kids a little bit of Humanities, introducing them to different artists.” Karyn Fine said, “My daughter Rachel participated in Twoosy Doodlers this summer…. I wanted to let you know that Rachel could not wait to get to class each week and produced some amazing art projects. We are so excited by your program and want to thank you for bringing it to our area.” Suzanne Hodges from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI said, “Abrakadoodle has completely hassle-free programs, and teachers who understand the needs of my students.”

Last updated July 17, 2026.

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