Art Classes
Discover your inner artist at a number of Western New York arts venues that offer art classes to all ages. Each place has its own special flavor. Buffalo Arts Studio is probably the best choice for ceramics instruction, while Carnegie is a great choice for summer art classes for children. Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes is a Buffalo institution. CEPA and Squeaky Wheel are the top choices for photography and digital/electronic video and new media.
Artyard Studio
5701 Main Street
Williamsville, NY
www.artyardstudio.com
716-634-0989
Since opening in 1999, Artyard Studio has been providing a place where both adults and children can explore the many aspects of art and the creative process. While offering a variety of art classes, their primary focus is pottery.
Buffalo Art Studios
2495 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
www.buffaloartsstudio.org
716-833-4450
As well as offering studio and exhibition space to artists, Buffalo Arts Studio offers classes to both young people and adults. Organized according to season, the classes often run on Saturdays and include workshops in painting, ceramics, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and more. Participants should contact the education coordinator.
 Carnegie Art Center
240 Goundry Street
North Tonawanda, NY
www.carnegieartcenter.org
716-694-4400
The Carnegie offers classes for children in visual arts and dance as well as a children's Artcamp day in the summer, and various workshops for adults, including digital printmaking and collage. Some classes are specifically for artists and arts organizations, and offer helpful information about the profession of being an artist.
 CEPA Gallery
617 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
www.cepagallery.org
CEPA's workshops in photography and digital media are offered seasonally and participants may be eligible for college credit. This is a great opportunity to learn how to process and enhance digital photographs, create websites, and other skills essential for the twenty-first century.
Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes
138 Locust Street
Buffalo, NY
716-852-4562
Founded in 1959, Locust Street offers a wide range of ongoing art classes, and is probably the only place in Western New York where you can walk in off the street and start making art almost right away. These are free classes in drawing, painting, photography, and ceramics for ages four to senior adult. There is a regular schedule, but classes are offered year-round, from the last Tuesday in September through May, thus offering great flexibility and the opportunity to jump in at any time. Even those not taking a class should try to find time to visit this amazing community resource!
 Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources
712 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
www.squeaky.org
Squeaky Wheel's workshops are a delightful mixture of up-to-the-minute technology and archaic, yet still viable and interesting, forms. For example, this may one of the last places to learn how to hand-process super-8 film, but it also one of the best places to learn how to digitally edit video and create art in Flash and other contemporary digital formats.
University at Buffalo
Creative Craft Center
716-829-3536
Offered seasonally and usually in the evenings on the University at Buffalo's South campus, these classes feature everything from knitting to stained glass. A great chance to mingle with UB students and learn an unusual skill.
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