Workshops & Art

Marikina Workshops: A Guide to Creative Classes in the City

Looking for workshops in Marikina? A local guide to the kinds of creative classes you can find here: art, craft, shoes, music, language and writing.

Search "Marikina workshop" and the suggestions tell you what people here want to learn: shoe making, leather, dance, pottery and art. This guide sorts the options by type so you can find the right one faster.

Shoe and leather workshops

This is the shoe capital, so it makes sense that shoe-making and leathercraft classes are what many people look for first. They are usually run by working shoemakers and brands, often in small batches. Check a maker's own page for current dates before you plan around one.

Art workshops

Painting, drawing, watercolour and mixed media. Marikina has long-running art studios that teach both children and adults, and smaller home studios like ours where sessions are informal and by arrangement. See art workshops in Marikina: what to expect at a home studio.

Craft workshops

Crochet and knitting, rug tufting, clay, resin, wire and zines. We wrote a separate guide to arts and crafts in Marikina. If you searched for pottery specifically, read our honest note on pottery and air-dry clay first.

Music and language

Guitar, voice and piano lessons are easy to find in the city. See music lessons in Marikina. French and other languages take more searching, so we wrote French language lessons in Marikina: your options.

Writing and journaling

Journaling meets, zine making and small writing circles. Start with our Marikina journaling guide.

Coffee workshops

For brewing and barista training, the Marikina coffee directory keeps a ranked guide to barista schools and a calendar of café events, which often includes workshops held in coffee shops.

What we offer

CHQ Home Arts Studio is a home studio, so we do not run a fixed public timetable. We set up small sessions by request: watercolour, oil pastel, air-dry clay, resin, wire art, journaling and zines. Tell us what you would like to try and how many of you there are through the inquiry form (choose "A workshop") and we will work out a date.