Weekly Art and Pottery Classes

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Inspiring confidence, creativity, and connection — every week.

Why Choose Small Hands Big Art?

Because Your Child Deserves an Exceptional Creative Experience!

Our classes deliver a premium creative experience, taught by skilled and passionate art educators who know how to bring out the best in every young artist.

What Sets Us Apart & Why Families Keep Coming Back:

  • Our classes aren’t just another after-school activity.  They are about discovery, self-expression, and joyful mess-making in a warm, inspiring space.
  • Real art, taught by real artists.  Our instructors are practicing creatives and art educators who know how to connect with kids and guide them without pressure.
  • There’s no “right” way to create.  Process-first lessons encourage students to explore materials and make choices with confidence.
  • We’re a creative community.  Students form real friendships in class, and feel like part of something special week after week.
  • Every week builds on the last.  Returning students grow more skilled and adventurous with every project.  You’ll see their progressive growth weekly!
  • Artwork worth saving.  These aren’t crafts for the fridge—they’re show-off pieces for your wall or shelves (and your heart).

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FIND YOUR PERFECT CLASS!

Convenient Options to Fit Every Schedule

Weekly Classes During the School Year

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Charlotte Art and Pottery Class Schedule

How to Sign Up:

Weekly classes run Labor Day through Memorial Day with breaks the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Spring Break/Easter. 

Start taking classes when it’s best for your schedule. Enrollment starts when you are ready. Students can enroll at any time to reserve a seat in a preferred class. After registering, we will contact you to confirm the start date for each student–you may be asked to wait a week if a multi-week project does not align with your start date. Keep in mind, some classes fill up faster than others.

Your spot is automatically reserved each month. Instead of adding to your to-do list, you can “set it and forget it”. Most of our students keep rolling with weekly classes all year, so this is a long awaited improvement! You are IN- until you tell us you want to be out.

Predictable, monthly billing. You are only billed for the scheduled classes on our calendar, with tuition automatically prorated for scheduled breaks or months with additional weeks.

Standardized pricing across weekly classes: Our weekly class pricing is standardized based on the duration of your class and how many classes are scheduled for each month. It doesn’t matter what materials we use or student age group you are in:

  • 45m-1hr classes: $37/class
  • 1.5hr classes: $40/class
  • 2hr classes: $43/class
  • 2.5hr classes: $46/class

VIEW ALL CLASSES & ENROLL

1. Click a purple link below to see Weekly Art Classes, Weekly Pottery Classes, or Weekly Art and Pottery Classes.

2. The schedule will appear, find your desired day, time, and age group then click “Enroll” and you’ll be guided through our easy online enrollment where you’ll create your Parent Portal account (which makes re-enrolling in the future super easy!).

If your day & time says “Waitlist” the class is full but we strongly encourage you to add yourself to the waitlist, and cross your fingers & toes!  You can always call us at 704-246-8271 to help you find a class.

MAKE-UP POLICY

Planned Absences

Each student is granted two planned absences per academic year. Planned absences must be submitted to info@smallhandsbigart.com prior by the 15th of the month prior so that we can prorate the next month’s tuition accordingly. The full studio will to a break from weekly classes the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter/Spring Break and you will not have to use a planned absence for those weeks.

Unplanned Absences

Life happens and we totally get that. We truly appreciate when a sick student stays home from class. Makeups for unplanned absences will be scheduled on a case-by-case basis with priority being placed on providing all students with a consistent and positive experience within the curriculum cycle. If a makeup class option does not align with the curriculum, our instructors will do their absolute best to ensure each student is caught up, sent home w/ extra info/supplies to work on their own, or pivoted to stay on track within their regularly scheduled next class. Prorations towards future classes will not be provided for unplanned absences.

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Art Class Descriptions
Pottery Class Descriptions
Charlotte Studio Parent Portal

Details & Policies

Classes meet 1 day a week, vary in duration, and are grouped by age.

Some classes (space permitting) are available on a one-time drop in basis, a great way to try a class or if you can’t commit weekly!

HOW TO ENROLL

Select your desired class in the drop down menus above, click the Enroll link and you will be prompted to create a Customer Account and can then enroll your child(ren) or yourself into your class(es) of choice!  If the Enroll link is unavailable, the class is full; you can click on Waitlist to be added to a wait list.  Note if you are enrolling in an Adult class, you must list yourself as a student first in order to enroll in the class.

 

Returning families may go directly to our Parent Portal to enroll.

POLICIES

Upon your first time enrolling with the studio, our enrollment system will prompt you to read and acknowledge our studio policies.  If you’d like to read our policies prior to enrollment, you can check them out here.  If you have any questions, feel free to call the studio at 704-246-8271.

TUITION + FEES

Tuition is due at the time of enrollment for the month you will start classes. Tuition for the next month will be posted to your account on the 25th and payment will be processed on the 1st of the month.

 

A $45 Family Studio Fee applies for each school year and is charged when you enroll your first child in a class at our studio. This fee helps us create with top-of-the-line art supplies (heavyweight paper + painting surfaces, quality paints & pigments, fibers & printmaking materials) and provide you with an easy-to-use Customer Account portal & app (renews annually on the anniversary of your first class enrollment).

 

Cancellation of enrollment requires a 30-day notice and can be submitted via email to info@smallhandsbigart.com.

FAQs

 If you need assistance finding the perfect art or pottery class for you, feel free to call the studio at 704-246-8271.  You can also check out our Frequently Asked Questions here!

ENROLL TODAY!