Youth & Family Arts
MSCR’s youth arts and enrichment program is a vibrant and welcoming program dedicated to providing a variety of recreational experiences for youth ages 18 mos and up and all skill levels. We offer a variety of recreational enrichment classes, including music, writing, second language, circus, fiber arts and more. Our program is designed to ignite young imaginations and foster creativity.
Youth and Family Art Classes
Some of our offerings that are available year-round include:
- Drawing/Painting
- Enrichment
- Fiber Arts
- Music
- Principles of Art
Each season throughout the year we have a new selection of great classes for your child to experience. See our current program guide button for listings.
Dance
MSCR offers a variety of dance classes for children age 3 and older. Classes with children who are in Kindergarten to middle school perform in a season ending recital each November. Please check the current program guide for details. Families are encouraged to attend. The recital is Saturday late morning to mid-afternoon. The show is free!
Dance Recital
MSCR Fall Dance class participants perform in a dance recital typically held the third Saturday of November. The Fall 2026 Dance Recital will take place on Saturday, November 21 at East High School. More details will be available in October.
What to Wear for Dance Classes
Attire for all classes – Comfortable clothing for movement
Each studio has a small selection of dance shoes avaliable for participants to borrow.
If your participant does not have dance shoes, you can contact us at saszahn@madison.k12.wi.us
| Class |
Shoes |
| Ballet |
Ballet Shoes or bare feet |
| Baton, Colorguard |
Clean sneakers |
| Hip Hop, K-Pop, Break Dancing |
Clean sneakers, jazz shoes or dance sneakers |
| Irish Dance |
Ballet shoes, jazz shoes or socks |
| Jazz |
Jazz shoes or bare feet |
| Lyrical |
Lyrical shoe, ballet shoes, jazz shoes or bare feet |
| Musical Theater, Poms |
Jazz shoes, dance sneakers or bare feet |
| Preschool Dance |
Ballet or jazz shoes, grippy socks or bare feet |
| Salsa |
Jazz shoes, clean sneakers, dance sneakers or bare feet |
| Tap |
Tap shoes or clean hard-soled sneakers |
Art Cart
MSCR and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art provide a free mobile Art Cart program every summer. Learn more.
Clay on the Move
The Clay on the Move program is a free program traveling to several Madison neighborhoods. Learn more
Do you have a skill that you’d like to teach?
We are accepting New Course Proposals
MSCR Youth Arts is accepting course proposals for new instructors interested in teaching classes. If you are interested in proposing a new course, please contact Sarah Zahn, MSCR Youth Arts Specialist at sazahn@madison.k12.wi.us or 608-204-3031
