Arts Education
Groups Offering Arts Education Opportunities
Lee Arts Center: visiting master artists offer workshops in a wide variety of visual arts media, including ceramics, printmaking, jewelry making, and book arts. Workshops are geared to advanced students and professional artists. Open studios offer working artists space and equipment to create their art.
Artisphere: Artisphere's educational programs make you a part of the process behind the art! From lively discussions with musicians, artists, and poets to workshops with experts in their craft—engage, create and expand your knowledge through Artisphere's educational programming.
Arlington Recreation Division: Art classes, after-school arts programs and summer art camps are offered through the Arlington Recreation Division at several Arlington County locations. Classes include basketry, ceramics, drawing and painting, jewelry making, photography, ballet, tap, modern dance, ballroom dance, and guitar instruction. For a full schedule, call (703) 228-4747.
Arlington Public School Humanities Project Arlington County's Artists in the Schools program. It places artists for assemblies, workshops and residencies throughout the school year in all disciplines.
Classes
The following Arlington arts groups offer classes for children and/or adults:
Theatre
Synetic Theatre: 703-824-6200
The Children's Theatre: 703-548-1154
Educational Theatre Company 703-271-0222/Extension 5
Music
Levine School of Music: 703-237-5655
Dance
Halau O'Aulani: 301-919-7905
Indian Dance Educators Association: 703-532-5479
Jane Franklin Dance: 703-298-3235
Los Quetzales Mexican Dance Ensemble 703-204-3466
Requiebros Spanish Dance Group: 703-684-1949
Literary and Media Arts
Arlington Independent Media: 703-524-2388
The Writer's Center: 301-654-8667
Visual Arts
Artisphere
Arlington Artists Alliance: 703-894-0538
Arlington Arts Center 703-248-6800