Artsy Date Ideas
Whether you’re dating someone who has a love for the arts or looking to explore your local arts scene or get creative, these easy artsy date ideas should help you plan the ultimate art date night you’ll tell your friends and parents about.
Best Arsty Date Ideas
Take a Painting Class
Go to a PaintNite or pickup art supplies at a local craft store and host your own paint night at home. Attending a PaintNite class (or similar) will cost you around $30-40/person.
Go on a Gallery Tour or Open Studios
A lot of cities have open studios where local artists open their studios to the public. Expect a night of free wine, cheese, and socializing.
Visit an Art Museum
If you go on a weekday, a lot of museums have Free Night. If you need more than 2 hours in the museum, plan to go on a weekend.
Search Google Maps for an art museum near you!
Artsy Date Ideas for Date Night
Experiencing or performing art is a romantic date idea guaranteed to spark some chemistry while having a fun time with someone you enjoy.
Attend a Book Reading
Stop by the flyer section of your local bookstore for any upcoming author book readings, or find events on their Facebook Page.
Want to make it a memorable experience at the bookstore or library? Read out library or bookstore date ideas.
Go See a Local Band
Keep the concert under $20/ticket if you don’t follow the band.
Find a Lecture at a Local College or Event Space Near You
A lot of colleges offer free lectures for the general public; A lot of people just don’t know about them.
For example, Harvard University offers a free, in-person Science and Cooking Lecture Series in the fall.
Go to the Circus
Feel like a kid again and attend a local circus act, or spend more money for Cirque du Soleil
Attend a Gallery Opening
They’ll love an art gallery date! Gallery openings (public ones, at least) tend to be inviting and around most cities. If you don’t live in a city, check out nearby towns where they might have indoor or outdoor galleries.
Sign Up for an Improve Class Together (or Just Watch a Show)
Improv classes tend to have a free trial class on weekends or be spontaneous and signup for a series of Improve 101 Classes (~$250). If you’re not brave enough yet, just support your local acts.
BYOB Painting Class
Get a deal from Groupon or Living social and attend a PaintNite class, or buy your own kit from Amazon or Michaels and have a DIY painting date at home or head over to the park and have a paint in the park date!
Materials You’ll need: Acrylic Paint Set, Canvas Panels, Paint Brushs, Paint Palettes, Plastic Cups, Beverages
Go to an Art Opening or Visit an Art Gallery
Browse your local newspaper or event website to find open studios or more formal art gallery showings near you.
See a Drive-In Movie
Grab some snack and get comfy with your date. If it’s a busy theatre, park near the exit so you don’t have to wait as long when it ends.
Attend a Poetry Slam
Support your local acts and find a venue hosting a poetry slam.
Artsy Date Ideas at Home
If you would rather spend the night indoors, try these at home date ideas.
Get Out The Arts and Crafts
Stop by your local craft store, hardward, or simply Amazon an art kit to your door for this arts and crafts date idea. It could be as simple as building a structure our of popsicle sticka and glue!
Sketch or Draw Together
Stop by your local hardware or art supply store after work for cheap easels and art supplies. Or, Amazon them to your doorstep!
Attend a Comedy Open-Mic
Support your local acts and find a bar hosting a comedy open mic.
Watch a Foreign Film Together
Some top foreign films to get yoo started: Chungking Express; Amelie; City of God; Solaris; Pickpocket; Winter Light; The Face of Another; The Lives of Others; The Funt; Troll Hunter; The 400 Blows; Seven Samurai.
Attend a Community Theater Play
Support local arts and have a night out at the theatre for cheap.
Borrow/Rent an Instrument and Watch YouTube video tutorials
Or, make an instrument at home with an elastic guidtar, tin can drum, or wooden spoon maracas.
Draw a Cartoon of How You Met in Chalk, Sharpie or Crayon
Make Conversation Heart Cookies
Use our conversation heart sayings to make heart cookies on valentines day.
Write a Story Together
Not a great story teller or creative writer? Here are some ideas to get you started.
Have a Photoshoot!
Grab your DSLR or smartphone and take photos of eachother, your childrens, or your four-legged friends.
Do “Dinner and a Movie” with a Theme
Get Lyrical and Write an Original (short!) Song
Expensive Artsy Date Ideas
Although these tend to be expensive date ideas related to the arts, they are unique experiences to share together.
Go to an Opera, Symphony, Play or Ballet Show
Go to a Class That Teaches You How to Make Something
For example: Woodworking, Pottery, Painting, or Sculpting.
Woodworking Class: $50-350/person
Sculpting Class: $50-350/person
Painting Class: $150+/person
Sculpting Class: $45-80/person
Pottery Class: $75+/person
Take a Piano Lesson Together
Piano Lessons usually cost $30-60 per hour (make sure to ask the instructor if you can share a lesson)
Impress Your Date
Types of Art Forms: Paintings, Prints, Drawings, Photographs, Craft, Design, Performance Arts, Mixed Media Sculpture, Installation, New Media
Most Famous Artists: Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Edvard Munch, Claude Monet, Rene Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Edward Hopper, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama
