Classes, Camps and Workshops

Green Art Labs connects people to their creativity and the Earth through reusable materials. We have more than 12 years of experience hosting hands-on, eco-minded art classes, camps and workshops for children, teens, adults and families.

Eco Art Making

Our award-winning curriculum is process based and gives people the time and space to create.

Some of our most popular programs are game making, eco-inventions, simple machines, sewing and free creating.

Our teaching artists are patient, kind, emotionally intelligent creatives who love spending time engaging with our students.

Contact joan@greenartlabs.com for more information about in-person or on-line art experiences for your school, organization or group. Or register for one of the classes below. Green Art Labs programs are available in Washington state and California.

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  • Text reads "Monthly connective creative practice, Create with me: live. First Sunday of every month at 11am. Virtual!"

    Create with Me: Live!

    November 1st, 11am (monthly)

    Start off your month by connecting to your creativity alongside community. Join Joan every first Sunday of the month at 11am for a virtual Create with Me: Live! art session.

    ​Bring your creative project to our all-ages supportive environment: painting, poetry, watercolor, reusable materials, sculpture, etc., any medium of your choosing to get your creative energy flowing!

    register

  • Create Sand Swirls with Joan!


    Cardiff State Beach
    Wed. Nov. 11th from 2-3pm
    Free for all participants

    ​Join environmental artist, Joan Green of Green Art Labs, in making Sand Swirls at Cardiff State Beach to celebrate SD Climate Week. This art form is open to all ages and abilities and is a fun, meditative, creative way to connect with the ocean environment and the community. We'll have some bamboo stakes for creating, or bring your own sand art tools to experiment with. Dress for the beach weather, and bring your own snacks/drinks. We'll show you some tips for making Sand Swirls and then you can create freely on your own or collaboratively.

    Register

  • Green Art Labs is coming to Coastal Roots Farm Nature Play!

    Friday Nov. 6th

    Encinitas, CA

    Nature Play is Coastal Roots Farm’s outdoor, natural playground in Encinitas, CA. Designed for children ages 0–8 and their families, Nature Play offers a safe, imaginative space where kids can climb, dig, build, and discover the wonders of the natural world.

    Learn more

What You Get

  • We work with people from diverse backgrounds, with classes led by a seasoned team and supported by an open-ended curriculum and materials accessible to all skill levels.

    Inclusive Programs for All

    We work with people from diverse backgrounds, with classes led by a seasoned team and supported by an open-ended curriculum and materials accessible to all skill levels.

  • Hands-on Learning

    Hands-on Learning

    Explore new ways to work with materials. Hands-on, creative, quality time builds confidence while having fun.

  • We maintain a 12:1 student/teacher ratio to ensure that students have the support they need to slow down, relax and connect with their creative self.

    Small Class Sizes

    We maintain a 12:1 student/teacher ratio to ensure that students have the support they need to slow down, relax and connect with their creative self.

  • Backed by Experience

    Backed By Experience

    Curriculum designed by artist and educator, Joan Green who draws on more than 12 years of arts education and influence from the Reggio Emilia approach to child development.

  • Students exercise life-long skills like critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration along with STEAM concepts, and dexterity.

    Build 21st Century Skills

    Students exercise life-long skills like critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, commu-nication and collaboration along with STEAM concepts, and dexterity.

  • Sustainable Reusable Materials

    Sustainable Reusable Materials

    We’re eco-minded in everything we do...it’s our nature. We collect and reuse interesting materials that stimulate the imagination.  

A group of children sitting on the grass outdoors, listening to two women reading a book. The setting is a grassy field with trees and cloudy sky in the background.
Two children working together on a craft project using cardboard, rubber bands, and sticks to create a simple pinball game, seen from above.
Table with craft supplies including colorful washi tapes, scissors, paper color swatches, elastic bands and markers.
Children gathered around a table with various crafts, including labeled cans, cardboard, markers, and decorative items, in a colorful indoor setting.
Children participating in an outdoor tie-dye craft activity under a tree, with tie-dye fabric hanging on a clothesline in the background.
Three women sitting at a table, smiling, with craft supplies on a tablecloth, outdoors in a covered area.
Children sit around a long table outdoors under a large tree, engaging in arts and crafts activities with paper, markers, glue, and craft supplies scattered on the table.
Collection of colorful children's drawings of smiling faces on brown paper, displayed on a white surface outdoors.
Children kneeling on gravel ground, painting on a large canvas with splashes of colorful paint, outdoors.
A handmade robot craft made from various recycled materials, including a cardboard tube with painted and drawn details, two red pipe cleaners as antennas, and a piece of paper with colorful scribbling, placed on a piece of cardboard on a table.
Children gathered around a table looking at a LEGO creation in a cardboard box during a craft activity.