Here is a list of creative opportunities that exist locally:

Mason Community Center: 6050 Mason-Montgomery Rd. phone 229-8555 www.imaginemason.org

Mason Fine Arts Center: 309 Reading Rd. phone 754-0261

Mason Area Arts Council: www.masonarts.org

Mason City Schools After School Enrichment classes: 398-0474 EXT 71481

Cincinnati Art Museum: in Eden Park near downtown Cincinnati. phone 712-ARTS; www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org

Taft Museum of Art: Pike St. in downtown Cincinnati. phone 241-0343. www.taftmuseum.org

Contemporary Arts Center; 6th St. downtown Cincinnati. phone 345-8400. www.contemporaryartscenter.org

Greg Storer Art: 108 E. Church St. Mason; Greg Storer phone 489-7415; www.stoart.com

Middletown Fine Arts Center: 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. Phone 424-2417. www.middletownfinearts.com

Fitton Center for the Creative Arts: 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. phone (513) 863-8873. www.fittoncenter.org

Funke Fired Arts: phone 871-CLAY; Wasson Rd. in Hyde Park. www.funkefiredarts.com

The Imaginattic: 9466 Montgomery Rd. Phone 984-4222

It's Just Mud (Fun with Clay): Pam Ives phone 887-2657

Private lessons: Evelyn Gerasimenko phone 671-7905

Private and small group art lessons: Gail WIssel: phone 469-0695

Disclaimer: I am passing along this information without endorsing or assuming any responsibility for these classes. If any of this information is no longer correct, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know: e-mail me at moschellm@mason.k12.oh.us