Unlock your child’s creativity and watch their confidence soar! At the Dunedin Fine Art Center, our art classes for kids and teens—starting as young as 5 years old—are designed to inspire and engage. From drawing and painting to clay, digital art, photography, and beyond, our diverse offerings help young artists explore their passions, build problem-solving skills, and express themselves in exciting new ways.
Saturdays, October 4th, 11th, 18th All levels welcome! Calling All Middle School & Early High School students! Come out and join DFAC's Teen Art Club! Sign up with a friend and meet some new ones. In this club we encourage socializing in a positive, artsy, open studio type environment. The instructor will offer suggestions, but […]
Mondays, 6 Week Course All levels welcome! Young artists will start out working with the basic shapes, then on to blind contour drawings, gesture drawings, still life and landscape drawings. Come explore how to capture the world with a variety of 2D materials! For new and continuing students, ages 8 -12. Details Date & Time: […]
Mondays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! For the young Naturalist! This six-week course will work specifically with Florida native plants and animals. We will get to know our plants and how they are beneficial, as well as learn how to sketch en plein air. Botany and plant parts will be introduced. Students willget to choose the design and content of their […]
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Hey Mini-Masters! Come on out and have some fun with painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and clay. Students will investigate famous artists and then create with a variety of media. Bring your imagination! For new and continuing students. Maximum 12 children. Ages 5-7 Details Date & Time: Instructor
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Hand-building clay class with strong emphasis on activities that develop imagination and inventiveness. Children develop manipulative skills and hand-eye coordination through slab, carving and coiling methods. For new and continuing students, ages 6 & up. Details Date & Time: Instructor
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! All children are artists so come out, come out, wherever you are and explore with sketch, paint & brush! Students will create works of art based on paintings like Monet's garden and Van Gogh's sunflowers using paint, pencils, and pastels as they learn how to appreciate their own […]
Wednesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Join Storyteller & Educator Katie Green for this 6 week program that will spark the imagination and enhance literacy and communication skills. We will listen to old and new stories then create original art pieces that will encourage children to retell and extend the stories. Ages 2nd to […]
Wednesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Escape the digital doldrums and discover pictures you can touch! You'll learn how to craft your own hand-made gelatin silver photographs using brand new, cutting-edge methods, and others more than 100 years old. This class will cover:- How to load and use a film camera. (cameras provided for use […]
Wednesdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Your young artist will love experimenting with different media and creating multiple art projects through painting, drawing, mixed-media, and clay! Students will receive one-on-one instruction while discovering the world of famous artists like Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, and Georgia O'Keefe. Students will learn about realistic and abstract art, […]
Fridays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Learn basic wheel throwing techniques while experimenting with underglazes, glazes and non-traditional materials added to clay. Individual expression is encouraged. Students will learn and be responsible for set up, operation and the clean up of their wheels. For new and continuing students. Ages 11-16. Details Date & Time: […]
Fridays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Families can now explore the ishy gishy, squishy clay together! Join Mr. Steve as he guides you through the pinch, coil and slab methods of handbuilding clay. Also, try your hand at throwing on the wheel. This class serves as a fun, basic, artful overview of the ever-popular […]
Saturdays, 6 Week Class All levels welcome! Explore the exciting world of Virtual Reality! In this class students will draw their favorite animal, dinosaur, flower, or character, then paint it with traditional 2D materials. After painting, students will then construct an abstract 3D wire model using wire and self-hardening clay. Finally, students will use headsets, […]
