Southwest School Of Art History Center

On an historic campus alongside San Antonio's meandering River Walk, the Southwest School of Art is one of the nation's largest community-based art schools, offering classes to established artists as well as to beginning and intermediate students of all ages. The main campus is an historic site and was originally established as a convent in 1851, when seven Catholic nuns arrived in San Antonio to start the city's first school for girls. Today it is a nationally-recognized leader in arts education, offering studio programs for more than 4,000 adults, children and teens annually.