Surrey Art Gallery

Surrey Art Gallery, located in the Surrey Arts Centre, offers visual arts classes for children and youth from introductory to advanced levels. Programs include drawing, painting, printmaking, and mixed media, taught by professional artists in well-equipped studio spaces.

Learn where the art hangs

Taking classes inside a public gallery gives kids something unique: instruction from professional practicing artists, plus exhibitions steps away that connect what they’re making to what artists actually do. Printmaking in particular is rarely offered elsewhere for children — gallery studio facilities make media like this possible.

As a City of Surrey facility in Bear Creek Park, programs are competitively priced compared to private studios, with introductory-to-advanced levels that can carry a young artist through their whole childhood. City registration windows apply — popular classes fill soon after seasonal registration opens, so plan ahead. Pair a class with a free wander through the current exhibition to make an afternoon of it. Explore more art programs for kids in Surrey, BC on KidsServiceHub.

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