Baltimore Clayworks, 5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209 Phone: 410-578- 1919 Website: www.baltimoreclayworks.org Classes working with clay for ages 6 -15 and one-day Family Workshops for parent and child for ages 3-11. Classes and workshops for teens and adults in wheel-throwing and handbuilding.

Columbia Art Center, located in the Long Reach Village Center (next to Stonehouse Community Center), 6100 Foreland Garth, Columbia, is just minutes from Route 175. The Columbia Art Center is offering classes designed for children, teenagers and adults. Topics include handbuilding with clay, wheel throwing, fashion and home design, drawing, sculpting, mosaic, plus cooking for kids. Artful birthday parties for ages 5-13. For more information or to register call 410-730-0075 or visit www.columbiaartcenter.org.

Community Art Center at Towson University offers a wide variety of art classes Courses range from drawing, painting and sculpture to computer graphics and animation. The CAC offers classes for children, teens and adults. Please call 410-704-2351 or visit www.towson.edu/cac  for more information.

Maryland Institute College of Art, 1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, is offering classes on Saturdays beginning September for grades K-8.  The Young People’s Studios are designed to offer high-quality instructional experiences in the visual arts. Classes are offered in variety of media. For more information, a complete class listing and to register call 410-225-2219 or visit www.mica.edu. 

Montpelier Cultural Arts Center is Prince George’s County’s premier multi-faceted arts facility.  Located in Laurel, Maryland, the Center is part of the Montpelier Complex. Art classes are offered for children in drawing, painting, animation, photography and storybooks and After School Study and Art. Call 301-953-1993, 410-792-0664 or visit www.pgparks.com/Things_To_Do/Arts/Montpelier_Arts_Center.htm for additional information.

Young Rembrandts is a national art enrichment program that teaches children how to draw using an engaging step-by-step methodology that all children can succeed with.  Using an extensive and child-centered curriculum, we learn and use technical drawing skills and discover that all complex objects can be broken down into familiar shapes; then use problem solving skills, innovation, and imagination to put our shapes together into confidence-boosting masterpieces.  Young Rembrandts is an after school enrichment drawing program held directly after school at your school. It brings programming to Port Discover Museum, Parks and Recreation, Libraries, The Girl Scouts and  also offers services to Home School families.  Please visit the website at www.youngrembrandts.com for more information. Call 410-497-5947 for Baltimore City and County and 301-620-2995 for Frederick and Montgomery Counties

ARTS CENTERS
Here you can find a variety of the arts to choose from.

BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown.  BlackRock is committed to providing the community with the high quality, professional arts education.  Throughout the year BlackRock will offer enriching arts classes and workshops.  Classes are offered for children, teen and adults. Classes are offered in dance, literary arts, music, theater arts, and visual arts. Call 301-528-2260 or visit www.blackrockcenter.org for additional information. 

Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts, 194 Hammonds Lane, Brookyn Park, a 58,000 sq. ft. multi-discipline arts facility houseing a 904-seat Hammonds Lane Theatre, a 110-seat Studio 194 Theatre, gallery space, ceramics lab, dance studios, music room, resident artists' studios, scene-shop and classrooms. They offer classes and workshops in a variety of arts and crafts, dance, music and theater. For more information call 410-636-6597 or see their website: www.chesapeakearts.org.

Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo MD, has a series of arts and crafts classes for children, teens and adults. Classes and workshops for children include dance and movement, theater, music, book arts, calligraphy, clay animation, drawing, painting and crafts, mixed media, film and animation,  printmaking, puppetry and textile arts. For more information call 301-634-2222 or see www.glenechopark.org

Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043. Phone: 410-313-2787 Website www.hocoarts.org. The Arts Council offers classes and workshops for children, teens, and adults.  Fall classes begin September 20, 2010 and run through November  20. Classes for young and young-at-heart artists alike include improvisational acting with a final class performance for family and friends in the Center’s black box theatre.  Kids can take classes in cartooning, sculpture, recycled art, and Sumi painting. New this year, “Mommy/Daddy and Me Halloween Mask Making”, where family pairs can construct and decorate masks together in a fun environment.  Classes for adults include explorations in watercolor, oil, plein air pastels, embroidery, and photography.  Ongoing weekly drop-in sessions for drawing and painting from portrait and life models are also available. No Boundaries theatre program for young adults with disabilities begins in September in partnership with Howard County Recreation and Parks; Call 410-313-7275 for registration information.  Several private instructors, artists and organizations offer classes in the visual and performing arts at HCCA.  The Center is open to the public Monday to Thursday 9am – 10pm, Friday 9am – 8pm, Saturday 10am – 4pm and Sunday 12 – 4pm..

Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts, 801 Chase Street, Annapolis. Art classes in a variety of media are offered to children and adults. Children's classes include arts and crafts, ceramics, dance, drama, music, poetry and yoga, plus music lessons through the Peabody Institute. For a complete listing and description of classes call 410-263-5544  or 1-866-438-3808 or see their website at www.mdhallarts.org

School 33 Art Center, 1427 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Phone: 410-396-4641 Website: www.school33.org. They offer art classes for adults, teens, and kids. Classes are catered to both beginning or experienced artists looking to have fun, pick up a new hobby, or brush up on skills. Discounts for all classes are offered to seniors and college students with IDs. See their website for upcoming classes. In addition they have Bright StARTS which offers workshops taught by professional artist/educators in a wide variety of artistic disciplines and media. These disciplines include; painting, drawing, sculpture, drama, dance, music, spoken word and poetry. Since 2003, the Bright StARTS Art Program began servicing Baltimore City students through after-school programs.  The workshops are primarily designed for children ages 7 – 13, although throughout the program year (October – June) several special programs are offered for teens 14 – 19 and younger children 5 – 6.  The vast majority of students served in the Bright StARTS Art Program are residents from low – moderate income, communities in Baltimore City,