Art Station is the only non-profit visual arts school in Central Oregon where children can explore their creative sides and discover what they are capable of in painting, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture.  We also provide a variety of art classes for adults to rediscover their creative spark and fulfill their potential in the arts.  Our Instructors are professional artists and arts educators who continually strive for excellence in their teaching.  Art Station is also the headquarters for the Artists in Schools Residency Program (AIS) and VanGo.

What Art Station Offers:

Year-round classes, workshops, and art camps for pre-school (ages 2-5), after-school (ages 5-teen), and adults.  Curriculum for children is developmentally designed for specific age groups. Summer art camps for elementary school age children are held throughout the entire summer, both in the morning and afternoon, usually focused around a theme.

Adult and teen clay classes are available days, evenings and weekends.

Printmaking classes for adults are offered through our partner facility, A6 (Atelier 6000).

Find out more about our classes in the Arts Central catalog, which includes all class listings for the Art Station, Arts Central education + resource center, Atelier 6000 (A6) Print Studio and Cascade Community School of Music.

Art Station is housed in a historical building – the 1911 Bend Train Depot.  A unique cultural inheritance, Art Station was moved and renovated by a medley of partners: Arts Central, the Old Mill District, and Oregon Dept. of Transportation.  It now resides in the Old Mill District, across from the Les Schwab Amphitheater.

Clay Studio

Fully equipped clay studio includes: gas and electric kilns, slab roller, electric wheels, and glazes.  Children’s clay classes are also available (pre-school, after-school, summer camps).  We also offer adult and teen clay classes (day, evenings, and weekends in hand-building, wheel, raku, mosaics).