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art is for everyone.

Free classes, open studios and big public art for Fort Worth since 2011.

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free classes

open studios

public art

kids

artists

fort worth

we put paint in people’s hands.

Patron is a community arts nonprofit. We run free classes for kids and adults, give working artists studio space, and turn blank walls across Fort Worth into murals the whole neighborhood helps paint.

No tuition, no portfolio, no experience needed. Just show up.

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small budget, big walls.

students taught

murals painted

local artists paid

tuition, ever

four doors in.

classes

Free, every week, all ages.

Kids studio, teen portfolio, adult open studio and drawing for seniors.

classes

exhibitions

Six shows a year. Free admission.

Local and visiting artists in our Mercer Street gallery.

exhibitions

public art

38 murals and counting.

Neighbors pick the wall, artists lead, everyone paints.

public art

studios

Twelve studios for working artists.

Subsidized space, shared tools and a kiln.

studios

I came for one class. Two years later I’m teaching the Saturday kids how to mix colors.

— Dani R., Student turned teaching artist

Colorful dotted pattern artwork
Colored glass cube installation outdoors

Loud Color.

Twelve Texas artists working in glass, light and paint, and a room-sized installation you can walk through. Curated with our teen portfolio students.

dates
Through January 18
hours
Wednesday to Sunday, 11 to 6
admission
Free, always
see the show
Bright paint splashed across a work table
Bright wavy painted stripes
Young boy painting with watercolors
Close up of thousands of colorful beads
Artist painting a canvas with a fine brush
Visitor in front of large pink abstract paintings
Jar of well-used paintbrushes
Children painting in a sunny classroom