Youth Art Program

Let your kids exercise their creativity during our monthly after-school art programs inside the Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center! Both After School: Ceramics and After School: Art are available for ages 7-11 and ages 12-16. Each 2-month program meets once a week, excluding holidays. All skill levels are welcome and all supplies are provided. Preregistration is required. Please bring snacks!

Questions? Contact Curator of Creativity Gabriel Islas by calling (805) 525-5554 ext. 104, or email 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!

MEMBER DISCOUNT: 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.


Youth Scholarships Available!

The Santa Paula Art Museum offers financial assistance to qualifying individuals. To qualify, students must be between the ages of 3 and 18, and their family must be enrolled in the state’s EBT program. Once verified, you will receive a discount code to use towards enrollment. Financial assistance is limited and not guaranteed.


Youth Workshops & Classes


After School: Art Program

 

After School: Ceramics Program

 

 

Free Family Days

Students and their families are invited to join us for free art projects in the Cole Creativity Center and free admission into the Santa Paula Art Museum. Projects change monthly with new themes and mediums. Events are open to the public and all materials are provided.


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 $20 - $200, 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 what you prefer under “special instructions” during checkout. Click on the button below to purchase a class gift certificate.

Gift a Class Credit

*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.

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.