The Cary Arts Center offers a wide-ranging visual arts curriculum for all ages, including classes, summer camps, track-out and teacher workday camps, workshops, open studios, and more.

Peruse our current course offerings for families, preschool-age children, youth, teens, and adults. Explore a new medium or expand your skills in painting, drawing, or mixed media.

Our overarching theme for the curriculum in 2024 is Design!

Design touches everything around us, from the clothes we’re wearing to the store displays we pass and the advertisements lining the highways. This fall, try your own hand at designing with several new classes on offer.

In “Design Thinking and Artful Invention,” embark on a journey of innovation where you will learn about and use Design Thinking and problem-solving concepts to guide you as you make a prototype of a "solution" for a problem you have identified from everyday life. We are offering this class for families (ages 4 to 11 with a caregiver) and teens. Follow the links to register.

In “Main Character Energy: A Character Design Workshop,” explore character design and creation and stretch your skills with exercises designed to help you dig deep with your ideas. We’ll go over character design basics and work on creating (or refining) a new original character that you can use in stories, games, comics, or children’s books. For ages 15 and up. Register here.

In “Intro to Interior Design,” learn the basics of interior design and use your own inspiration to make plans and design a room of your choice. Students will be encouraged to practice the basic principles of interior design and to draw from their own personality and style when designing! No experience or background knowledge is necessary. Sessions offered for adults and teens. Follow the links to register.

In “Pattern Design,” Learn about repeating patterns and decorative design. Class taught in gouache and watercolor. For ages 15 and up. Register here.