44 art classes for kids in Brooklyn, 2 free. Drawing, painting, clay and crafts. Includes Powerhouse Arts Crafternoons and Pratt PreCollege Program.
A free drop-in workshop series at the Gowanus creative production center where families build tunnel books, design puppets and sculpt miniature artworks. Each session ties into a current exhibition, and no registration is needed.
Pratt's program for high school students offers Saturday art and design classes in fall and spring, one-day workshops, and immersive summer sessions on the Clinton Hill campus. Teens build portfolio work and can earn college credit.
A Bushwick paint-your-own-ceramics and art studio with classes for all ages and toddler art playgroups. Kids can also come for day camps, school trips and birthday parties.
A small Gowanus studio blending visual art, crafts, baking and Spanish immersion for elementary-age kids. Children work in small groups after school, in seasonal camps and at weekend workshops.
A Dumbo art studio offering toddler, kids and teen classes where students paint, draw and build projects over a semester, with single-class drop-ins available. It also hosts art camps and birthday parties.
A small-group art school in Sheepshead Bay where kids ages 3-16 learn drawing, sketching and painting in classes of two to six students. It also offers a class for ages 4-6, one-on-one art and craft sessions, and portfolio preparation for specialized arts high schools.
The Brooklyn studio of Loop of the Loom, where kids weave on floor looms in a free-form style, making textiles in whatever colors they choose. Kids club sessions and workshops run through the year.
A large nonprofit fabrication space in Sunset Park with wood, metal and digital fabrication shops. It runs K-12 and school programs where young people learn to design and build with real tools.
A children's art studio on a Cobble Hill side street offering drop-in hourly art classes, after-school programs and camps. Toddlers and caregivers can join a 90-minute Grown Up & Me art and sensory session on weekday mornings.
A children's art studio on Park Slope's Seventh Avenue offering drop-in hourly art classes, after-school programs and camps. Toddlers and caregivers can join a 90-minute Grown Up & Me art and sensory session on weekday mornings.
A Fort Greene glass art center with a free gallery and store, plus youth glass classes by semester for middle and high schoolers. Week-long summer camps cover glassblowing, bead-making and stained glass, with sliding-scale pricing.
A Greenpoint craft shop and workshop space where older kids can take hands-on sewing and craft classes, learning to use a machine and finish their own projects. The store also sells yarn and supplies for home crafting.
A Bay Ridge drop-in art studio where kids pick a project, from painting to crafts, and pay a small studio fee plus the cost of materials.
A Clinton Hill art studio with drop-in art sessions, weekly classes and playgroups for kids starting at 18 months. It also hosts a free weekly story time.
A nonprofit community clay studio where kids hand-build and sculpt with clay, with family clay sessions for the youngest and drop-off after-school and pre-teen classes for older children. Some classes are taught in Spanish immersion.
A neighborhood art studio in Windsor Terrace running weekly workshops at three age levels, from a toddler-and-preschooler session to after-school classes for older kids. Kids explore open-ended materials and projects that build independent creative thinking.
A Brooklyn nonprofit where young people design and build ambitious collaborative projects, from furniture to large installations, using real tools. It runs apprenticeships, paid youth employment programs and a summer day camp on Governors Island.
A ceramics studio where kids learn both the pottery wheel and hand-building in after-school classes and school-break camps. Pickup is offered from several nearby schools.
Kids 5-15 write, shoot and edit their own short films and animations in camps, after-school classes and holiday programs. Programs run at several NYC locations, and the company also hosts film-themed birthday parties.
A Cobble Hill pottery studio offering kids' hand-building from age 6 and wheel throwing from age 9, plus family clay classes and summer camp weeks.
Groundswell pairs teens with professional artists to design and paint public murals across the five boroughs. Youth artists work in studio programs and on community mural projects after school and in summer.
A Boerum Hill studio where kids from first grade up learn cartooning, illustration, drawing and painting. Older students can get portfolio help for art high school and college applications.
An artist-founded Brooklyn Heights studio where kids 3 and up explore 2-D and 3-D art. Seasonal camps mix art-making with cooking.
Structured, hands-on art classes for grades 1-12 held at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, covering drawing, painting and composition. The school also helps students build portfolios for specialized high school admissions.
LittleGotham lists 44 art classes for kids in Brooklyn.
Yes. 2 of 44 are free to attend, including Powerhouse Arts Crafternoons, Groundswell Youth Mural Programs.
43 listings are indoors, such as Powerhouse Arts Crafternoons, Pratt PreCollege Program, Brooklyn Craft Company Kids Classes.
Park Slope (7), Gowanus (7), Greenpoint (6).