ArtWorks Fine Art Studio

My son asked me to find him a painting class when he’d just turned 7. He’s now 14 and still loves taking his Thursday afternoon class at Artworks, West Portal. He says it is the one time in the week when he can just be alone and concentrate. He has enjoyed the teachers and the range of media: pastels, watercolor, acrylic and oil. The teachers are professionals and artists. What a way for this kid to develop strong concentration skills and build his creativity.

I have been looking for an art classes for my children, and after several tries they love it. Time flies by very quickly during class and teachers are very helpfull!
I am very happy that my kids learn how to draw from profetionals!

My son Mitch has had a very comprehensive introduction to fine art here. The instructors are knowledgeable and positive in their instruction.

Don’t patronize these elitist douche bags with a we are better than you attitude!!!
We received the phone call saying that they had 2 spots for my son and daughter on the day and time we wanted. I thought «what the heck my kids love art.» The day comes when they are supposed to start. My son attends but my daughter doesn’t because she had a sports camp. The art teacher takes my son to the art room. When he gets back I ask him what the proceedure is to sign him up and what the monthly tuition is. He didn’t know and sent me to the office. The main rude office lady wasn’t there… yay is what I thought but as it results there is more than one rude office lady. This lady, which didn’t even bother to introduce herself or welcome us to the program, didn’t seem like she wanted to be bothered by my tuition questions. She was more concerned about why my daughter couldn’t make it. She felt like lecturing me on how she had saved my daughter a spot and next time I need to let them know when my daughter isn’t coming. After her lecture, she finally breaks down the tuition and says it will be over $ 200.00 a month for both my children to attend. I showed my husband the monthly tuition and he said he didn’t want to spend that much on art classes when the city of San Francisco park and rec offers classes for a fraction of the cost. The next day I call the office lady and tell her we will not be able to afford the art classes and have to pass up on «our spots».
She huffs on the phone and says sorry that we can’t afford the classes and then proceeds to lecture me again. She says that next time we know we won’t be attending to please let them know because they were saving the spot for us. I think to myself, what an elitist biatch. Her attitude was nowhere near being sympahtetic for me or my children. Typically when you tell someone you are going through some rough times you don’t get lectured and made to feel like shit about your situation. So I lectured her and said that next time they call someone to offer them a spot they should let them know what the monthly tuition is right off the bat so that the customer has a chance to make a knowledgeable decision. (Yes, I should not have assumed that it would not be as expensive as it was, got it.) The office lady assumed I knew everything about the inner workings of this art studio… I did not.
Shame on you Artworks office staff! While you tend to well to do people and children, that doesn’t give you the right to treat people like shit! Need I remind you that you are a secretary that is supposed to fully inform your bosses potential clients. If it was the owner I was dealing with… YOU SUCK and you need to go to the school of humble to learn how to treat people. While my children are easily replaceable, you shouldn’t make us feel like you don’t give a crap about us and our plight.
So people, if you are down with elitist people and you want your children to be exposed to this kind of treatment by all means support this company!!!

My 6.75 year old daughter is attending ArtWorks Summer Camp this summer for the first time. While it’s only her second day, she absolutely loves it! She’s experiencing different mediums — drawing, painting, and clay art. The facility is clean, well lit, and spacious. I love the easels they have there as I’ve never seen that kind of set up before.
We have her signed up for another week and right now, she wants to do just this camp next summer so I plan to sign her up for more weeks next summer as I think you get more bang for your buck than the other summer session she attended for a different kind of program.

My little girl started to draw at 6 years. And every time she was drawing at home I thought why don’t I put her to art school. So I started searching around and I found ArtWorks. We start going there from the beginning of this year, every time she goes there I can see improvement in her drawing. She really enjoys going there and learning new way to explore new stuff. She got her talent from her dad. He was drawing really good.

My 11 year old daughter has gone to Artworks and its predecessor art studio Kids Art for about five years now. She has progressed through their children’s art program with good speed and strong encouragement. She loves her teacher Jerry particularly, and has really developed into a fine confident artist. She is often asked by her teachers at school to design their bulletin board art. Scheduling is always a challenge at the school and you have to be patient about getting into new time slots.

This place is great. My son didn’t love all of the teachers, but the administration always was very patient and found classes that worked. And he really likes the classes and feels good about what he is doing there.