ART ROOM AFTER SCHOOL
Art Room After School supports the social, emotional, and academic growth of Clatsop County youth. We believe every child deserves access to art—early, often, and in meaningful ways. Throughout the school year, we offer weekly, standards-based art education through hands-on projects that introduce new materials, spark creativity, and build confidence and self-expression. This program is free and open to all students in Clatsop County.
1st - 4th grades: Wednesdays, February 4th - March 18th
5th - 8th grades: Thursdays, February 5th - March 19th
Classes are always 3:30pm - 5:00pm in the Art Room at Astoria Middle School, 1100 Klaskanie Avenue.
The After School program includes four units throughout the academic year, each lasting six to eight weeks. Each unit has a capacity of 25 students and is available to all youth in Clatsop County. Registration will remain open for new students as long as there is room. Sign up below. If classes are full, email astoriavisualarts@gmail.com to get on the wait list and to learn about additional opportunities.
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Esta versión en español se ofrece como guía para ayudarle a llenar el formulario en inglés. No es un formulario separado; solo sirve como referencia.
SUPPORT ART EDUCATION
IN CLATSOP COUNTY
Businesses and individuals are invited to sponsor ART ROOM to ensure this program continues. Sponsors of $100 and above will have their logo included on promotional materials and be included on the summer camp t-shirts.
As AVA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, all donations to this program are tax-deductible.
HISTORY: Art Room was founded in 2022 by Astorians Kiley Laws and Chloe Maglio to enrich the social, emotional, and academic development of Clatsop County's elementary age students. Art Room offered free art programing in partnership with the Astoria Library, and in 2022 and 2023, Art Room partnered with Astoria Visual Arts to create summer Art Camps. They were a huge success! In 2023, Art Room launched an after school program, which provided weekly art education throughout the academic year.
In 2024, Art Room founders and co-directors Kiley Laws and Chloe Maglio received exciting opportunities to advance their art education careers. In August 2024, Art Room and AVA made an agreement for AVA to continue Art Room’s stellar programming.
Kiley and Chloe, along with Art Room’s former board president, Andrea Mazzarella, will continue to be involved in Art Room from time to time, advocating for equitable, standards-based education for all school age youth in Clatsop County.
