Sign Up for Youth Saturdays!
For kids ages 6-14. We can’t wait to meet the artists of the future!
Register your young artist for FREE Youth Saturdays! On select Saturdays, 1-4 pm, kids will learn about art and have fun too! We will feed their minds and tummies with an afternoon snack. Our talented instructors and teen volunteers provide age appropriate activities for students in two groups of 10 per class:
Creative Kids: Ages 6-9 | Emerging Artists: Ages 10-14
Space is limited. We will have a wait-list signup. Questions? Email youtheducation@artsarasota.org or call 941-365-2032.
If you are at least 15 and in high school, join us as a volunteer on Saturdays as a Teacher’s assistant or as an Exhibition Assistant after school during the week.
To register, select your Saturday, go to the shopping cart, and check out. You will not be charged for Youth Saturday. Your confirmation will be sent via email as soon as it is processed.
You must contact us in advance if you have to cancel. A no show/no call for any class will result in inability to sign up for future Youth Saturdays.
Due to the overwhelming response, please only sign your child or children up for one Saturday per month.
NOVEMBER 2, 9, 16, 23, 2024
1-4 pm
Registration opens at 10 am on Saturday, October 19, 2024
More than a Feeling: Texture
Texture is a useful tool that many artists use in their artworks. This month, we will explore different techniques to create visual texture and learn how texture can be used in various mediums to add interest to our art.
To reserve a spot, you may register your child or children for ONE DATE ONLY per month. Classes are free, but you still need to “go to cart” to check out to receive confirmation that your child’s spot is reserved.
DECEMBER 7, 14, 2024
1-4 pm
Registration opens at 10 am on Saturday, November 16, 2024
Can You Believe Your Eyes?: Optical Art
Can you believe everything you see? Sometimes, what we see plays tricks on our brain! This month, we will cast our gaze on optical illusions, learn how they work, and how we can use visual art techniques to create our own.
To reserve a spot, you may register your child or children for ONE DATE ONLY per month. Classes are free, but you still need to “go to cart” to check out to receive confirmation that your child’s spot is reserved.
January 11, 25, 2025
1-4 pm
Registration opens at 10 am on Saturday, December 14, 2024
Cut, Paste, Rip, and Fold
With just a splash of creativity, there is so much that you can do with a piece of paper! This month, students will learn techniques that allow them to transform this ordinary material into amazing interactive works of art.
To reserve a spot, you may register your child or children for ONE DATE ONLY per month. Classes are free, but you still need to “go to cart” to check out to receive confirmation that your child’s spot is reserved.
February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2025
1-4 pm
Registration opens at 10 am on Saturday, January 18, 2025
Exploring Fantasy Worlds
Through art, we can create images that transcend our physical reality and enter new worlds of possibility. This month, our young artists will tap into their expansive imaginations and create things that exist only in realms of fantasy!
To reserve a spot, you may register your child or children for ONE DATE ONLY per month. Classes are free, but you still need to “go to cart” to check out to receive confirmation that your child’s spot is reserved.
March 1, 8, 15, 29, 2025
1-4 pm
Registration opens at 10 am on Saturday, February 15, 2025
Nature is a Great Artist
Creativity is found in more than just the art classroom–you can see it all around you. Just look at the flowers, the trees, the sky! This month, we will harness nature’s creativity and use the natural world as inspiration for artmaking.
To reserve a spot, you may register your child or children for ONE DATE ONLY per month. Classes are free, but you still need to “go to cart” to check out to receive confirmation that your child’s spot is reserved.
Youth Saturdays are free thanks to the generosity of The Exchange, The Emily Wood Robinson Fund, Julie Ross Legacy Project, The Leslie and Margaret Weller Fund and John and Tana Sandefur Fund from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, and Michael Saunders & Company Foundation!
Visitors at the Art Center assume all risks associated with COVID-19 and its variants.
If you have questions, please email youtheducation@artsarasota.org
If you would like to help support our scholarship, educational or other programs, please make a gift with our thanks on behalf of our students, instructors, artists, and art lovers!