"Open Studio" is the flagship art education program at the Emerson. We believe that creative self-expression enriches people's lives and our community. Our classes and workshops are taught by working artists-teachers, including artists exhibiting work in the Emerson's contemporary art galleries. Open Studio classes and workshops are exhibit-inspired, community-based, and interdisciplinary explorations of painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, ceramics, and new genre.

Established programs include open life drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and mixed media classes. Emerson tenants and community members collaborate and create interdisciplinary classes and programs that strengthen the community's sense of identity. Many Emerson tenants also teach out of their studios. For more information on tenants, click here.