The park's main non-profit, the Yosemite Association operates the Yosemite Art and Education Center in partnership with concessioner Delaware North and the National Park Service. Free art classes have been the mainstay function of the YAEC, and sales of art supplies (paint, paper, charcoal, pencils, pastels, etc.) are also important. A different professional artist comes each week to teach their specialty in classess that run from 10a - 2p Wednesday-Saturday, between mid-May and early October.
YA also conducts walk-in naturalist programs from the YAEC for a fee during part of the season.

See YA's website, www.yosemite.org or the park's newspaper, the Yosemite Guide for a schedule of artists. Call 209/372-1442 to sign up a day or two before, or drop by the YAEC. The center is at the lower end of Yosemite Village, where the ATM is.

The YAEC is closed in the winter. It is open for supplies and classes mid-May through early October, with art classes running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

Appropriate Ages: Mature teens and up