Mess Arts

MessArts is a community minded visual arts education program for all ages. We facilitate a collaborative studio environment which balances rigor and play. MessArts teaching makes fine arts and craft approachable in order to enrich and challenge our understanding of art.

MessArts creates a space for learners of all ages to develop an individual and collaborative art practice. We utilize art making as a common language to learn and grow together as a community.

Our core values are Art, Accessibility, Self- Expression, Community, and Get Messy!

Mess Arts is fundraising to support our upcoming expansion into a larger space, growing our capacity and impact for more students to participate in exploratory self-expression and creative community.

We are thrilled to be growing! This has meant we are reaching capacity at our current space for the youth we are able to serve and are looking to expand into a larger building to offer our programs to more young artist, as well as build a collaborative community arts space for our community!

Please check out our link tree or our website at messarts.org to see all of the exciting upcoming classes, camps, and community art events!

Testimonials

"My daughter absolutely loves Mess Arts. It is a truly inclusive environment that allows children to be their creative selves in a way few other classes do. They use a wide range of mediums too, things I never got to experience as a child. They teach the children about art history and art techniques in a fun and engaging way"

It's rare to find a place (and people-Ness and Mahalia!) that you 100% trust will keep your child safe, make them feel seen and appreciated"

"Our family has really got a lot out of working with Mess Arts. They have helped our daughter not only improve her craft but started her thinking about art in a more sophisticated (but age-appropriate) way."