Youth and Family
Join us at Sarasota Art Museum’s Studios @ SAM to grow your skills or learn a new medium! Join us for weekly programs or get creative in a Family Ceramics Workshop! There’s something special for everyone!
Holiday Workshops in the Studios at SAM!
Join us in the Studios at SAM this season for a variety of holiday workshops. Adults and children are welcome to spend quality time making memories – and unique gifts for family and friends.
Youth + Family Workshop
Family Ceramics Workshop
$63 Museum Member
$70 Not-yet Member
Tuition includes a participation fee for one child and one caregiver. $20 for additional tickets.
Note: Suitable for children 5 – 12 years of age and up, accompanied by a caregiver.
Mixed Media Holiday Cards & More (ages 8+)
Chloe DuBois
1 session
Saturday, December 16
9:30am – 12:30pm
$30 Museum Members
$27 not-yet-members
In this fun, hands-on workshop, learn to create marbled paper for cards, gifts, and tags. Then, decorate the paper with printmaking techniques like stamping, transferring images, and collaging. Spend a morning in the Studios at SAM and take home a handful of unique gifts for the holidays.
Textile Mandala (ages 8+)
Bailey Gumienny
1 session
Saturday, December 16
1 – 4pm
$30 Museum Members
$27 not-yet-members
Kids and grown-ups are welcome to make memories together in this charming workshop. These colorful mandala-like textile ornaments are a fun craft for all ages and all holidays. Using a simple weaving technique with fiber and beads or other trimmings, create multiple mandalas for gifts and decorations.
Youth Classes
Join us at Sarasota Art Museum’s Studios @ SAM to grow your skills or learn a new medium! Join us for weekly programs or get creative in a Family Ceramics Workshop! There’s something special for everyone!
Ceramics
Join us in the Studios at SAM this season for a variety of holiday workshops. Adults and children are welcome to spend quality time making memories – and unique gifts for family and friends.
Introduction to Working With Clay
Chloe DuBois
4 weeks
Saturdays: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Linda & Dick Dickinson Ceramics Studio
This class is an introduction to clay, ceramics, and glaze. Students learn basic hand building skills in the coil and slab methods, including basic scoring and slipping, additive and subtractive designing, and drying times. After a demonstration and examples, students sketch an idea for their project, roll slabs for assembling of projects, and create two finished forms during the class. In the last few sessions, students are introduced to glazing and will glaze their final projects. Note: All supplies are included.
Drawing
Introduction to Drawing
Chloe DuBois
4 weeks
Grades 6 – 8
Saturdays: 9:30am – 12:30pm
March 30, April 6, 13, and 20
Sarah F. Huisking Classroom
$162 Museum Members
$180 not-yet-members
This class is an introduction to drawing for beginners and intermediated learners. Students will learn a variety of foundational drawing techniques including mark-making, line quality, value studies, perspective, compositional studies, grid method, and blending. Students will start with basic forms, then progress to more complex forms with their choice of subject matter. During the last few sessions, students will be able to apply their new drawing skills to create a final drawing of color using a variety of mediums.
Introduction to Drawing & Printmaking
Chloe DuBois
4 weeks
Grades 9 – 12
Saturdays: 9:30am – 12:30pm
April 27, May 4, 11, and 18
Peggy A. Hall Classroom
$162 Museum Members
$180 not-yet-members
This is an introduction to drawing for beginners and intermediated learners. Students will explore a variety of drawing techniques like mark-making, composition, line quality, and blending. They will then advance to printmaking and learn techniques like relief printing, monoprinting, and reduction printing. In the last sessions, students will create their own prints using their new drawing and printmaking skills.
Painting
Acrylic Life Painting
Jahkori Dopwell Hall
4 weeks
Grades 6 – 8
Saturdays: 9:30am-12:30pm
January 20, 27, February 3, and 10
Sarah F. Huisking Classroom
$162 Museum Members
$180 not-yet-members
Are you a young artist looking to develop your talents in painting? Interested in finding your own artistic style while learning the elements and principles of design? Please join us in the Studios at SAM to learn fundamental skills and techniques for painting with acrylics. Each week we will improve our painting quality, dive into color theory, explore color mixing, brush textures, composition basics, and more! Students will create multiple works on canvas as we explore still life, landscape, portrait, and abstract painting. Please note: All supplies are included.
Youth + Family Programs
Weekly Drop-in Art-Making
No registration required
Your Wednesday Playdates
Wednesdays | 10 am - 12 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Peggy A. Hall Classroom, 134
Saturday Studios
Saturdays | 1 pm - 3 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Peggy A. Hall Classroom, 134
Saturday Studios are inspired by works of art in Sarasota Art Museum’s special exhibitions. These drop-in studio workshops are designed for children and their families and caregivers, and are open to all ages.
Free Second Sundays at SAM
Second Sundays 11 am - 4 pm
Peggy A. Hall Classroom,
Linda & Dick Dickinson Ceramics Classroom, Sarah F. Huisking Classroom
CAMP
Summer Camp
Information on Summer Camp 2024 coming soon!
A cool and creative way for your child to learn, Sarasota Art Museum camps are the best of summer. Your Young Artist will get a chance to look closely, experiment with new materials, and try new techniques with the Museum as their classroom!
Each week, your camper can explore new themes, activities, and projects inspired by Art and Artists on view at Sarasota Art Museum. Our Teaching Artists will work with your campers to install their own Art Show! Each session will have a new and exciting theme, so campers are encouraged to enroll in multiple sessions. Learn more about our schedule and weekly themes below!
Summer camps at Sarasota Art Museum are for rising 3rd – 8th graders.
