Art Classes for Children & Youth

What: Outdoor summer art classes for children & youth in a lovely community garden this summer with teacher Gabee Rafert unless stated otherwise:

• May 24 – Painting Bumblebees
• June 28 – Sun Prints
• July 12 Rock Art Mandela with Adam
• July 26 Pinecone Bird Feeder
• August 16 Shadow Painting
• August 30 Leaf Printing

Where: New Start Community Garden aka Shark Garden, next to New Start High School, 614 SW 120th Street, Burien 98146

When: May – August 2025, from 1:00-3:00 PM

Cost: Free

Burien Arts held its first-ever Zoom art classes in 2021 due to pandemic restrictions for in-person classes. Originally aimed at children and youth, these quickly evolved to all-ages with students from around the US and foreign countries as well.

The classes were every Sunday at 3:00 PM for 2021-2023 and April-December 2024 with signups and donations through Eventbrite.

Burien Arts ran art classes for children for five years at the Burien Library, 400 SW 152nd Street, Burien during Famers’ Market Thursdays in the summer. Classes took place in the summers of 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

In-person classes were canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic.

In 2015, we partnered with New Futures to offer art classes in Woodridge Park, a King County Housing Authority apartment community in Burien. New Futures (by South West Youth and Family Services) provides students with after-school and summer programming at five apartment locations in the Highline area.