Registration Information
Winter/Spring Classes & Programs
Registration for VMFA Members & Nonmembers is currently underway online, by phone, and in person.
Explore the Winter/Spring Classes & Programs BrochureRegistration for VMFA Members
To accommodate the high demand, members-only registration for the following categories will begin as noted. Not a member? Join today.
Studio School and Art History Classes (ages 16+)
Tue, Nov 12 | 8 am (online or by phone) or 10 am (in person)
Teen and All Children’s Classes
Wed, Nov 13 | 8 am (online or by phone) or 10 am (in person)
Registration for Nonmembers
Nonmember registration for all classes begins Tue, Nov 19 | 8 am (online or by phone) or 10 am (in person)
In need of assistance?
Visitor Services is available by phone 804.340.1405 starting at 8 am or in-person at the museum starting at 10 am on registration days.
Questions? Phone 804.340.1343.
Note: Classes are nonrefundable and cannot be transferred to another class. Be sure to mark your calendars
Class Schedule
Ages 3 months–5 years accompanied by an adult
Select Saturdays, 10:30–11:45
Art Education Center
Enrollment limit: 12 children
Advance registration required
[EW7] No Place Like Home
Sat, Dec 21, 2024
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center, Classroom
Advance registration required
Ages 3–14 months, with an adult | Explore themes of home and community as you visit VMFA’s galleries. Then discuss identity and family with songs and collaborative artmaking in the studio.
[EW8] No Place Like Home
Sat, Dec 21, 2024
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center, Classroom
Advance registration required
Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Explore themes of home and community as you visit VMFA’s galleries. Then discuss identity and family with songs and collaborative artmaking in the studio.
[EW9] No Place Like Home
Sat, Dec 14, 2024
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center, Classroom
Advance registration required
Ages 2 1/2–5 years, with an adult | Explore themes of home and community as you visit VMFA’s galleries. Then discuss identity and family with songs and collaborative artmaking in the studio.
[EW1] Bright Ideas
Sat, Jan 11
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Infants, Ages 3–13 months, with an adult | Light-filled and contrasting works of art inspire creative expression with shimmering art materials.
[EW2] Bright Ideas
Sat, Jan 11
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Toddlers, Ages 14–30 months, with an adult | Light-filled and contrasting works of art inspire creative expression with shimmering art materials.
[EW3] Bright Ideas
Sat, Jan 25
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Preschoolers, Ages 2 1/2–5 years, with an adult | Light-filled and contrasting works of art inspire creative expression with shimmering art materials.
[EW4] Art that Moves Me
Sat, Feb 15
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Infants, Ages 3–13 months, with an adult | Use your body to explore spatial concepts, notice movement in artwork, and experiment with gesture and multidimensional art materials.
[EW5] Art that Moves Me
Sat, Feb 15
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Toddlers, Ages 14–30 months, with an adult | Use your body to explore spatial concepts, notice movement in artwork, and experiment with gesture and multidimensional art materials.
[EW6] Art that Moves Me
Sat, Feb 22
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Preschoolers, Ages 2 1/2–5 years, with an adult | Use your body to explore spatial concepts, notice movement in artwork, and experiment with gesture and multidimensional art materials.
[EW7] Animals at VMFA
Sat, Mar 8
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Infants, Ages 3–13 months, with an adult | Find furry, scaly, webbed, and winged creatures, all throughout the VMFA campus. Enjoy singing animal songs and making animal-inspired art of your own.
[EW8] Animals at VMFA
Sat, Mar 8
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Toddlers, Ages 14–30 months, with an adult | Find furry, scaly, webbed, and winged creatures, all throughout the VMFA campus. Enjoy singing animal songs and making animal-inspired art of your own.
[EW9] Animals at VMFA
Sat, Mar 22
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Preschoolers, Ages 2 1/2–5 years, with an adult | Find furry, scaly, webbed, and winged creatures, all throughout the VMFA campus. Enjoy singing animal songs and making animal-inspired art of your own.
[EW10] Sensation Inspiration
Sat, Apr 5
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Infants, Ages 3–13 months, with an adult | See, smell, and feel as you explore artworks with all your senses, then create your own sense-sational work of art.
[EW11] Sensation Inspiration
Sat, Apr 5
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Toddlers, Ages 14–30 months, with an adult | See, smell, and feel as you explore artworks with all your senses, then create your own sense-sational work of art.
[EW12] Sensation Inspiration
Sat, Apr 26
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Preschoolers, Ages 2 1/2–5 years, with an adult | See, smell, and feel as you explore artworks with all your senses, then create your own sense-sational work of art.
[EW13] Fun with Faces and Figures
Sat, May 3
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Infants, Ages 3–13 months, with an adult | Through songs, stories, and viewing the
special exhibition Frida: Beyond the Myth,
find fun in face and figure explorations, then
create an expressive figure of your own!
[EW14] Fun with Faces and Figures
Sat, May 3
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Toddlers, Ages 14–30 months, with an adult | Through songs, stories, and viewing the
special exhibition Frida: Beyond the Myth,
find fun in face and figure explorations, then
create an expressive figure of your own!
[EW15] Fun with Faces and Figures
Sat, May 10
10:30–11:45 am
$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)
Art Education Center
Preschoolers, Ages 2 1/2–5 years, with an adult | Through songs, stories, and viewing the
special exhibition Frida: Beyond the Myth,
find fun in face and figure explorations, then
create an expressive figure of your own!