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Best Art Classes for Kids in New York City
New York City is one of the few US metros where a serious kids' art program is genuinely a subway ride away from every neighborhood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art runs children's classes inside the Met's galleries. Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) has trained young Park Slope artists for 30+ years. Textile Arts Center in Carroll Gardens teaches kids weaving, natural dyes, and screen printing that most adults never learn. The 92NY's Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts is a fixture on the Upper East Side. And the Children's Museum of the Arts made every one of its programs completely FREE in 2022 through school and community partnerships.
Below you'll find visual art classes, mixed-media studios, ceramics, sewing, digital design, and multi-arts camps across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Filter by age, price, or specific neighborhood — most programs offer trial classes and multi-session discounts, and both community-nonprofit and museum-based options run scholarships worth asking about.
