Workshops Events in SF Bay Area

Hands-on classes, skill workshops, and learning events in SF Bay Area.

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Unleash your creativity and connect with fellow teens in this unique program where crafting meets captivating storytelling! Teens will learn to make their own friendship bracelets while immersing themselves in an engaging audiobook.

Thu, 5 Mar 2026

Moraga Library

Teens are invited to a free hands-on workshop at Morrisania Library to craft friendship bracelets while enjoying an engaging audiobook—connect, create, and socialize in a relaxed library setting.

FULL - Workshop: Computers for Beginners

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 at 02:00

SF Public Library

Beginner-friendly computer workshop at SF Public Library for adults and older adults offering hands-on instruction in basic computer skills and digital literacy.

Tutorial: Meet One-on-One with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 at 10:00

SF Public Library

Free one-on-one meetings with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ at SF Public Library (Virtual Library) on 2026-03-05 offering personalized personal finance guidance for adults.

MAKE! with SCRAP: Character Design

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 at 12:00

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

Hands-on character-design workshop at SFMOMA using SCRAP materials; a family-friendly, creative session to build playful characters and experiment with collage techniques.

Guided Bird Walk

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 at 11:30

Filoli Historic House & Garden

Join a beginner-friendly guided bird walk at Filoli Historic House & Garden to slow down, observe local birds, and learn about the living landscape on an easy outdoor hike.

Insider’s Garden Tour

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 at 14:30

Filoli Historic House & Garden

A behind-the-scenes guided tour of Filoli’s 16-acre Renaissance garden, greenhouses and potting shed led by horticulture experts for plant lovers and curious visitors.

Spring Flower Arranging

Thu, 9 Apr 2026 at 12:00

Filoli Historic House & Garden

Hands-on spring flower-arranging workshop at Filoli where the floriculture team teaches you to create a gorgeous arrangement in a relaxed, social setting—bring friends and enjoy a creative morning.

Wellness Wednesdays: Watercolor Sketching

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 at 13:00

Filoli Historic House & Garden

Outdoor instructor-led watercolor sketching at Filoli Historic House & Garden inviting artists of all levels to relax, learn, and create amid the spring gardens.

Tablet Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on, family-friendly workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum introducing kids to tablet-based animation techniques like storyboarding and frame-by-frame drawing in a creative summer class format.

Animal Anatomy

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on museum workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum exploring animal anatomy through observation and drawing techniques for young artists and families.

After School Animation: Advanced Digital Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on after-school workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching students advanced digital animation techniques, character movement and storytelling using industry tools.

After School Animation: Intermediate (Spring 2025)

Walt Disney Family Museum

Intermediate after-school animation workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum offering hands-on drawing and animation techniques for school-age students in Spring 2025.

Animated Loops and GIFs

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on creative workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum where participants learn to make animated loops and GIFs using frame-by-frame techniques and digital tools—ideal for kids and families interested in animation.

Artist Studio: Stop-Motion Film Techniques

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on stop-motion animation workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching techniques for creating short animated films, ideal for families, aspiring animators, and students.

Digital 2D Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching fundamentals of 2D digital animation—drawing, timing, and basic software—designed for young learners and beginners to create short animated clips.

EPACENTER: Stop-Motion Character Design: Model Making

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on stop-motion model-making workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching character design and puppet fabrication for aspiring animators and families.

EPACENTER: World Building & Concept Art

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on creative workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum exploring worldbuilding and concept art techniques for aspiring illustrators and storytellers.

Experimental Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on summer workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum exploring experimental animation techniques—stop-motion, drawn and mixed-media—for young creators and beginners.

Imagining Worlds

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on summer workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum where kids and families explore worldbuilding, storytelling, and animation-inspired creative activities to imagine and design original worlds.

In-Person Class | After School Animation: Intermediate

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on intermediate after-school animation workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching character animation, storyboarding, and basic production techniques for young learners.

In-Person Studio Series | Animate a Bear Eating Honey (Adult Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

Adult hands-on animation workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching how to animate a bear eating honey, focusing on character movement, timing and studio techniques.

In-Person Studio Series | Animate a Magical Castle (Youth Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

In-person youth animation workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum where kids learn to animate a magical castle through drawing and storytelling in a hands-on studio session.

Pop-Up Studio | Castle Tower Salt & Pepper Shakers

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on, family-friendly pop-up studio at the Walt Disney Family Museum where participants design and decorate castle-tower salt & pepper shakers in a guided creative craft session.

Pop-Up Studio | Create Mythical Creatures

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on Pop-Up Studio at the Walt Disney Family Museum where kids and families design and create mythical creatures through drawing and craft activities.

Pop-Up Studio | Creative Lettering Techniques

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on Pop-Up Studio at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching creative lettering and hand-lettering techniques for beginners and families, with guided practice in typography and decorative scripts.

Pop-Up Studio | Decorative Airships

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on creative pop-up studio at the Walt Disney Family Museum where participants design and decorate decorative airships—family-friendly, arts-and-crafts workshop suitable for kids and adults.

Pop-Up Studio | Mini Wardrobe Worlds

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on, family-friendly studio at the Walt Disney Family Museum where kids and families design and build mini wardrobe worlds inspired by Disney characters and costumes.

Sip and Sketch | Clay Cat Sculptures

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on Sip & Sketch workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum where participants create clay cat sculptures in a relaxed, social setting—ideal for creative adults and families looking for a museum art experience.

Sip and Sketch | Create a Secret Club Badge

Walt Disney Family Museum

Sip & Sketch at the Walt Disney Family Museum is a hands-on creative workshop where participants design a secret club badge—a family-friendly drawing session suitable for kids and adults (may require museum admission or a ticket).

Sip and Sketch | Painting Redwood Trees

Walt Disney Family Museum

A relaxed Sip & Sketch painting workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum focused on painting redwood trees—an artsy, social session for adults and students to sketch and paint nature-inspired scenes.

Sip and Sketch | Rubber Hose Characters

Walt Disney Family Museum

Sip and Sketch at the Walt Disney Family Museum is a relaxed, museum-led drawing workshop focusing on vintage 'rubber-hose' cartoon characters—a hands-on evening for animation fans, often paired with drinks.

Sip and Sketch | Simple Lighting and Shading

Walt Disney Family Museum

Sip and Sketch at the Walt Disney Family Museum is a casual, artsy drawing workshop focused on simple lighting and shading techniques—bring sketching materials and enjoy a guided, social evening of practice.

Sip and Sketch | Whimsical Flowers

Walt Disney Family Museum

Sip and Sketch | Whimsical Flowers at the Walt Disney Family Museum is a relaxed, adults-focused creative workshop pairing floral drawing instruction with drinks in a museum setting.

Home and Garden

Will hot and spicy bird seed harm avian visitors to my feeder?

A Home & Garden piece discussing bird-feeder concerns like spicy bird seed while noting Ivana Trump's Upper East Side home sold for $14M after years on the market—practical tips and real-estate tidbits in one read.

Summer Class | Dungeons & Drawing

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on summer class at the Walt Disney Family Museum that blends Dungeons & Dragons-inspired storytelling with drawing and character design for young artists and families.

Summer Class | Fantasy Collage

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on summer class at the Walt Disney Family Museum where young artists and families create fantasy collages using mixed media and storytelling techniques in a fun, museum-led workshop.

Summer Class | From Sketch to Screen: Trailer Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on summer workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching students how to turn sketches into animated trailer sequences—perfect for young aspiring animators and families.

Summer Class | Illustrating in Procreate

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on summer workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching digital illustration in Procreate on iPad—ideal for teens and adults to learn sketching, inking, and coloring techniques.

Summer Class | Lighting Environments

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on summer workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum exploring lighting for environments, geared toward aspiring animators, designers, and students interested in visual storytelling and set/film lighting.

Summer Class | The Heroine’s Journey

Walt Disney Family Museum

A creative summer class at the Walt Disney Family Museum exploring the Heroine’s Journey and storytelling techniques for young writers and families.

Summer Class | Wild West Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

A hands-on summer class at the Walt Disney Family Museum introducing young artists to Wild West–themed animation techniques and storytelling.

Pop-Up Studio | Clay Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on clay animation pop-up at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching stop-motion basics in a family-friendly creative workshop.

Pop-Up Studio | Create a Pop-Up Castle

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on Pop-Up Studio at the Walt Disney Family Museum where participants design and build a pop-up castle from paper in a family-friendly, arts-and-crafts workshop for kids and adults.

Virtual Class | The Art of Storyboarding (Adult Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

A virtual adult workshop from the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching storyboarding techniques and storytelling skills for aspiring filmmakers and illustrators in an interactive online session.

Virtual Studio Series | Animate a Happy Train Ride (Youth Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

A virtual youth workshop from the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching kids how to animate a cheerful train ride with hands-on instruction in basic animation and storytelling.

Introduction to Risograph Workshop

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)

Hands-on Risograph printmaking workshop at BAMPFA in Berkeley covering basics of setup, color separation, and printing for artists and zine-makers; great for beginners and students.

Climate Learning Lab

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

Climate Learning Lab at the American Museum of Natural History offers hands-on, interactive learning about climate science, impacts, and solutions for visitors of all ages.

Human Origins Learning Lab

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

Hands-on learning lab at the American Museum of Natural History introducing human evolution and anthropology through interactive activities and exhibits for kids, students, and families.

Workshop | Character Development for Animation with Alessandra Sorrentino

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on creative workshop on character development for animation led by Alessandra Sorrentino at the Walt Disney Family Museum, focusing on drawing, storytelling, and design for aspiring animators.

Workshop | Draw and Stylize Expressive Animals with Illustrator Eliza Reisfeld

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on drawing workshop with illustrator Eliza Reisfeld teaching how to draw and stylize expressive animals at the Walt Disney Family Museum—ideal for aspiring illustrators and families.

World Building & Concept Art (Grades 6–10 Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on concept art and world-building workshop for Grades 6–10 at the Walt Disney Family Museum, teaching illustration, design and storytelling skills in a creative, museum-based class.

After School Animation: Intermediate Hand-Drawn Animation

Walt Disney Family Museum

Intermediate after-school class at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching hand-drawn animation techniques and exercises for school-age students to develop drawing and animation skills.

CANCELLED: Virtual Class | A Best Friend: Canine Character Design (Adult Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

Cancelled: Virtual adult workshop on designing canine characters hosted by the Walt Disney Family Museum, focused on illustration and character development for artists and enthusiasts.

Paper Cut-Out Animation (Adult Session)

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on adult workshop at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching paper cut-out animation techniques—ideal for Disney fans and artists wanting to learn basic stop-motion methods in a museum setting.

Summer Class | Stop-Motion Animation: Culinary Arts

Walt Disney Family Museum

Hands-on summer class at the Walt Disney Family Museum teaching stop-motion animation using culinary props and techniques to help young creators build storytelling and animation skills.