These Art Classes were voted the Bay Area’s 2024 Best of the Best by Bay Area Parent readers. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Dancing Paintbrush Studio. Offers summer art camps with different themes such as drawing, painting, animals and imaginary creatures, and people and faces. Berkeley. dancingpaintbrushstudio.com.
Silver: Lemon Blossom Creations. Walnut Creek. lemonblossomcreations.com.
Bronze: Rebel Art School. Walnut Creek. rebelartschool.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Laurel Street Arts. Offers classes, camps and events with a focus on pottery, mosaic and glass art. San Carlos. laurelstreetarts.com.
Silver: Art Attack! Burlingame. artattack911.com.
Bronze: Marvegos. San Mateo and Redwood City. marvegos.com.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Randall Museum. Class levels are designed to provide an encouraging and friendly environment. San Francisco. randallmuseum.org.
Silver: Messy Art Lab. San Francisco. messyartlab.com.
Bronze: San Francisco Children’s Art Center. San Francisco. childrensartcenter.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Drawn2Art. Family owned and operated since 1986, students ages 4 and up learn drawing and painting techniques and move ahead at their own pace. Aptos, Los Altos and Los Gatos. drawn2artstudios.com.
Silver: Art School of San Francisco Bay. Mountain View and San Jose. artschoolsfbay.com.
Silver: Hidden Talent Art Studio. San Jose. hiddentalentartstudio.com.
Bronze: Art Time Studios. Sunnyvale. arttimestudiosinfo.wixsite.com/art-time-studios.