Art Classes at SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center
The Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center is a shared space where creativity is abundant, artists share and inspire, students discover and explore, imagination has no limit, all are welcome, and art creates community.
Check out all of our currently scheduled classes below, and check back each month for new offerings. SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center is located at 123 N 10th Street in downtown Santa Paula, right next door to the Museum.
Questions? Please call the Cole Creativity Center at (805) 525-5554 ext. 104, or email Curator of Creativity Gabriel Islas at creativity@santapaulaartmuseum.org.
ENROLL EARLY: You can help us prevent canceled classes and keep enrollment fees low by enrolling early for courses. If enrollments are low 72 hours before a course’s start date, we may have to cancel class, so please enroll early whenever possible. Thank you!
MEMBERS: Santa Paula Art Museum members who pay an annual membership fee receive a 10% discount on all art classes. Just use the discount code MEMBER at checkout. To become a 2024 member, click here to visit our membership page. Not sure if your membership is current? Email us.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations made 7 days or more in advance of the start date will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made within 4-6 days of the start date will receive a 50% refund or may transfer 100% of their credit to another class. Cancellations made within 3 days of a course’s start date are not guaranteed a refund or credit transfer in any amount. In the event that the Cole Creativity Center must cancel a class, students will receive a 100% refund.
Fine Art Program
Date and Time: Four consecutive Thursdays: May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $165 for all four sessions
Preregistration Required
Date/Time: Four consecutive Thursdays; May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Kim Vander Linden
Cost: $145 for all four sessions
Preregistration required
Youth Art Program
Date and Time: This is a month-long program held every Thursday of the month from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm (select March, April and/or May)
Teaching Artists: Sonya Burke
Cost: $65 per child for each month-long session ($75 for months with 5 sessions)
Preregistration required. To register for a specific month, you must select and add each month separately to your cart.
Date and Time: This is a month-long program held every Friday from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (select March, April and/or May)
Teaching Artists: Izzy De Paz
Cost: $55 per child for each month-long session
Preregistration required. To register for a specific month, you must select and add each month separately to your cart.
Date and Time: This is a month-long program held every Wednesday of the month from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (select March, April and/or May)
Teaching Artist: Mieriam Ross
Cost: $55 per child for each month-long session ($65 for months with 5 sessions)
Preregistration required. To register for a specific month, you must select and add each month separately to your cart.
Date and Time: This is a month-long program held every Tuesday of the month from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm (select March, April and/or May)
Teaching Artist: Mieriam Ross
Cost: $65 per child for each month-long session
Preregistration required. To register for a specific month, you must select and add each month separately to your cart.
Kids’ Summer Art Camps
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 17, 2024, to Friday, June 21, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 17, 2024, to Friday, June 21, 2024, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Sonya Burke
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 24, 2024, to Friday, June 28, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Allie Heighton
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 24, 2024, to Friday, June 28, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Sonya Burke
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 8, 2024, to Friday, July 12, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Chelsey Hoslett
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 8, 2024, to Friday, July 12, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Sonya Burke
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 15, 2024, to Friday, July 19, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Lennin Bernal
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 15, 2024, to Friday, July 19, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Aaron MacDonald
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 22, 2024, to Friday, July 26, 2024, from 9:00 AMto 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Jessica Diaz
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 22, 2024, to Friday, July 26, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Gabriel Islas
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, August 5, 2024, to Friday, August 9, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Lennin Bernal
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, August 5, 2024, to Friday, August 9, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Aaron MacDonald
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, August 5, 2024, to Friday, August 9, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 10-14
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, August 5, 2024, to Friday, August 9, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 6-9
Teaching Artist: Janice Allen
Cost: $160.00 per child for the entire week
Ceramics Program
Ceramics Workshops
Date and Time: Two consecutive Saturdays: May 18 & May 25, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Please note, the last session on May 25 will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Teaching Artist: Roxanne Casas
Cost: $100 for both sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Carlos Heredia
Cost: $75
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Two consecutive Saturdays: May 4 & May 11, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Roxanne Casas
Cost: $100 for both sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Two consecutive Saturdays: June 22 & June 29, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Please Note: the last session will run from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Teaching Artist: Roxanne Casas
Cost: $100 for both sessions
Preregistration required
Multi-part Ceramics Courses
Date and Time: Six consecutive Fridays: April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, 2024,from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Jynell Dimalanta
Cost: $275 for all six sessions
Preregistration required
Craft Workshops
Date/Time: Every second Friday of the month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Next date: Painting! on Friday, May 10, 2024)
Teaching Artists: Crystal Marshall or Jem Morris
Cost: $40 per person per session
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Friday, May 3, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $45 per person
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Sunday, April 21, 2024, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Teaching Artist: Robin Briceño
Cost: $40 per person
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $50 per person
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $40 per person
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Teaching Artists: Robin Briceño and Karina Arcia
Cost: $40.00 per person
Preregistration required.
Give the Gift of Art Classes
Purchase a class gift certificate in any amount for a friend or family member! They’ll be able to use your gift towards the purchase of a spot in any of the Museum’s upcoming classes on a date that works for them. Classes at SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center range from $40 for craft classes, $125-$165 for fine art classes, to $300 for ceramics courses, but you can purchase a class gift certificate in any amount. Once we are notified of your purchase, we’ll send you and/or your recipient a unique code that can be used to register for a class online or by telephone. We can send this information by mail or email. Just let us know which you prefer under “special instructions” during checkout, along with the recipient’s address. Click on the button below to purchase a class gift certificate.
*You’ll be asked to “donate” at the end of the checkout process, but rest assured that you are purchasing a class gift certificate. PLEASE NOTE: Class credits are non-refundable, cannot be returned or exchanged for any other goods or services, and cannot be redeemed for cash.
Date and Time: Six consecutive Saturdays: June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Gabriel Islas
Cost: $200.00 per person