My Very First Art Class

Weekly on Fridays, 10:00–11:00 a.m. 

Young children and their favorite grown-up are introduced to art, the museum, and verbal and visual literacy in this playful program. Each class focuses on a new topic and features exploration in the classroom, a gallery visit, and art making. Wear your paint clothes!

Age group: Two to four years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian

Sessions run for four weeks, with new themes explored each month.

Winter/Spring 2026 Themes:

January: Tiny Tinkering

February: Weaving Wonder

March: Look, Focus, Capture!

April: Fun with Form

May: Growing Gardens

Registration for winter/spring 2026 sessions opens on November 28, 2025.

Scholarships are available. For more information, contact familyyouthinfo@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2469.

Upcoming Sessions

Sponsors

All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

    Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.