Education
Fall Classes Brochure
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Ongoing Programs
- Classes begin Sept 22 for Adults
- Classes begin Oct 7 for Youth
- Study Abroad/Study USA
- Summer youth Art Exhibition on view in the Higgins Education Wing through Oct 17
The Worcester Art Museum provides year-round occasions to learn about and celebrate the arts. The Museum’s arts education and appreciation program promotes lifelong learning through creative classes and workshops for all ages and abilities, interpretation in the galleries, artmaking experiences in the studios, family-oriented activities and performances, and special lectures and tours.
Opened in 1970, the Higgins Education Wing accommodates the creative activities of over 7,000 students annually with studios including professional sculpture, photography, printmaking and computer labs and exhibition space.
Youth and Adult sessions offered Fall, Winter/Spring and Summer. Additional Youth programs include vacation week workshops in December, February and April. And for Adults, intensive art institutes, teacher institutes and Study Abroad/USA. Graduate and undergraduate credit available as well as professional development points. The Worcester Art Museum offers one of the largest art class scholarship programs in the country.
Classes and programs run the gamut from traditional studio courses and tours, to creative writing classes and interdisciplinary instruction.
Explore the possibilities and come see for yourself!
View examples of Youth and Adult student artwork.
Meet our Faculty.
Program Support
Education programs at the Worcester Art Museum are supported by membership and annual fund donations and by the George I. Alden Trust, Butler Family Foundation, the David J. Freelander Memorial Scholarship Fund, the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, the Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Fund for Education, Robert and Amelia Hutchinson Haley Lectures Fund, the Jacob and Frances L. Hiatt Scholarship Fund, the Hoche-Scofield Foundation, the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, the Paine Charitable Trust, the Norman and Dorothy Sharfman Education Fund, the Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, the Sudbury Foundation Scholarship Fund, and the Sally Riley Bishop Education Fund among other endowment funds.