Spring Classes Now Enrolling: Call 419.756.1700, or email to register today.

The Mansfield Art Center prides itself in offering a wide variety of educational programs for both children and adults. For a complete listing of classes please download the Course Guides below.

      
           Kids Courses                              Adult Courses

Pay What You Can: Did you know… Students who participate in the arts outperform their peers in almost every measure. In 2006, SAT takers with coursework or experience in fine arts scored 57 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 41 points higher on the math portion than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.

Yet at precisely the moment we are asking students for higher and higher test scores tight budgets are forcing our schools to take away opportunities to participate in the arts during the school day. On top of this, challenges in the local economy have made it harder and harder for all of us to afford extracurricular activities for our children and ourselves.

To this end, the Mansfield Art Center will be offering all classes in our spring quarter on a “Pay What You Can” fee schedule. Mary Bolin, the Art Center’s Board President, summed up the initiative: “We know how important it is that members of our community —children and adults— have the opportunity to participate in creative activities, but we also know how hard this economy has hit our area. It’s our hope that in offering our services in this manner that more people will have the chance to be exposed to the amazing talents of our local artists and arts
instructors.

We do hope to develop donor support to offset instructor fees and materials expenses and encourage all those interested in donating to visit our online donations page, or stop in at the Art Center.” Donors may choose to direct their support to a specific component of our educational programming or to the program’s general support. Gifts to educational programming may also be publicly acknowledged in education materials, left anonymous, or made in honor of someone dear to you.