Fine Arts for Children and Teens - FACT Santa Fe

After-school and summer classes open to the public
FACT's Community Studio offers visual-arts classes for young people ages 5 to 18. Opportunities are available for teen and young-adult students to exhibit work at the ARTbarn. View our current calendar of events and programs

FACT provides art classes for young people ages 5 to 16 as part of the Chavez Center's Summer Youth Camp.

FACT provides art classes to homeless youth in collaboration with the Santa Fe Public School's Adelante program for homeless families, Juntos los Jueves, on Thursday evenings at Sweeney Elementary School throughout the school year and at the BF Young Building during the summer.

FACT brings weekly visual-arts classes to young adults ages 13 to 21 at the Santa Fe County Youth Development Program (Detention Center). Our partner, Outside In, is a local nonprofit offering music and dance education to incarcerated youth.

Also in conjunction with Outside In, FACT provides weekly art classes for teens at the Boys and Girls Club Teen Center on Gallegos Lane from 5:30-6:30 on Monday evenings.

FACT offers mural-making opportunities throughout the year that connect young people to their community. With support from an organization or business, FACT organizes classes and creates a site-specific mural as a public art piece. FACT mural sites include A Salon, The Lensic Theater and a 950-foot-long community mural that surrounds the Jacob Martinez neighborhood on Santa Fe's Southside.

Weekly in-school classes
Our semester-based arts-learning program serves kindergarten through sixth-grade children at elementary schools in Santa Fe, Española, and other regional school districts. Guided by New Mexico State Standards and Benchmarks, our hands-on lessons meet developmental needs of specific age groups and reinforce each school's academic goals.

Professional development for public-school teachers
and arts educators
Related to ARTreach, our professional-development workshops help integrate visual-arts learning into the classroom. FACT instructors train teachers during scheduled in-service work days and through ARTreach classroom experiences.

Weekly after-school classes
Our after-school program serves kindergarten through sixth-grade children. Semester-based classes run for one to three hours during the academic year at selected Santa Fe public elementary schools and community centers.

Weekly/daily summer programs
Our summer programs offer daily and weekly morning or afternoon artmaking classes at public elementary schools.

FACT currently offers afternoon workshops for Teens on the second Saturday of every month from 1-5pm. See our calendar for information on workshop themes and instructors.

FACT also provides weekly art classes for Teens at the Boys and Girls Club Teen Center on Gallegos Lane every Monday evening from 5:30-6:30.

FACT staff and students are excited to kick off our Teen Advisory Council, comprised of Teen FACT Students who will help to make decisions about FACT's Teen programming as well as become FACT ambassadors to the community. The Advisory council will offer teens an opportunity to think creatively about what art programs Santa Fe Teens want and need, and to take a leadership role in designing classes, exhibitions and events for teens. Please contact program@factsantafe.org if you are interested in learning more about the Teen Advisory Council.