Weekly Art Classes

Taught by accomplished, professional artists

Our art classes are taught by elite team of fine art teachers have earned at minimum a BFA degree. Many have an MFA in Art Education and a strong professional art practice.

2 Hour Classes

Even for our youngest students, this time flies by! We help break up the class time with a 10 minute break after the first hour.

Long Term Discounts Available

Serious about practicing art long term? At your trial class, we can show you what discounts are available for registering for either a full school year or a whole year.

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Class Structure & Tuition

Long Term Curriculum

We've created a strong 10-year curriculum to support our students from age 4 through senior year of high school. Adult students also benefit from our strong structure, which features projects with an even balance of building technical skill and fostering creativity.

Progress & Education Focused

We care a lot about our students and their progress. Upon enrollment, each student will have a profile in our database, where we keep documentation of all their finished work in class. In the spring, we hold a group parent conference where we educate parents on what we've taught them through the year so far, and what's to come. You will get to see your child's work along with their peers' work.

We Meet Every Student's Level

Our classes are structured based on skill level--not age. While there tends to be a general age range for each level, we want to assure that each student is placed in a class that is appropriately challenging. We find out each student's skill level during their trial class.

Tuition Structure

Our tuition is based on skill level and the number of classes registered. Students may register at any point of the year, however, starting in early September is ideal to match the public school calendar.

We offer a starter package of 16 classes (~4 months), which includes a 2 month grace period to choose to extend your class term to what we call "long term."

Long term enrollments will push your term to either the end of the school year (38 classes total) or through the summer (48 classes total; this equals a full year from your first class).

When you come for a trial class, we can more easily show you what long term discounts you'll receive for extending to a longer term.

Flexible Schedule

We understand that unexpected things can happen in life, so if you miss a class, you can schedule a makeup class for it on any day and time a class is available for your child's level. Just send us a request via our form online, send us an email, or give us a call.

Rolling Admission

We welcome new enrollments to our art school at any point in the year. Please contact us to schedule your trial class! We are currently offering some classes online and others in person.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at usartschantilly@gmail.com or usartsfairfax@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Why are some classes online and others in-person?

Certain class times will remain Online only, others we are changing to In-person only, and some you can use whether you would like online or in-person. We chose the in-person classes using the results from the in-person survey.

What do I do if I'm a current student and want to change my class time?

Please fill out this form here. You can fill out/choose different class times for Summer and Fall. You do not need to fill out this form if you want to keep your current class time. We will have many class schedule change requests, and you need to fill out this form. Please do not email requests. There is a section for questions/comments if you have any :)

What do I do if I'm a student who temporarily stopped and wish to return or resume classes?

Please fill out this form here. You can enter when you would like to come back, what class time, etc. We will email you to confirm and let you know their new ending date.

What are your safety measures for in person classes?

Wearing masks that cover the mouth and nose will be required of all students, teachers, and staff.
To limit sharing and contact, students are required to bring their own materials (besides paper). If a student shows up with no materials, their parent will need to go get the materials or reschedule the class.
While our standard class size will not change, only 3 classrooms out of 6 will be utilized at the same time during the summer, and teachers may use 2 classrooms to space out students if it is a fuller class. Here are the maximum amount of students who will be allowed in-person per class:
Room 1 - 7 students
Room 2 - 8 students
Room 3 - 10 students
Room 4 - 11 students
Room 5 - 12 students
Room 6 - 12 students
Parents for students in Rooms 1-3 may enter the building to pick up their child. Students in Rooms 4-6 will be required to go downstairs and wait outside of the front door to be picked up. This is to limit the amount of people coming and going at the same time.
Parents are not allowed to stay in the building during class. Office staff will be there full time to watch the main area and call parents if needed.
Dismissal time will be 5 minutes earlier than usual. There will be a shorter break time for classes 1-3 and no break time for classes 4-6.

Will we allow make-up students in-person?

Yes, as long as there is space in the class. Please be sure to report your absences so that other students have the opportunity to make-up when they need to. Makeups will need to be scheduled at least one day in advance. We will NOT allow walk in make-ups.

We have many students in Room 5 and 6 who do makeups back to back. We will allow students in these Rooms to stay for more than one class consecutively even if the next class time is online.

Will parents of online students be allowed to come to the center to pick up paper?

Yes, but we will only give you as much as necessary for your child. We're unable to give extra paper. Paper should only be used for projects and not for extra sketching or homework.

Will there be school pickup in the Fall?

We cannot decide right now. We will send out an email when we make a decision to start pickup.

My question is not answered here, what should I do?

Please email us in a separate email with your child's name in the subject line, do not reply to this one. We will have many questions, so please allow the office staff extra time to reply to you. Please do not call, if you need to talk by the phone then please email us with that request so we can delegate the proper office staff member to call you. Our staff has limited access to the phone and it will be best to communicate by email so that your request is taken care of accurately. We really appreciate your questions and comments, as they have provided valuable feedback for us to get to this point!