01Acrylic Painting
EndedA hands-on acrylic painting workshop for young artists (ages 9-12). Learn brush techniques, color theory, layering and texture while creating original works inspired by real life and imagination. No experience needed.…
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Fine Arts Center / Bemis School of Art
Colorado Springs · 818 Pelham Place, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 · artschool.csfineartscenter.org ↗
The Bemis School of Art, part of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, offers hands-on, imagination-fueled art classes and camps ranging from acrylic painting to printmaking for youth and adult learners.
Right nowThe 2026 season has wrapped — 24 sessions ran this year.Follow this provider below and we'll email you when new sessions post with open registration.
On record24 past sessions
Past sessions — 2026
24 ended sessions · kept for reference — statuses no longer apply02Drawing & Painting Portfolio Dev
EndedFocused drawing and painting instruction for rising high school juniors and seniors building a standout portfolio—observational drawing, painting techniques, composition, and critique skills with tailored instructor…
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03Beginning Drawing
EndedAges 6-9 explore drawing basics with simple shapes, lines, and colors. Each week focuses on a new theme—silly creatures, expressive faces, awesome animals—building confidence in a relaxed environment. Supplies provided.
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04Beginning Drawing (9-12)
EndedAges 9-12 build drawing skills and confidence—learning proportions, shading for depth, and perspective. Classes start with creative warm-ups, then guided lessons and hands-on drawing time. For beginners. Supplies…
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05Beginning Drawing (Jul)
EndedAges 9-12 build drawing skills and confidence—learning proportions, shading for depth, and perspective. Classes start with creative warm-ups, then guided lessons and hands-on drawing time. For beginners. Supplies…
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06Beginning Wheel Throwing
EndedYoung makers (ages 9-12) learn pottery wheel basics—centering, forming, trimming, glazing, firing, and studio clean-up—while exploring creative design and self-expression through clay. Supplies provided.
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07Little Clay Creators
EndedA joyful intro to ceramics for ages 6-9. Build handbuilding skills—pinching, coiling, stamping—through playful weekly themes (animals, food, imaginary worlds), then decorate and glaze in the final week. Supplies…
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08Clay Creations
EndedFor young artists (ages 9-12) who've tried handbuilding and want more. Each week brings a new clay challenge—creatures, characters, useful objects—building sturdier forms, plus decorating and glazing. Supplies provided.
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09Clay Lab
EndedBeginner-friendly handbuilding ceramics for teens (ages 13-16). Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques, surface design, glazing, and functional vs. sculptural forms with room for experimentation. Supplies provided.
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10The Alchemy of Enameling
EndedExplore fusing glass to metal at high heat (ages 13-16). Prepare copper, apply powdered glass by sifting and stencils, fire and repeat to build layers of color. Leave with several tiles, pins, and/or pendants. Supplies…
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11Handbuilding for Kids
EndedBuild it, sculpt it, glaze it! Ages 6-9 bring imagination to life in clay while learning handbuilding techniques, using various glazes to enhance sculptural and functional pieces. Supplies provided.
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12Teen Beginning Wheel Throwing
EndedTeens (ages 13-16) learn basic wheel-throwing skills in a patient environment—creating mugs, bowls, and vases while exploring glazing techniques to enhance their first projects. Supplies provided.
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13Foundations of Acrylic (Teens)
EndedTeens ages 13–16 explore acrylic painting at Fine Arts Center's Bemis School of Art, running June 30–August 4.
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14Foundations of Drawing (Teens)
EndedTeens ages 13-16 learn drawing fundamentals at Bemis School of Art (Fine Arts Center), running July 1–August 5.
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15How to Paint Wild Flowers
EndedA one-day acrylic painting class (ages 13-16) where you build skills for painting wildflowers and take a beautiful finished painting home. Supplies provided.
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16Animal Heads
EndedAges 13-16 learn to make an animal head out of paper mache, cardboard, newspaper, tape, and paint. Supplies provided.
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17Wild Wonders: Animals of July
EndedAges 6-9 celebrate animals tied to July's special days (Kitten Day, Cow Appreciation Day, World Snake Day, fantasy animals), blending fun facts with drawing lessons in anatomy, texture, shading, and storytelling.…
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18Beginning Handbuilding Ceramics
EndedA hands-on intro to ceramics (ages 9-12). Learn pinching, coiling, and slab construction to make pinch pots, mugs, sculptures, and textured tiles. No experience needed—just willingness to get messy. Supplies provided.
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19Draw and Explore
EndedAges 6-9 stretch their imaginations through themes like animals, nature, and outer space—learning to build forms from shapes, add details, and experiment with line, pattern, and color. Supplies provided.
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20Knot & Notion: Kumihimo
EndedDiscover the Japanese craft of braiding jewel-like cords (ages 13-16). Master the disk loom with beginner-friendly patterns to make bracelets, bookmarks, or necklace cords; take home your own disk. Supplies provided.
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21Sketch Lab
EndedAges 9-12 explore core drawing techniques—proportion, shading, perspective, and character design—while creating unique art pieces. Each session includes guided lessons, creative warm-ups, and personal project time.…
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22Pet Portraits
EndedAges 9-12 create expressive portraits of pets through guided lessons in sketching, proportion, shading, texture, and color—working with pencils, pens, watercolors, colored pencils, and acrylic paint. Supplies provided.
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23Introduction to Drawing Sampler
EndedThree days of drawing (ages 13-16) covering composition, contour line drawing, negative space, mark making, and color basics—using pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and colored pencils with still life, plants, and…
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24Realistic Sketching
EndedAges 13-16 learn to observe shapes, light, and proportion to create realistic sketches, exploring shading and contouring for depth, and leave able to turn everyday subjects into lifelike drawings. Supplies provided.
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Location
Colorado Springs, CO818 Pelham Place, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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mrsjorgenson224a month ago
★★★★★Amazing experience for my kids. This is the third year I’ve signed them up for pottery/clay classes and they love the two teachers, Alyson and Maggie. The facilities have everything they need. And I am able to wait in a beautiful space in the museum building adjacent to the school of fine arts while they are in class. Drop off and pick up is very easy. The teachers are amazing at fostering a caring and safe class where kids can express their creativity and feel supported and loved.
View on Google ↗Deena Bennett10 years ago
★★★★★I signed up for a BEGINING Photoshop 101 class. There was no mention of using a PC as opposed to MAC. The instructor was very sequential and clear. However He couldn't help me because I have a MAC and he told me he didn't know how to use a MAC. I got pretty lost within 20-30 minutes. Since he couldn't help me with tools etc. I was really behind the class. I told him I shouldn't be in the class and he told me not to quit, just catch up. I explained the situation to the very kind people in the office. They suggested I e-mail the director, Tanya. She never returned my e-mail. Now I am out the $179 for a class that is useless to me.
View on Google ↗Bleueyed7 years ago
★★★★★I love every class I've ever taken at Bemis. The instructors have been awesome! I always feel welcome when I walk through the doors. I hope to take classes forever!
View on Google ↗Ihelen Griffith10 years ago
★★★★★I had a similar experience with a beginning calligraphy class. Everyone had obviously been taking the class a few times. The instructor taught at their level not mine. I dropped out. I'm about to try a different class. I hope this one works out.
View on Google ↗Veronica Smitha year ago
★★★★★Barely any classes held during normal hours. Or after work, do you cater to the same clientele?
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