Fine Art Program

The Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center offers fine art classes in painting and drawing for teens and adults. Professional teaching artists demonstrate materials and skills and provide close, supportive instruction to all students. All skill levels are welcome and all supplies are provided in every class. Classes are offered year-round with course variety changing monthly. Preregistration is required.

Questions? Please call the Museum at (805) 525-5554 ext. 104, or email Curator of Creativity Gabriel Islas at creativity@santapaulaartmuseum.org.


ENROLL EARLY:
You can help us prevent canceled classes and keep enrollment fees low by enrolling early for courses. If enrollments are low 72 hours before a course’s start date, we may have to cancel class, so please enroll early whenever possible. Thank you!

MEMBERS: Santa Paula Art Museum members who pay an annual membership fee receive a 10% discount on all art classes. Just use the discount code MEMBER at checkout. To become a 2024 member, click here to visit our membership page. Not sure if your membership is current? Email us.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations made 7 days or more in advance of the start date will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made within 4-6 days of the start date will receive a 50% refund or may transfer 100% of their credit to another class. Cancellations made within 3 days of a course’s start date are not guaranteed a refund or credit transfer in any amount. In the event that the Cole Creativity Center must cancel a class, students will receive a 100% refund.

 
Oil Painting: Seascapes (Ages 16+)

Date and Time: Four consecutive Thursdays: May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Jem Morris

Cost: $165 for all four sessions

Preregistration Required

Head Drawing (Ages 16+)

Date/Time: Four consecutive Thursdays; May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Kim Vander Linden

Cost: $145 for all four sessions

Preregistration required

 
The Development of Chinese Calligraphy and How It Relates to Chinese and Japanese Sumi (Ink) Painting (Ages 16+)

Date/Time: Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Hiroko Yoshimoto

Cost: $40 per person

Preregistration required

Oil Painting: Panoramic Landscapes (Ages 16+)

Date and Time: Six consecutive Saturdays: June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Gabriel Islas

Cost: $200.00 per person

 
 
 

Give the Gift of Art Classes

Purchase a class gift certificate in any amount for a friend or family member! They’ll be able to use your gift towards the purchase of a spot in any of the Museum’s upcoming classes on a date that works for them. Classes at SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center range from $20 - $200, but you can purchase a class gift certificate in any amount. Once we are notified of your purchase, we’ll send you and/or your recipient a unique code that can be used to register for a class online or by telephone. We can send this information by mail or email. Just let us know what you prefer under “special instructions” during checkout. Click on the button below to purchase a class gift certificate.

Gift a Class Credit

*You’ll be asked to “donate” at the end of the checkout process, but rest assured that you are purchasing a class gift certificate. PLEASE NOTE: Class credits are non-refundable, cannot be returned or exchanged for any other goods or services, and cannot be redeemed for cash.

The Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center is a shared space where creativity is abundant, artists share and inspire, students discover and explore, imagination has no limit, all are welcome, and art creates community.