Musikfest 2025 has wrapped, but your next masterpiece starts now with ArtsQuest in Your Community visual arts classes! The next round of visual arts programming is now available at artsquest.org/visual-arts/. Thanks to the help from our community partners, we are able to bring ArtsQuest visual arts programming to your community during the construction of the new ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL.

Here is a list of classes that are now registration ready:

• Oct. 2 – 16: Intro to Still Life Watercolor Painting with Maison Allen – Bethlehem Area School District Spring Garden ES

• Oct. 4: Spooky Felt Ornament with Nicole Gencarelli – 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Oct. 7 – 28: Paint Your Pet with Nancy Sullivan – Bethlehem Area Public Library Laros Room

• Oct. 8 – Dec. 10: Handbuilding Open Studio with Nicole Gencarelli – ArtsQuest Ceramics Studio

• Oct. 11: Needle Felting: Plague Doctor with Katrina Heebner – Bethlehem Area Public Library Laros Room

• Oct. 12: Sacred Symbol Paint & Breathe Wine’d Down with Michelle Lee – ArtsQuest Center Fowler Blast Furnace Room

• Oct. 13 – 27: Golden Harvest: Fall Still Life Painting with Alexandra Schnabel – 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Oct. 15: Wine’d Down Workshop: Halloween Polymer Clay Jewelry with Alexandra Schnabel – ArtsQuest Center Fowler Blast Furnace Room

• Oct. 18: Coffin Felt Bookmark with Nicole Gencarelli – Bethlehem Area Public Library Laros Room

• Oct. 21: Lego Printmaking Workshop with Emma Ryan – Bethlehem Visitor Center at SteelStacks presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network part of Jefferson Health

• Oct. 22: Wine’d Down Workshop: Golden Harvest Fall Watercolor Painting with Alexandra Schnabel – ArtsQuest Center Fowler Blast Furnace Room

• Oct. 26 – Nov. 16: Cartooning and Anime for All Ages with Cotty Kilbanks – 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Nov. 4 – Paint Your Pet with Nancy Sullivan – Bethlehem Area Public Library Laros Room

• Nov. 7 – 14: Clay Angels Workshop with Gable Young – 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Nov. 9: Holiday Ceramic Ornaments with Nicole Gencarelli – ArtsQuest Ceramics Studio

• Nov. 16: Sacred Symbol Paint & Breathe Wine’d Down with Michelle Lee – ArtsQuest Center Fowler Blast Furnace Room

• Nov. 19: Polymer Clay Jewelry: Custom Make Your Own! with Alexandra Schnabel – 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Nov. 20: Handbound Bookmaking Workshop with Emma Ryan – 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Dec. 3 – Dec. 10: Acrylic Painting: Understanding Light with Alexandra Schnabel — 520 Hamilton St. Allentown

• Dec. 11: Exploring Collage Workshop with Emma Ryan – Bethlehem Area School District Spring Garden ES

Scholarships

In keeping with ArtsQuest’s mission to make the arts accessible to all, scholarship assistance is available for eligible youth and adults based on financial need. We welcome everyone to participate in our art classes and camps regardless of financial circumstances.

Scholarship information and applications (available in English and Spanish) can be found here.

Location information

• Spring Garden ES is located at 901 North Blvd. Bethlehem

• The Artist Garages are located at 520 Hamilton St. in Allentown. While the address is for Hamilton Street, the Artist Garages are accessed via Maple Street near the intersection with Bayard Rustin Way. Nearby parking includes the Community Deck parking garage (located at 13 S. Sixth St. in Allentown) and metered on-street parking. Classes will occur in Bay 1.

• The Bethlehem Area Public Library is located at 11 W. Church St. in Bethlehem. There is free on-street parking around the library, most with 1 or 2-hour time limits. On weekdays after 5 p.m. and all day on Saturdays, parking is available in the garage beneath the library. To get to the Laros Room, enter the library and go to the second floor.

• The Bethlehem Visitor Center at SteelStacks presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network sits next to the SteelStacks with parking available in the PNC lot as well as the two parking lots across the street (RE and RW).

• The Fowler Blast Furnace Room is located on the mezzanine level of the ArtsQuest Center at 101 Founders Way Bethlehem. Parking can be found at the Founders Way lot as well as the PNC lot, and RE and RW.

• The ArtsQuest Ceramics Studio is located at 1801 Union Blvd., Allentown, in Suite G. Entrance and parking are located in the back of the building, accessible by North Sherman Street. The entrance door is accessible via stairs or a ramp from the parking lot.

The very best way to stay up to date with upcoming ArtsQuest Visual Arts programming is to sign up to receive our emails, as well as visiting our website atartsquest.org/visual-arts/.