Art and ceramics classes for kids in Oslo

5 options are listed under art and ceramics classes for children in Oslo, across 3 districts, for ages 4 to 18. Below is the full overview with age, district and a link to sign-up.

Districts with an offering: Nordre Aker, Sentrum, Østensjø.

Art and ceramics are the quiet part of the catalogue: no matches, no season and no results list. Courses run weekly through the school year, and children work with drawing, painting, clay and sculpture in small groups with a teacher who knows the subject.

For children who did not settle into sport, this is often where it clicks. It is also one of few activities where the child brings something home every time, and where progress is visible to the whole family without anyone measuring it.

Worth knowing about art classes

The offering is concentrated in a few districts, so the journey can be longer here than for sport. In return the classes are often longer per session, an hour and a half to two hours, so the trip gives more back.

Ask whether materials are included. Clay, glaze and firing cost money, and some places include it in the course fee while others invoice afterwards. Worth clarifying before the first session.

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Keramikkverksted, Oslo kulturskole

Keramikk

Manglerud, Østensjø

A ceramics course for children aged ten to twelve at Oslo Culture School, at Manglerud kulturstasjon. Children learn to shape and work clay and follow the process from raw clay to finished product, normally over ten sessions per term.

ages 10-12

MAYA Musikk & Kulturskole

Kunst

16 undervisningssteder i Oslo og Bærum, Sentrum

A private school of arts that has taught children music, dance, theatre and visual art since 1981, with 16 teaching locations around Oslo and Bærum. The drawing and painting courses for children let young artists explore different techniques in safe, small groups - and the school also offers singing and instrument tuition for those who would rather play than paint. Rolling enrolment through the year.

ages 4-18

Nydalen Kunstskole

Kunst

Nydalsveien 30C, Nordre Aker

A process-oriented art school in Nydalen focused on drawing and painting, with dedicated courses for children and youth. In summer there is a dedicated drawing course for teenagers aged 13-17 (after the main holiday period, before school starts), and young people can also join the school's other drawing and painting courses. For teenagers who want to take their drawing seriously in a real studio environment.

ages 13-18

Oslo Kunstakademi

Kunst

Myntgata 2, Sentrum

Drawing courses for children in Myntgata, split into groups for ages 6-8, 9-11 and 12-15, on weekday afternoons and Saturdays. Teaching is adapted to each child, and they work both on the pleasure of exploring line and colour and on technique: perspective, overlapping and colour theory. Courses run in blocks through the term, and several fill up, so it pays to be early.

ages 6-15

Tegnerforbundet: Ung i tegning

Kunst

Rådhusgata 17, Sentrum

Drawing courses for young people in the premises of Tegnerforbundet, the association for Norwegian illustrators and draughtspeople, in the middle of Kvadraturen. Courses run on Saturdays and cost 200 kroner with materials included - one of the cheapest ways into drawing tuition in the city. Teaching is by professional illustrators, and the courses fill up quickly.

ages 10-13