The main Artaluma studio with a vaulted wood-beam ceiling, brick walls, wood floors, and worktables ready for class

A visual art & Dance Jam studio

Celebrate creativity in community

Open for registration

  • Context & Composition

    Wednesdays, December 2 to December 16, 5:30–7:30 PM

    $110.00 for the 3-class series

  • Coming Soon

    Expressive Painting

    Acrylic and watercolor

    Explore expressive painting through landscapes, still lifes, and abstraction.

    5-week class

    Wednesday evenings, 5:30–7:30 PM

    January 6 to February 23

    $185.00

    Learn how to loosen up, simplify, exaggerate, and bring more personality into your paintings.

    Registration opens soon.

    Expressive painting of a pink iris against blue and greenClose-up painting of pink and orange flower petals on tealPainted landscape of green hills and trees with loose brushstrokes
  • Sunday nights, 5:00 to 6:30 PM (90-minute session), beginning Sunday, November 22

    The eight-class card works out to $15.00 a session and can be used over a 3-month period.

  • Wednesdays and Fridays, 9–10 AM

  • Tuesdays, 8:30–9:30 AM

Our studio

A 3,000-square-foot vaulted-ceiling space made for art, movement, inspiration, and connection in downtown Petaluma.

The shaded outdoor Artaluma patio with trees and a table for gathering
The Artaluma storefront at 145 Keller Street in downtown Petaluma

Come make something with us.

Artaluma is a nonprofit visual art and Dance Jam studio at 145 Keller Street. Join a class or workshop, spend time in the studio, and reconnect with your creativity in good company.

Visit us

Learn art skills with a new lens

Take a class, join a workshop, practice and play with us at studio time.

A wide view of the Artaluma studio set up with easels for an open class
Instructor presenting a color wheel painting on an easel during an Artaluma class

What we offer

Classes, workshops, intensives, and open studio practice sessions.

Elizabeth McKoy

Founder & director

Elizabeth, founder of Artaluma, standing beside vibrant abstract paintings inside the studio

Hear first when new classes open.

New class dates, workshops, and occasional notes from the studio, sent by email.