Regional visual art school offers classes, workshops and lectures. Creative Works and Hilles Gallery feature changing exhibitions.

Creative Arts Workshop is a non-profit community art center devoted to fostering creativity through participation in and appreciation of the visual arts, serving the Greater New Haven area and beyond since 1961. The Workshop is a premier community resource center for the visual arts, offering a wide range of classes in fully-equipped studios to more than 2,000 adults and young people annually. Thousands of visitors enjoy national, regional, and local exhibitions in the galleries. The Workshop is supported by its membership, tuition fees, donors, arts-related fundraising events and a dedicated group of volunteers who give their talent and energy to the Workshop in every facet of its operation. Easy access off I-91 and I-95, parking is available in the parking garage adjacent to the Workshop.

Other amenities: dining nearby, parking