Learn something in Buenos Aires

No dated workshops on the board right now. The ongoing classes below take students all year.

Institutions with a full catalog

Places that publish a new set of courses every term, with a real address and their own enrollment page. We link to the catalog instead of copying dates that change, so what you see is always current.

• Centro Cultural Rojas, UBA

  Everything

  Av. Corrientes 2038 · Balvanera

  The widest low cost course catalog in the city, run by the University of Buenos Aires and open to anyone, no student ID needed. Terms are short, most courses run four to twelve classes once a week, and the range goes from ceramics and photography to programming, tango, languages and writing. There is a dedicated over 60 track and a set of online courses for people outside CABA.

  • Visual arts
  • Photography
  • Music
  • Theater and dance
  • Tango and folklore
  • Languages
  • Programming and data
  • Writing and literature
  • Crafts
  • Over 60 track

  Paid, per term, among the cheapest in the city. Each course page lists its fee.

  See the catalog

• Centro Cultural Recoleta

  Art and creation

  Junín 1930 · Recoleta

  The City's flagship arts center keeps a rolling program of short workshops and master classes taught by working artists and writers. Formats are deliberately small, often four meetings, which makes it an easy first step if you are new here and want to meet people around something you actually like. Filters on their site split adults, teenagers 13 to 17 and master classes.

  • Visual arts
  • Audiovisual
  • Design
  • Literature
  • Theater
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Urban culture
  • Technology
  • Photography
  • Ecology

  Mixed. Some workshops are free with registration, others charge a small fee per cycle.

  See the catalog

• Malba

  Art history and writing

  Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415 · Palermo

  Short lecture courses on modern and Latin American art, plus literature clinics led by well known writers. Two to four evening sessions is the usual shape, and most run in person with a simultaneous virtual option, so you can take them from home or catch the recording. Good if you want depth rather than a hands on craft.

  • Modern art
  • Latin American art
  • Literature and writing
  • Cinema
  • Public programs

  Paid per course, with a discount for museum members. Each course page has the enrollment link.

  See the catalog

• Museo Moderno

  Art and families

  Av. San Juan 350 · San Telmo

  The City's modern art museum runs a year round education program: hands on courses and workshops for adults, activities for children and families, and an accessibility line with sensory and sign language adapted visits. Sessions happen inside the museum, and several of the family activities need nothing more than the entrance ticket.

  • Courses and workshops
  • Children and families
  • Accessibility
  • Teachers and schools

  Museum entry is low cost and free on Tuesdays. Courses list their own fee.

  See the catalog

• Laboratorio de Idiomas, Filo UBA

  Languages

  25 de Mayo 221 · Puán 480 · Balvanera and Caballito

  University language courses at public university prices, open to the general public. Seventeen languages including Spanish as a foreign language, which is the reason most newcomers end up here, plus Argentine sign language and indigenous languages you will not find in a private academy. You choose language, level and campus when you enroll.

  • Spanish for foreigners
  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • French
  • German
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Argentine sign language
  • Guaraní and Quichua

  Paid per term, well under private academy rates. Enrollment windows open before each term.

  See the catalog

• TAP, Espacio Cultural Independiente

  Music and murga

  Carlos Calvo 3619 · Boedo

  A restored old PH house in Boedo turned into an independent cultural space, with wide rooms and wooden floors, running workshops, concerts and gatherings all year. The signature course is Uruguayan murga singing, taught in parts so complete beginners can join, and there is a dedicated group for people over 60 on Monday evenings. You can join at any point in the year, no audition and no previous singing experience.

  • Uruguayan murga singing
  • Murga for over 60s
  • Percussion
  • Concerts and gatherings

  Paid monthly, low cost. Ask by phone or WhatsApp on 11 2236-4469 for the current fee.

  See the catalog

• Mariana Cannizzaro, Estudio Taller

  Art and creation

  Villa Urquiza, exact address given on enrollment · Villa Urquiza

  A visual arts studio on the upper floor of a tennis club in Villa Urquiza, part of the R.A.R.O. studio network, full of books, plants and natural light. Mariana Cannizzaro has been teaching watercolor and drawing since 2016 and her main offer is a year long production workshop: instead of one off classes you build a body of work with ongoing feedback. Good fit if you already draw or paint and want direction rather than a first lesson.

  • Watercolor
  • Drawing
  • Year long production workshop
  • Creative project mentoring

  Paid monthly, enrollment by term. Fees and dates are on her workshops page.

  See the catalog

• Instituto IDIP

  Body and therapies

  Uruguay 345, CABA · San Nicolás

  A long running training institute downtown for manual and body therapies, with in person courses that put you on the table from early on rather than keeping it theoretical. The best known is Deep Manual Massage, aimed at people who want to work at it professionally, alongside osteopathy, vertebral biomechanics and traditional Chinese medicine tracks. Each course page lists the schedule, the requirements and the certificate issued.

  • Deep manual massage
  • Osteopathy
  • Vertebral biomechanics
  • Acupuncture and Chinese medicine
  • Reflexology

  Paid course by course, enrollment open through the year. Ask them for the current fee.

  See the catalog

• Nueva Acrópolis, Buenos Aires

  Philosophy and culture

  Amenábar 863 · Belgrano

  A philosophy school with a house in Belgrano that has been running the same flagship course, Filosofía para la Vida, for decades: comparative philosophy from Greece, Rome, India and the Far East, taught as something you use rather than something you memorise. No previous study needed and no degree required, groups are mixed in age and the tone is closer to a reading circle than a lecture hall. They also run culture talks and volunteering, and the intakes start several times a year, including Saturday afternoon groups.

  • Philosophy for life
  • Comparative philosophy, East and West
  • Symbolism and culture talks
  • Volunteering

  Low monthly fee for the course. Ask on 11 2707-7445 for the current intake and price.

  See the catalog

• Marcelo Katz, Espacio Aguirre

  Music and body percussion

  Espacio Aguirre, Villa Crespo. Exact address given on enrollment · Villa Crespo

  Marcelo Katz is a pianist and music teacher who has spent years building a way of teaching rhythm through the body: drums, hands, voice and movement, so people with no musical training can play together from the first meeting. He teaches ongoing groups at his own Espacio Aguirre and runs occasional weekend workshops around the city, sometimes with other musicians such as César Lerner. Good for adults who always wanted to play something and never did, and for musicians who want to loosen up.

  • Drums and percussion
  • Body percussion and movement
  • Group music making
  • Teacher training

  Regular groups are paid monthly, one off workshops per session. Dates and fees go up on his site.

  See the catalog

• Espacio Malvón Fotografía

  Photography

  Villa del Parque, CABA. Exact address given on enrollment · Villa del Parque

  An independent photography school running since 2017 out of an old house in the quiet of Villa del Parque, with small groups of five to seven people. The path starts with the Curso de Iniciación, where you learn to shoot in manual, and continues through practice workshops, a course on building your own way of seeing, studio lighting, Lightroom and a year long lab where you develop a personal project. Teens and adults, in person and online, and the tone is closer to a working studio than a classroom.

  • Beginner photography, manual mode
  • Practice workshops
  • Studio lighting
  • Lightroom and digital editing
  • Year long photo essay lab

  Paid course by course, new intakes through the year. Ask them for the current fee and start dates.

  See the catalog

• I Love Stand Up, Paseo La Plaza

  Stand up comedy

  Paseo La Plaza, Av. Corrientes 1660. Also Vicente López and online · San Nicolás

  A stand up school that teaches inside Paseo La Plaza, so the stage you rehearse for is the one downstairs: students write their own material and end up doing it in front of a real audience. No experience needed, a new group starts every month and there are morning, afternoon and evening courses, plus a Zoom option. People take it both to get on stage and to get comfortable speaking in public.

  • Writing your own jokes
  • Monologue building
  • Stage presence and confidence
  • Open mic performance

  Paid per course, monthly intakes. Prices and dates are published on their site.

  See the catalog

• FERAL Estudio

  Ceramics

  Tucumán 3844, 1º F. Showroom Mon, Wed, Fri 17 to 20h and Sat 14 to 17h · Almagro

  A small design studio in Almagro that makes playful ceramic objects, lamps, planters, vases and soy candles, and works out of the same room where it teaches. The studio's stated point is to bring back hands on trades and make things together, so their ceramics workshop is hands in the clay from the first day rather than a lecture. You can walk into the showroom during opening hours with no appointment, and workshop dates and prices are arranged directly with them by WhatsApp since they are not published on the site.

  • Hand built ceramics
  • Object and product design
  • Glazing and color
  • Showroom open to visitors

  Workshop fee and dates are not published. Ask them through the site or WhatsApp before you plan around it.

  See the catalog

• Coro Fundación Columbia, con Sebastián Guzmán

  Music and murga

  Borges 2020. Wednesdays 11:00 to 12:30, weekly, in person · Palermo

  A collective singing group, not an audition choir: the foundation opens it to anyone who enjoys singing and especially singing with others. Sessions start with warm ups to prepare the voice, move through improvisation on short vocalizations, chords and mantras, and then work a repertoire that mixes pieces the teacher brings with pieces the group asks for, arranged in several voices. The vocal arrangements are recorded so you can practice at home between Wednesdays. You can try one class before committing to the month.

  • Collective singing
  • Voice warm ups and technique
  • Vocal improvisation
  • Several voice arrangements
  • Interpretation and text

  Monthly fee $52.000 as published on the activity page. First class can be tried before you pay the month.

  See the catalog

• Casa Yui

  Japanese crafts

  Venezuela 468, CABA · Monserrat

  A Japanese house, shop and workshop space in Monserrat that runs a rotating program of one day encounters: hand embroidery with a brunch, nerikomi ceramics, origami bags, Japanese bookbinding, incense and a reading club on Japanese texts. Groups are small, materials are included in the fee, and each encounter is booked and paid on their own shop page, which lists the date and the places left.

  • Japanese hand embroidery
  • Nerikomi ceramics
  • Origami bags
  • Japanese bookbinding
  • Incense
  • Reading club

  Per encounter, materials included. Published fees run about $67.000 to $120.000, with longer labs higher.

  See the catalog

• Claudia Strauss, Alimentación Consciente

  Cooking

  Belgrano, CABA, a few blocks from Cabildo and Juramento · Belgrano

  A small home kitchen workshop in Belgrano run by Claudia Strauss, a psychologist who teaches macrobiotic, vegetarian and vegan cooking. The main course runs eight weekly encounters, morning or evening, and covers vegan burgers, millet and quinoa patties, macrobiotic pizza, lentil stew, vegan mayonnaise and cheeses, miso and seaweed soups, plus the basics of balancing a plate and stocking a pantry. Recipes are suitable for coeliacs, diabetics and people avoiding lactose, and what you cook is eaten in class or taken home. No cooking experience needed, and new groups open every month.

  • Macrobiotic cooking
  • Vegetarian and vegan cooking
  • Gluten free and lactose free
  • Natural baking
  • Healthy desserts and teatime
  • Nutrition basics

  Fees and dates are not published: she quotes them by WhatsApp or email when a new group opens.

  See the catalog

• Laborando

  Trades and making

  Otero 246, Chacarita, CABA · Chacarita

  A shared workshop in Chacarita built around hand trades, with a full machine floor and a published course calendar. The solid wood carpentry course is the flagship: six evening classes, Wednesdays or Fridays from 19 to 22, materials and tools included, and there is an advanced level after it. They also teach welding, electricity, board carpentry, marquetry, wood turning, ceramics, sewing, bicycle mechanics and Fusion 360. Each course page lists the dates on offer and you pay through their own shop, with a waiting list when a group fills.

  • Solid wood carpentry
  • Board carpentry
  • Marquetry and wood turning
  • Welding and metalwork
  • Electricity
  • Ceramics
  • Sewing
  • Bicycle mechanics
  • Fusion 360

  Per course, materials included. Published fees run about $198.700 for the welding intensive to $405.900 for the six class solid wood carpentry course.

  See the catalog

• Felisa Atelier

  Crafts and making

  Villa Urquiza, CABA. Exact address given when you book. · Villa Urquiza

  A tiny beadwork studio in Villa Urquiza teaching french beading and wirework, the craft of building flowers, insects and abstract pieces bead by bead. The weekly workshop is the heart of it: two hour classes in very small groups, and instead of everyone making the same thing you bring your own idea and get walked through the technique to reach it. There is also a one off four hour beginners intensive on flowers, materials and breakfast included, and you leave with the piece you made. Dates are not published, you write to them by mail, Instagram or WhatsApp to get the next edition and hold a spot.

  • Beadwork and french beading
  • Wirework
  • Botanical pieces
  • Insects and figures
  • Abstract and free pieces

  Not published. They quote by mail or WhatsApp, and the flowers intensive asks a 50% deposit to hold your place. Materials and breakfast are included in that one.

  See the catalog

First aid, CPR and defibrillator

Institutions only, with their own registration pages, so the dates and prices you see are always theirs and never ours. Certificates from the Red Cross and the cardiology foundation are the ones employers and venues usually ask for.

• Cruz Roja Argentina

  Branches across the country, in person and online

  The Red Cross runs the widest first aid catalog here, taught by its own instructors and open to anyone, not only health workers. You pick the province, the branch and the course on their form and they answer with the next available dates. The virtual first aid course runs as two classes of two hours on their own learning platform.

  • First aid, in person and virtual
  • CPR
  • Automated external defibrillator (AED)
  • Paediatric first aid
  • Handling a multiple trauma victim
  • Mental health and psychosocial support

  Certificate issued by the Red Cross. Dates and fees come back through their enquiry form.

  Ask about the next courses

• Cruz Roja Argentina, filial Villa Crespo

  Villa Crespo, Comuna 15 · Av. Córdoba 6434

  The closest branch for most of the city center and the one that keeps a public course calendar. Their long first aid and CPR course runs on Saturdays over several weeks, taught by rescuers with field experience, and registration is handled on their own organizer page where each date and its price are listed.

  • First aid and CPR, 30 hour course, Saturdays

  Check the current date and price on their page, the calendar changes each term.

  See their course calendar

• Fundación Cardiológica Argentina

  Recoleta and online

  The training arm of the Argentine cardiology society, and the usual choice when you need a certificate that an employer or a venue will accept. Their combined first aid course covers medical emergencies, bleeding, burns, choking and CPR with a defibrillator, and issues both a foundation certificate and an American Heart Association one valid for two years.

  • First aid with CPR and AED
  • CPR, single session in person
  • CPR for family and friends

  The in person CPR session runs about three hours and is video guided with hands on practice.

  Course contents and enrollment

• Gobierno de la Ciudad, Emergencias

  Free

  Online, free

  The City runs a free basic first aid course online, no experience needed. It stays at the level of what a neighbor can safely do: calling the emergency chain, fever and dehydration, fainting, wounds, bleeding, burns, seizures, choking and the Heimlich maneuver, stroke and chest pain. You reserve a place through the form on the page.

  • Basic first aid, virtual
  Reserve a place, free

Music and percussion

Drum and music schools we have checked are real and active. Some of them never publish an address or a price, and when that is the case we say so here rather than guessing, so you know to ask before you go.

• Tambores del Soho

  Palermo · No street address published, they arrange the spot when you write

  Percussion school, group drumming classes

  A percussion school working out of Palermo, active on Instagram with a steady run of class and rehearsal clips. Group drumming rather than one to one lessons, so it is the kind of thing you go to for the room full of people as much as for the technique. They publish no address, timetable or price, so treat the Instagram link as the way in and confirm the details with them before you turn up.

  • Percussion
  • Group class
  • Drums

  Price not published, ask them directly before you commit

  Booking is by direct message, there is no booking page or website

  See their classes on Instagram

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