I stumbled upon this place with my 3 year old after having lunch. I believe it was Kathy that we…read moremet who invited us in to take a tour of the studio. It's a partner owned business of art/music lessons and being able to explore your own creativity. Kathy was very warm and inviting with my 3 year old who was just so excited to see and play all the instruments they had there. You can paint and be as messy and creative as you'd like for as long as you'd like. My daughter really enjoyed her time, she didn't want to leave. I will definitely be back.

From the owner: Explore, Experiment & Expression with art and music at Expressive! Individual sessions, group…read moresessions and parties for all ages. Call for more information.

Richard came to my office to lead us in a painting session for our annual meaning. I hadn't painted…read moreanything since high school, but this was amazing. He led us but also allowed for people's creativity to change things. He was chill and the experience was great for bonding. I loved it so much I think I might get some paints and canvas and try painting some on my own!

I had a GREAT time here last night. This was definitely not a paint by numbers kind of a class. We…read morewere very much challenged to go beyond our comfort zone and find our inner artists. Alcohol helps with that. It's a fun experience. Richard is was really friendly and funny. I laughed as much as I painted. The space is ideal for getting the creative juices flowing, the whole room is like a piece of art.

Girl bestie night sipping tea and snacking while crafting . Yes please. Insanely therapeutic fun. I…read morelove the westbottoms and love the addition of this fun space and shop to the area. It smelled so good walking in and the vibe was so inviting. Craft menu looks so fun and ended going with an embroidery craft and learned some new stitches. Really want to come back for the candle making and a couple other projects. Would love to plan a family night here next!

This place is genius!! We took our niece and nephew since it was raining and we couldn't swim! So…read moreglad we did! We made terrariums and a bee bath! All the supplies are provided for you even the plants!

I have been so impressed by all of the instructors that I have taken classes with at Belger (Gina,…read moreSun Young, and Stephen). There are a lot of wheels and tables available to throw or handbuild, and the glazing/firing schedule seems to be fairly quick for the amount of pieces that come through. I love the new class format and the redesigned website and intensives, as well. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful.

My friend and I attended date night and we had so much fun. Date night was $100 total, ($50 each)…read more The instructors were friendly and patient. We were able to create a piece each and paint it afterwards. They have more information available on their website. They have a small parking are right across the street, street parking is also available-both are free.

I have been taking classes here since November and there is a reason I keep coming back! I have…read moreloved every class I've taken and all of my instructors have been outstanding. I have taken hand-building and multiple wheel classes. I'm currently in the advanced wheel class where the owner is my instructor and she is truly amazing. I can see my progress with every class, and I feel like I have gotten a lot out of my experiences here. I have really awesome pottery I have made myself, but I also find myself feeling more confident creatively! McKenzie is very easy to get in contact with, she is very responsive to any questions I have asked, and really does what she can to make sure you get the most out of your class. I also find them to be a really good value, you leave with a lot of pieces! Coming to Driftwood has really been such an enriching experience for my life, and I can't wait to become a member of the studio one day!

Classes are great! Teachers are very helpful and instructive. I had never done ceramics before and…read moretheir beginner and intermediate classes gave me the confidence to start doing it on my own. I am goin to take the advanced class soon and am so excited. The classes are well priced for the size of the class and the quality of tools and glaze offered. Highly recommend for anyone looking to get into pottery.

Impressive exhibits! Well worth the time to meander through. Wide variety of works on display.read more

I attended KCAI between 1965 and 1966 and was planning to major in Industrial Design. Having taken…read more4 year of art classes in high school in Shreveport Louisiana I had been lucky enough to have gotten a good foundation in art early with dedicated teachers. While in Louisiana I had some newspaper articles written about my art while there. When I first arrived at the Art Institute in 1965, I move into the then new dormitory with a excellent cafeteria and dinning area that impressed me. However, dorm life was a disappointment since I had to share the room with a roommate that had no intentions of finishing the semester and I had one these guys for my first two semesters. Both boys (they never grew up) were always having friends over (who also were quitting) so they were drinking and partying in the room at all hours of the night. I was forced to go downstairs and study in the dinning area to get my work done. I was disappointed in the Art Institute, first in my Foundation Training in that from what art work I saw that my instructors had done reminded me of my first year in high school art. However, I had never liked English or History in high School but I love attending both of these classes taught by Roy Culver (English) and John Burke (History) . My second year I started my major Industrial Design thinking about being a car designer or at least product designer. Again, I was disappointed in the teaching and had a strong feeling that my teacher who was also the Dean John Lotus really had no experience teaching Industrial Design. I also noticed that there were many manufacturing companies in Kansas City at the time that were probably using Industrial Designers but we were never exposed to these companies and those companies more than likely never knew there was a Industrial Design department at the Art Institute. The final straw and the reason I dropped out of the Art Institute was a story told to our Industrial Design class mid term of my second semester. I was already wondering what I was doing at the Art Institute when one morning Dean Lotus came into the classroom with a big smile on his face and told us that he had received a phone call from one of his best students that had graduated the year before and that the student had gotten a great job. After a long story about how great the student had been while a student at the Art Institute our Dean told us that this student had gotten a job in Minnesota with a big manufacture called Church they manufactured toilet seats. I said nothing and finished the class then walked to the Resistor Office and resigned. I was drafted into the Army 90 days later and later sent to Vietnam. I did get the job as an Technical Illustrator and stationed in Saigon where I not only helped put out a magazine there (GRUNT Magazine) that turned out to be quit popular and even today issues are for sale on the internet and even some colleges have it in their archives. I was assigned to a photo unit and we sometimes made ID photos for American construction contractors and after talking to them I decided to change employment directions. When I left Vietnam I when back to LSU in Louisiana and got a degree in Engineering and 4 months after graduation I got a job with a oil company working in New Guinea, I never stopped from that point working in Thailand, Sumatra, Vietnam, Bahrain, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Nigeria. Frist I will say that my early art education taught me to think outside the box that had been an asset in my professional life enabling to solve engineering problems that were though impossible before. I went on to being a Project Manager on my last $6billion project in Nigeria before retiring in Thailand where I am writing this review at 76.