Art Classes for Adults in Dallas
Dallas' home for community-based visual arts education.
The Creative Arts Center of Dallas offers ongoing weekly studio classes in a wide range of visual arts. Ours is the largest community-based visual arts education programs in the city, offering more than 500 classes for adults throughout the year. We offer classes in ceramics, pottery wheel, hand-building, clay sculpture, fiber arts, mosaics, stained glass and fused glass, metal sculpture, stone carving, jewelry and small metals, painting, drawing, mixed media, encaustics, and print making. Learn to throw pottery or hand build with clay. Whether you are a beginner or advanced student, we have classes for everyone.
Whether you are a novice, emerging artist or a working artist or have an interest in traditional fine art, contemporary art or fine craft, CAC has the perfect class for you.
Registration is Open for Winter Classes & Workshops
We have a variety of classes that meet for three hours each week for four, six, or eight weeks.
Our workshops run from two hours to 12 hours over three meetings. Details are included in each class or workshop description. We offer studio arts education in Drawing, Glass, Fiber Arts, Painting, Ceramics, Clay Sculpture, Stone Carving, Metal Sculpture, Small Metals and Jewelry, Mosaics, Mixed Media, Photography, and Creative Enrichment.
Our ceramics studio has two large work areas with pottery wheels and tables for hand-building. We have a variety of classes in clay including wheel throwing, hand building, sculpture and a room dedicated to glazing and firing.
Our classes range from beginning to advanced to meet the needs of students of different levels. You can find details in descriptions or call with questions.
We are located in east Dallas, two-miles south of the Arboretum and four-miles east of downtown.
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The Creative Arts Center of Dallas is located in East Dallas at 2360 Laughlin Dr. We are two-miles south of the Arboretum and four-miles east of downtown.
We have been providing visual arts classes to students of all skill levels and experience for over 60 years. CAC has become a top art education campus within the North Texas area serving a range of adult students.
Mission
The Creative Arts Center of Dallas nurtures a community where citizen artists discover, develop and express their artistic vision.
Vision
To be a core asset to the community through access to authentic arts experiences delivered by engaged teachers providing lifelong learning opportunities for artists to gather and create.
Values
CREATIVITY exists within all of us. Creating art can build COMMUNITY for all of us. COLLABORATION expands creative opportunities.
