Reasons to take art classes.....
Discover your creativity and enhance the quality of your life!
Expand your child's innate joy in the creative process!
What is the Art Station?
The Art Station is the only non-profit visual arts school in
The Art Station also provides a variety of art classes for adults to rediscover their creative spark and fulfill their potential in the arts.
Instructors at the Art Station are professional artists and arts educators who continually strive for excellence in their teaching.
The Art Station is also the headquarters for the Artists in Schools Residency Program (AIS) and VanGo.
What the Art Station Offers:
Year-round classes, workshops, and art camps for pre-school (ages 2-5), after-school (ages 5-teen), homeschoolers and adults. Curriculum for children is developmentally designed for specific age groups. Summer art camps for elementary school age children are held throughout the entire summer, both in the morning and afternoon, usually focused around a theme.
Adult and teen clay classes are available days, evenings and weekends.
Printmaking classes for adults are offered through our partner facility, A6 (Atelier 6000), Register for A6 classes through the Art Station.
Find out more about our Arts for All Catalog which includes all class listings for the Art Station, Atelier 6000 Print Studio and Cascade Community School of Music.
The Art Station is housed in an important historical building – the 1911 Bend Train Depot. A unique cultural inheritance, the Art Station was moved and renovated by a medley of partners: Arts Central, the Old Mill District, and Oregon Dept. of Transportation. It now resides in the Old Mill District, across from the Les Schwab Amphitheater.
Arts Central administers the Art Station. Arts Central is the non-profit regional arts and culture council of Central Oregon. In 1999, Arts Central was enlisted to create an arts school for our community’s children and adults. Because of a widespread lack of visual arts education in
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At the Art Station
Clay Studio
Fully equipped clay studio includes: gas and electric kilns, slab roller, electric wheels, and glazes.
Children’s clay classes available: pre-school, after-school, homeschool, summer camps
Adult and teen clay classes available: day, evenings, and weekends in hand-building, wheel, raku, mosaics.
Multi-Media Studio
"Multi-media" in this sense means many visual arts media, primarily painting, drawing, and mixed media. Specialty classes include jewelry, basketry, papermaking, and various other offerings (see Arts for All class catalog).
Studio has easels, flat files for a variety of papers, and a large supply of art materials.
Hours and Location
**NOTE NEW HOURS**
M - Thur 10am - 5pm
Class Hours
Varies, 9am - 9:30pm
The Art Station
313 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr
Bend, OR 97702
We're located across the street from the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District Download Map
Phone: 541/617-1317
Fax: 541/617-1439
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Closings Due To Weather
The Art Station will follow Bend-La Pine School District closures. If there is a two-hour delay, the morning classes will be cancelled and the afternoon classes will run as scheduled. You will be notified by email of make-up times for cancelled classes.