Youth, Teen, & Adult Classes
Our year-round youth, teen, and adult programming offers a diverse range of classes taught by local artists. We provide our students with a high quality arts educational experience by working with artists who are eager to share their knowledge and expertise while supporting their educational growth. Artspace teaching artists will devote the necessary time to each student and provide them with technical assistance and substantive feedback, allowing for the best possible educational experience. To make the arts more accessible to all, Artspace will provide all necessary materials unless otherwise specified.
Artspace Members enjoy a 10% discount on our summer camps and year-round classes. Not a member? Join today!
Cancellation policy for classes: Cancel up to 15 days in advance of the class for a full refund. Any cancellations made within 15 days of the class will not receive a refund.
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Fall Classes
with Ana Galizes
Saturday, October 31, 1-4pm
$35
Level: All levels (no prior experience needed)
Medium: Photography
Ages: 16+
Great photography isn’t always about expensive gear, it’s about knowing how to control the camera you already have. In this photography-based class, students will explore how framing, composition, perspective, and point of view can change the way we see an urban environment. Students will photograph Raleigh’s architecture, streets, public spaces, and everyday details while considering how their choices as photographers can communicate a particular experience or interpretation of the city.
Students will need to bring the following supplies:
- Digital camera or smartphone with camera
- Fully charged battery/phone
- Memory card with available space, if using a camera
- Comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing
- Notebook and pencil/pen for notes and observations
- Laptop or iPad optional
Fall 2026 Dates: September 21, October 12, November 3
Grades 1-8
$105/day (10% off for Members)
No school? No problem! Turn the next Teacher Workday into an all-day art making experience for your child with our camp program.
Teacher Workday Camps invite young artists in grades 1-8 to spend the day experimenting and making art with guidance from professional teaching artists. Students will spend the day trying out new materials, exploring fun themes, and taking on creative artistic challenges that will encourage big ideas. By the end of the day, each child will head home with artwork in hand and stories to tell about what they created. Lunch and snack breaks are built into the day, and parents should pack a lunch along with 3-4 snacks and water. Students should dress for the mess that will definitely take place.
Tuesday, November 3 (9am-5pm)
This messy camp is the perfect fit for young artists who love to build and create without boundaries. We’ll turn cardboard, foam, found objects, and model magic into spectacular, original 3D sculptures. If you love discovering new ways to make art and don’t mind a little mess, this is the camp for you!
Why stay flat when you can build in 3D? Step into a space where collage meets sculpture! Students will experiment with a treasure trove of mixed media to design and build stunning dioramas. It’s hands-on, super-creative, and completely out of this world!
with Tessa Dahlmann
Saturday, November 21, 1-4pm
$80
Level: Intermediate
Medium: Oil Painting
Ages: 16+
Join our studio artist, Tessa Dahlmann, for a deep dive into capturing emotion and micro-expressions in portraiture. As a participant, you can expect to learn how to use facial anatomy, expressive brushstrokes, and color temperature to inform your portrait painting practice, while ensuring and maintaining your personal style. The Zorn Palette, along with Alizarin Crimson and Ultramarine Blue, will be the required paints for this class. Participants are required to provide their own oil paints, and Artspace will provide everything else needed (canvases, easels, brushes, etc.)
with Ashley Bonner
Saturdays, December 5 + 12, 1-4pm
$80
Level: Beginner-friendly
Medium: Ceramics
Ages: 16+
Build a hand-crafted plant pot that you’ll be proud to gift or cherish for yourself. Participants will create a 5 inch pot after learning intro-level pottery and glazing techniques that’ll result in a one-of-a-kind ceramic piece. In the spirit of giving, Copperline Plant Co. will include a plant to all participants at no additional cost.
The first session will be focused on forming your clay and creating your pots. Artspace will fire the greenware during the week and have them ready for Session 2, at which point students will glaze their pieces. A final firing in the kiln will be required, and participants will be asked to visit Copperline Plant Co. within a few days to collect their pots along with their plants. This is an entry level class and no prior experience is required.
with Gab Corter
Thursday, December 10, 6-9pm
$50
Level: Beginner-friendly
Medium: Painting
Ages: 16+
This holiday season, celebrate your furry friends by creating personalized keepsakes for your tree or gifts for your loved ones! Led by studio artist Gab Corter, you’ll learn techniques and best practices for capturing your pet’s unique features and personality using acrylic paint. Each participant will complete a custom set of 4 hand-painted holiday ornaments to take home at the end of the session. To keep things extra cozy, warm spiced cider will be served while you paint. Feel free to sip, relax, and get into the holiday spirit. All materials are provided by Artspace, so simply bring photos of your pets and your creative spirit. No prior painting experience is necessary.
with Lyell Castonguay
Saturday, April 17 + Sunday, April 18, 1-4pm
$350-375
Level: Beginner-friendly
Medium: Printmaking
Ages: 16+
Artspace is excited to welcome BIG INK back to their studios in April 2027 for an extraordinary opportunity to create a woodblock print on a truly monumental scale.
BIG INK’s unique blended-learning workshop combines online instruction with an in-person printing experience. Participants will begin at home, where they will follow an online master course led by BIG INK founder and instructor Lyell Castonguay. With a minimum of two months to work at their own pace, participants will learn how to develop a design, enlarge and transfer their image, carve a large-scale woodblock, create textures, sharpen carving tools, proof their work, fix mistakes, and more.
Then, Castonguay will bring The Big Tuna, a custom-designed giant mobile printing press, to Artspace. Participants will bring their completed woodblocks to Raleigh, NC and see their work professionally printed at an impressive scale, from 24 × 36 inches up to 40 × 96 inches.
No prior printmaking experience is necessary. Whether you are a first-time woodblock carver or an experienced printmaker looking to take your work to a new scale, BIG INK welcomes artists of all skill levels!
Monthly Meet-ups
Sip + Stitch
Third Sunday of each month, 11am-1pm
ages 16+
Free! Please register though so that we may anticipate attendance.
Bring your coffee/tea and your own fibers-based project and materials for a casual, drop-in style gathering for artists of all levels to create fibers-based works in community. Sip + Stitch meets on the third Sunday of every month, 11am-1pm. Hosted by Studio Artist Michelle Wilkie.
Please note, this is not an instructor-led workshop, but a casual monthly get together of artists.
Images, l-r: detail of Rails II by Michelle Wilkie
Let your imagination soar in Artspace’s Open Studio and enjoy a self-guided art making activity for ages 5 and up. Every month there will be a new, beginner-level art making activity to experience. All ages are invited to participate! Registration is required for children and adults.