A long list of crafty classes and clubs in Tucson

When I was in maybe first or second grade, my mom signed me up for a crafty subscription box. 

Once a month, I would get crafts delivered to my doorstep — paints and beads and other supplies to make an art project. It was my favorite thing. 

I’ve long been a crafty person, following Bob Ross tutorials on YouTube, meticulously sticking tiny gems into a pattern on a coaster, junk journaling with random memorabilia I can’t get myself to part ways with.

We’re lucky to live in Tucson, a city with craft workshops and clubs, plus countless makers ready to teach you how they make their art.

For everyone who loves crafts as much as I do, here’s where you can make a piece of art, plus a list of local art stores at the end. Let me know if I missed any of your favorites!

Assorted crafts

• Bloom Maven — Floral shop with workshops that include fresh blooms, from DIY bouquets to cake decorating. Location: 160 S. Avenida del Convento.
• Catalyst Creative Collective — Located in Tucson Mall and operated by Art State Arizona, find art experiences here. Location: 4500 N. Oracle Rd.
• Celestia Collective — Sewing circles, weekly craft nights and more pop-up events at this witchy third space. Location: 1122 N. Stone Ave.
• Corazon Collective — Free monthly craft workshops in South Tucson and on Tucson’s south side.
• Di Luna Candles — Gift shop with crafting workshops from candle pouring to book bedazzling to tote bag painting. Location: 2700 N. Campbell Ave.
• Emiliaxocosmetics — Make your own custom lipglosses. Location: typically Di Luna Candles, 2700 N. Campbell Ave.
• Gather & Glow — Meetups at locations around Tucson centering crafty projects like decorating picture frames and junk journaling.
• Groundworks — Monthly crafting socials at this youth-driven arts center, plus zine workshops and other projects. Location: 2919 E. Grant Rd.
• Hunter’s Kitten Lounge — Get crafty among adoptable cats at this lounge! Classes include crocheted cat beds and watercolor pet portraits. Location: 5319 E. Speedway Blvd.
• Jijivisha Holistic — Various art workshops, including earrings and paintings around town.
• Libra & Thorn — This metaphysical art shop has rotating craft workshops including crafting socials and workshops for embroidery, painting and more. Location: 101 S. Pantano Rd.
• Magdalena’s Home Bakery — Crafty mornings for kids that often include coloring pages, cupcake decorating and other themed crafts. Stay tuned for info about the next event!
• Monsoon Mystics — Metaphysical shop featuring bimonthly crafting socials, plus special workshops like tea blending, DIY pickles and other witchy crafts. Location: 657 W. St. Marys Rd.
• Queer + Femme Tucson — Crafting socials for the queer and femme community. Location: typically at R Bar, 350 E. Congress St.
• Queer Hearth — Crafting socials for the queer community. Location: typically at the Coalition Space, 311 E. 7th St.
• Picnic Palz — Events at different locations to help people make new friends! Sometimes you’ll find comedy nights or picnics in the park — other times, you’ll find craft nights centered around an artsy project.
• Pima County Parks & Rec — Classes in Pima County surrounding pottery, drawing, painting and jewelry.
• Pinspiration — Craft studio with a splatter room, candle making, diamond art and more. Location: 7090 N. Oracle Rd.
• Poppin’ Off — Gift shop with open-table craft hours, painting and adult coloring nights. Location: 4570 E. Broadway Blvd.
• ReArt — Art thrift store with all kinds of crafting classes, from embroidering monograms to DIY ornaments. Location: 2434 N. Pantano Rd.
• Sigfus Designs — Charm bar where you can create your own necklace, bracelet, keychain and other accessories. Sigfus also hosts other workshops such as charm hair clips and collaging. Location: 3264 N. Country Club Rd.
• Southern Arizona Arts Guild— Workshops that include watercolor, drawing and paper quilling. Location: 1745 E. River Rd.
• Sunny Studio — Art and play studio for kids and families. Think a family drawing club, painting sessions and a sensory art lab. Location: inside Second Sky, 4141 E. Irvington Rd.
• Temple Arts Collective — Find paint and clay sessions here, plus a sketch cabaret where drawing meets performance art. Location: 267 S. Stone Ave.
• Tipsy Picassos — What started as paint-and-sip classes has blossomed into a long list of other crafts, from hat burning to mosaics. Location: 402 N. Fourth Ave.
• This ‘n That Creative Studio — Art space for kids with DIY plushies, a slime station and a splatter room. The studio also offers projects for adults including acrylic pouring, jewelry making and string art. Location: 1066 S. Pantano Rd.
• Tucson Botanical Gardens — Classes that include paper mache, jewelry, watercolor and essential oils. Location: 2150 N. Alvernon Way.
• Tucson Craft Collective — Bring your favorite craft to these meetups that alternate between two Beyond Bread locations.
• Tucson Parks and Rec — Find classes offered by the City of Tucson, such as pottery, ceramics and jewelry.
• WomanKraft Art Center — A variety of art classes, from DIY stepping stones to glass mosaics to handmade stickers. Location: 388 S. Stone Ave.
• Xerocraft — Community maker space with classes like blacksmithing, laser cutters, metal jewelry, sewing and machine embroidery. Location: 101 W. Sixth St.

Junk journaling and paper

• Artsy Babes Club — Junk journaling meetups with curated scrap packs at different locations around town.
• Blue Moon Scrapbooking — Meetups centered on stationery including junk journaling, card making and more. Location: 6061 E. Broadway Blvd.
• Keep Tucson Crafty — Junk journaling meetups with curated scrap packs at different locations around town.
• Mal de Ojo Co. — Past workshops have included DIY paper and creating your own prints. Location: typically the Coalition Space, 311 E. Seventh St.
• PaperWorks — Member-based meetups for collaging, bookmaking and more.
• Tucson Zine Fest — Annual celebration of zines with zine workshops other times of the year.

Painting and drawing

• Brushes & Boots — Watercolor workshops that center the outdoors, typically hosted at different locations around town.
• Painting & Vino — Paint-and-sip sessions at local restaurants, bars and other businesses.
• The Drawing Studio — Different types of drawing classes! Location: 2760 N. Tucson Blvd.
• Tucson Draws — Weekly still life drawing sessions. Location: Subspace, 101 W. Sixth St.

Embroidery, fabric and yarn

• Birdhouse Yarns — Crochet and knitting classes and socials, plus a store! Location: 2540 E. Sixth St.
• By & By — Quilting store with intro classes. Location: 2569 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
• Cal’s Crochet Club — Crochet socials at Cal’s Bakeshop. Location: 2707 E. Broadway Blvd.
• Crafting Resilience — Mending circles and sewing classes at local businesses and pop-up events.
• Grandma’s Spinning Wheel — Classes and socials for spinning, weaving, felting, knitting and crochet. Location: 6544 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• Lunar Flare Studios — Embroidery classes often centering a whimsical project at businesses around Tucson.
• Needles & Knots — Sewing workshops, classes in tailoring and open studio sessions. Location: 1735 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
• Old Pueblo Knitters’ Guild — Knitting socials and other events including an annual yarn sale.
• The Quilt Basket & The Sewing Room — Fabric store with sewing classes and an embroidery club. Location: 6538 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• The West — Needlepoint classes and socials. Location: 5615 E. River Rd.
• Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild — Classes in coiling, weaving, embroidery and more, plus crafting socials at a handful of different locations.

Building and trades

• BICAS — Nonprofit that centers bicycles in its mission, which includes artwork made with recycled bike parts. Location: 2001 N. Seventh Ave.
• BOSS — Teaching women and the queer community skills in the trades, including operating tools and building items like planters and bee houses. 
• Desert Metal Craft — Classes for bladesmithing, blacksmithing, welding and other metal art. Location: 544 E. 24th St.

Glass

• Sonoran Glass School — All kinds of glass classes from glassblowing to glass fusing to torch working. Location: 633 W. 18th St.
• Goodness Glass — Stained glass workshops where you might cut and solder your own glass to make suncatchers or coasters.
• Tucson Stained Glass — Glass classes in foil stained glass, fusing and mosaics. Location: 4444 E. Grant Rd.

Clay and tile

• Agave Pantry — Project-based clay workshops for items like incense burners.
• Ben’s Bells — Mosaic-type workshops such as DIY stepping stones. Location: 40 W. Broadway Blvd.
• Romero House Ceramics — Ceramics classes for all skill levels. Location: 102 W. Washington St.
• Santa Theresa Tile Works — Among the offerings are mosaic making workshops where you can create a bench, table or frame. Location: 440 N. Sixth Ave.
• Studio C — Learn to glaze desert-themed ceramic tiles. Location: 730 S. Russell Ave.
• Tucson Clay Co-Op — Clay classes for all levels, plus family pottery and paint-your-own pottery. Locations: 3326 N. Dodge Blvd. and 1809 E. 23rd St.

And here are some stores to get craft supplies

• Arizona Art Supply — Fine art supplies including canvas, oil paints, modeling clay and more. Location: 4343 N. Oracle Rd.
• Beadholiday — Find all kinds of beads and supplies. Location: 355 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
• Birdhouse Yarns — Shop yarn, needle, hooks and more. Location: 2540 E. Sixth St.
• Bluemoon Scrapbooking — Find stationery, die cutting tools, embellishments and more for scrapbooking. Location: 6061 E. Broadway Blvd.
• By & By — Quilting store with specialty fabrics. Location: 2569 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
• Fabrics That Go — Over 20,000 bolts of fabric. Location: 2600 N. Stone Ave.
• Grandma’s Spinning Wheel — Shop fiber items including yarn, felting supplies and dyeing materials. Location: 6544 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• InJoy Thrift Store — Thrift store recommended for its section of craft supplies. Location: 250 N. Pantano Rd.
• ReArt — Art thrift store with all kinds of craft supplies. Location: 2434 N. Pantano Rd.
• Pink Moon Mercantile — Trendy gift shop with a section of stationery including pens, pads and notebooks. Location: 845 N. Park Ave.
• Posner’s Art Store — Find supplies like paints, pens and more. Location: 944 E. University Blvd.
• Sarnoff Art — Find supplies from adhesives and drawing tools to paint and brushes. Location: 4747 E. Sunrise Dr.
• The Quilt Basket & The Sewing Room — Shop fabric and get sewing repair services. Location: 6538 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• The Quilter’s Market — More than 2,500 bolts of fabric. Location: 7601 E. Speedway Blvd.
• The West — Store with gifts, toys, paper, cards and needlework supplies. Location: 5615 E. River Rd.