
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
Single-Day Fine Art Workshops
Multi-Day Fine Art Courses
Date and Time: Six consecutive Saturdays: March 29, April 5, April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3, 2025
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $225 for all six sessions
Preregistration Required
Date and Time: Four consecutive Wednesdays: April 2nd, April 9, April 16, & April 23, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Aaron MacDonald
Cost: $165 for all four sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Six consecutive Saturdays: April 19, April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $225 for all six sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Six consecutive Saturdays: May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31, June 7, & June 14, 2025
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Teaching Artist: Gabriel Islas
Cost: $225 for all six sessions
Preregistration required
Ceramics Program
Single-Day Ceramics Workshops
Date and Time: Friday, April 4, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Connor Kelley
Cost: $80
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Saturday, April 26, 2025
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Connor Kelley
Cost: $80
Preregistration required
Multi-Day Ceramics Courses
Date and Time: Six consecutive Wednesdays: March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23, April 30, 2025
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Connor Kelley
Cost: $300 for all six sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Six consecutive Fridays: April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9 & May 16, 2025
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Jynell Dimalanta
Cost: $275 for all six sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Three consecutive Saturdays: April 5, April 12 & April 19, 2025
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Roxanne Casas
Cost: $150 for all three sessions
Preregistration required
Date and Time: Four consecutive Wednesdays: April 23, April 30, May 7, May 14, 2025
5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Jynell Dimalanta
Cost: $165 for all four sessions
Preregistration required
Youth Art Program
Date and Time: Four consecutive Mondays: April 14, April 21, April 28, May 5, 2025
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Haya Cuzick
Cost: $100 for all four sessions
Scholarships Available!
Preregistration required. To register for a specific month, you must select and add each month separately to your cart.
Date and Time: This is an ongoing program held every Friday from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Teaching Artists: Chelsey Hoslett
Cost: $160 Mar-Apr
Preregistration required. To register for a specific session, you must select and add each sessions separately to your cart.
Date/Time: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Teaching Artists: Haya Cuzick
Cost: $35
Preregistration required
Fiber Arts Program
Single-Day Fiber Arts Workshops
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $70 per person
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Friday, April 25, 2025
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $56
Preregistration required
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $42 per person
Preregistration required
Summer Art Camps
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 9, 2025, to Friday, June 13, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Janice Allen
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 9, 2025, to Friday, June 13, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Sonya Burke
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 16, 2025, to Friday, June 20, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Haya Cuzick
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 16, 2025, to Friday, June 20, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Sonya Burke
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 23, 2025, to Friday, June 27, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Janice Allen
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 23, 2025, to Friday, June 27, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Klay Kidd
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 30, 2025, to Thursday, July 3, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day (Excluding Friday, July 4th)
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $140.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, June 30, 2025, to Thursday, July 3, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day (Excluding Friday, July 4th)
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Janice Allen
Cost: $140.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 7, 2025, to Friday, July 11, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 7, 2025, to Friday, July 11, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 14, 2025, to Friday, July 18, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Haya Cuzick
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 14, 2025, to Friday, July 18, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Sonya Burke
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 21, 2025, to Friday, July 25, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 21, 2025, to Friday, July 25, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Haya Cuzick
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 28, 2025, to Friday, August 1, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day
Age: 7-10
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Date and Time: The week of Monday, July 28, 2025, to Friday, August 1, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day
Age: 11-16
Teaching Artist: Jem Morris
Cost: $175.00 per child for the entire week
Open Studio
Date and Time: Monthly on Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Thursdays, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (select month)
Cost: $60 Hand Building; $80 Wheel Throwing
Participants must have studio experience. This service is uninstructed. Preregistration required.
Date and Time: Monthly on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (March)
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (April, May)
Cost: $80 March, $85 April, $85 May
This service is uninstructed. Preregistration required.
Give the Gift of Art Classes
Gift a class credit in any amount to 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 email you a unique code that can be used to register for a class online or by telephone. 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/Time: Friday: March 28, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer
Cost: $40 per person
Preregistration required