Friday, November 7, 2025

4–6 PM

Susan Walters (Painting)

Free Art Classes for Teens (13–18 years old) 

Free Teen Art is a free program for teens, who are interested in art-making as an enrichment activity that goes beyond making crafts. The aim of the program is to provide a space for youth to create art, share stories, collaborate, explore, and identify new ways to use art in their lives. The Athenaeum offers facilities, resources, guidance, instruction, and support. The open studio program includes a rotation of multidisciplinary art instructors offering workshops in their respective fields, as well as curricular activities that involve the use of the Athenaeum library resources as a starting point for projects. Activities include drawing, painting, research, and introduction to various media.

Susan Walters has taught art at the Gillispie School for over 30 years. She studied fine art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and The Art Students League of New York. She graduated cum laude from Lafayette College with a degree in Art History.

The program is free and teens can register by clicking the “REGISTER” button above. For additional information, please call (858) 454-5872 or email us at info@ljathenaeum.org. The main venue for the program is the Athenaeum’s art studio at 1008 Wall Street, entrance on Girard Avenue.

CODE OF CONDUCT

The Athenaeum School of the Arts strives to provide an environment conducive to learning. We expect students to care about themselves, each other, and the environment around them by exhibiting integrity, compassion, a good attitude, respect, and effort. Students are also expected to follow the classroom guidelines as assigned by their individual teachers. The Athenaeum School of the Arts reserves the absolute right to dis-enroll a student at any time for any reason.