Gallery featuring local artists, engaging small-sized art classes. What's not to love about this…read moreplace? I found this place when taking watercolor classes with my family with Rajendra. He is a wonderful teacher with all of us despite the wide range of experience we all had a relaxing, successful experience. Highly recommend for an enjoyable family activity! I included some of the art I painted from photos I've taken. You do one painting per visit - or bring it back next time to continue working on it. He taught us technique and really engaged us to be creative!! We loved it!!

Cyndy's Bottom Line: Falls Church Arts Gallery is a hidden gem in plain sight…read more *Located in The Kensington building on Route 7 *Walk ins welcomed *Free admission *www.FallsChurchArts.org *Studio Art classes and workshops available for all age groups. *Membership available *Volunteer opportunities Outstanding art work by local artist displayed with their concept or process statements. These statements provide a fascinating and intimate look into their art work. Highly recommend a visit.

This is a great addition to the Kensington community near the neighboring Antique Village…read more It occupies the entire building next to the post office, and has a large parking lot in the rear (with a few spots reserved for the dental practice). It's a unique art school combined with artists' workshops on three levels. They offer an array of classes for artists and for novice looking for a fun hobby. The classes posted that I saw were for drawing,painting, and live model drawing. Some studio rooms were quite small, while other room were larger for classes/workshops. I came for the grand opening celebration. The founder's young son was greeting people at the door and giving a well rehearsed explanation of all they had to offer. I was impressed. It was quite fun going in all the rooms and meeting some of the artists. I hope to visit again soon... maybe partake in a class one day.

The teachers and facilities are second to none! I can't say enough good things about Compass…read more Large classrooms plenty of lighting the people and place is so inviting.

My son has been attending both classes and summer art camp at Tysons art and learning center, and…read morewe couldn't be happier with the experience. My son looks forward to classes and always comes home proud of what he's created. Most importantly, he's learned so much. We're so grateful to have found them.!

I expected a lot better from my few weeks of having my kids here but unfortunately I couldn't get…read moreinto it. My kids were here for just over 3 weeks, since this Friday, and while they enjoyed the start of summer camp, too many changes came up and after speaking with the director, who wasn't open to hearing from any parents it seemed, I took them out. I enjoyed their teachers, but my kids just didn't get into the program, which was very very surprising. 5 and 12, and tragically bored and unentertained, apparently. The art was good, but just not their type of camp, they weren't having fun. Not to mention the rude interaction with the director. Not for us.

My daughter (6 y.o) has been going here for a year now and we are very happy with Artmellow. She's…read moregained confidence in her painting ability she has fun, it's a very calming environment. The teachers are wonderful and helpful. We have many beautiful pieces of artwork at home now very thankful to have found this space!

We hosted a party here for my 7yo, the artists were so helpful and everyone's paintings turned out…read morebeautifully. It's a really nice space with big windows. Highly recommend!

My partner and I took pottery classes here. Our instructor Lore was extremely skilled and did a…read moregreat job of showing the ropes. Glazing and firing your pieces outside of being a student is pretty pricy compared to other studios though so after our classes were over my partner and I found a new clay studio to class and fire our homemade pieces.

I took the 3 hour try-it class today and it was so fun! The instructors were kind, knowledgeable,…read moreand ready to help. I appreciated the small class size as well! Will definitely be trying for a spot in future classes.

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) is a quick worthwhile visit…read more A big appeal of MoCA is that there's abundant off-street parking and the museum is free. While there is an upstairs and downstairs, the exhibits are rather small and it will take you less than a half hour to go through the entire museum. While there were a couple people at the information window, I was the only visitor during my brief time here. I did find all the art at MoCA interesting.

This is a wonderful museum in the heart of Arlington. I've been here a few times now and even took…read morea class here recently. I love their galleries and they always have so many exciting activities and events planned. There are two locations; the museum and they have a smaller location over by AWS in Arlington.