98 art classes for kids across all five boroughs of New York City, 6 of them free. Drawing, painting, clay and crafts. Includes Art Lab at Snug Harbor and Cooper Union Saturday Program.
An independent fine and applied arts school on the Snug Harbor campus with youth classes in drawing, painting, ceramics and fiber arts grouped from preschool through teens. Seasonal half-day and full-day art camps run in spring, summer and winter.
A free Saturday visual arts program for New York City public high school students, held on Cooper Union's East Village campus. Teens take studio classes in drawing, painting, design and more, with portfolio courses for juniors and seniors heading to art school.
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.
The historic Midtown art school offers drawing and painting for kids 8-12 and classes for teens such as figure drawing, materials exploration, comics and portfolio development. No experience or entrance exam is needed.
A long-running Village ceramics studio that runs after-school wheel-throwing classes for tweens and teens, plus family clay workshops for younger kids with a parent. Students learn to center, throw and glaze, with tools, clay and firing covered.
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 paint-your-own-pottery studio where kids pick a bisque piece, decorate it with glazes, and the staff fires it for pickup. Seasonal painting events and kids' programs run throughout the year.
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.
A long-established Chelsea ceramics studio offering pottery classes for adults and kids. Young students learn wheel and hand-building basics in a working studio with its own kilns.
A walk-in Upper West Side craft studio where kids paint pottery and plaster, make mosaics, stuff their own plush animals, design T-shirts and mix slime. It also hosts classes and birthday parties.
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 weaving studio where children sit at their own looms and freely choose colors and yarns to create scarves, bags and wall pieces. The Fiber Arts Kids Club meets weekly during the school year.
An East Village center offering free programs for girls and gender-expansive youth, including a Maker Shop, media production, performing arts and a planetarium. Middle and high schoolers build, design and create after school.
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.
An Astoria craft studio where children ages 5-14 can make beaded bracelets and earrings with an adult present. Families can also book mosaic workshops to build coasters or mirrors from glass and ceramic tiles.
A small Morningside Heights pottery studio and shop offering kids and teen clay classes in hand-building and wheel work. Young potters make and glaze their own pieces over multi-week sessions.
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 in Hunters Point 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 children's art studio on the Upper East Side 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 the Upper West Side 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.
LittleGotham lists 98 art classes for kids in New York City.
Yes. 6 of 98 are free to attend, including Cooper Union Saturday Program, Powerhouse Arts Crafternoons, Lower East Side Girls Club.
97 listings are indoors, such as Art Lab at Snug Harbor, Cooper Union Saturday Program, Powerhouse Arts Crafternoons.
Brooklyn (44), Manhattan (37), Queens (11).