I've been taking my daughter here for art classes for a while now. I signed her up through…read moreBrentwood recreation center. I love how each session has different art projects so she's never bored doing the same thing. She really enjoys taking art classes here. Laura, the owner and instructor is very kid friendly. She's very knowledgeable and does a great job explaining directions to the children. You can tell she has a passion for art. She also offers variety of classes including wood signs, ceramics, canvas, and you can even throw birthday parties too! There's also a corner of the store where you can purchase items from other artists/students. There are premade signs all around the walls which is available to purchase as well. I really like the carpet because it has paint all over it, very artistic!

I miss the potter's wheel or even color me mine! This place is not good if you are trying to create…read morea piece of art you want to gift or keep a lifetime. The mugs and dishes are unusable. They are up front about them not being able to eat off of or drink out of. They do not glaze anything. It's like an acrylic paint that smell up everything, even when dry. I was very disappointed in this place after going to color me mine and the potters wheel! Maybe if you go, try doing one of the wood pieces?

I loved this place! It was the first time taking my grandson of 9 to a paint day. He's an artist…read moreand loves to paint. I thought it would be a great place for him to paint his first painting. The instructor was great! She helped him one on one to get his painting started. It was a great experience for my grandson. He loved the experience

I have been to several events at Starry Nite Studios and it's always a good time. It's a great…read moreplace for a date night or a fun family outing. Staff is super friendly. Highly recommend.

This was not my first time scrapping here. However, this was my first time attending a themed event…read moreand oh my word this was so much fun. Everyone was so fun, the goodies were very generous, a lot of people brought food and snacks to share. I definitely got my money's worth and will definitely attend again. As for the store there is a wide variety of crafts and craft supplies to choose from. As a paper crafter I appreciate good quality paper and there is so much to choose from, you should have no trouble finding something for your project. The craft areas are very spacious, clean and well lit. There's even a tool area with items to use. The staff could not be more lovely and attentive. I love the grown kids of Lori, they are incredibly helpful, friendly and give great advice and suggestions. I can't wait to come back and work on more projects.

Great events, friendly people, and lots of inventory to choose from. Always enjoy the 3 day…read moreretreats.

This woman "teaches" acrylic painting classes at Hobby Lobby (Antioch) and possibly other…read morelocations. I am writing this review to provide a warning to others before they sign up for any of her classes. This woman is dotty/senile at best, and downright dishonest at worst. Based on my one interaction with her, I'm not sure how much of her bad behavior is due to a bad moral character or just senility. A friend saw an article in the local paper regarding this woman's painting classes at Hobby Lobby. We called to get more information, and she told us that we could show up for one class (at $25 per person) and she would provide the supplies we needed at no charge, and if we wanted to continue coming to her classes we would then need to bring our own supplies thereafter. We arrived early for class with our $25 and no supplies. She pointed to her half-used tubes of paint and said she didn't have enough to share with us, then took us out into the store area to purchase some paints. Not finding the colors we needed, she returned us to the classroom and said for an extra $5 she could supply us with paints and boards to paint on. She produced several large tubes of new paint. This was odd, because she previously told us she had very little paint to share. So, senile or dishonest? Hard to say, though I am leaning towards dishonest. Also, why is she changing her mind on charging us for supplies, when she told us on the phone she'd provide them at no additional cost? Another thing: Several other students, who came in after us, needed paints as well. The teacher shared hers with them but did not charge them for it. Why were my friend and I charged $5 each but the other students were not charged at all? Another thing: Both with just myself and my friend prior to class, and again with the room full of students during class, when asking what types and colors of paints to buy, she recommended MANY times that we go to Michael's rather than Hobby Lobby, saying that Michael's had much better prices. I found this fairly unethical since it was Hobby Lobby who was providing her the space, free of charge, to conduct her classes. By the way, the class itself was pretty bad. She handed us a piece of paper with a color wheel on it (printed with a printer that was clearly running out of toner, so the colors on the wheel were pretty drab), but didn't explain a word about how to use it. The instructions she gave during class were unclear, and there was very little demonstration (she painted her own painting in her seat with her painting faced towards her). And she criticized, with a very annoyed tone in her voice, the brush strokes one of the students was using on her background. Just to add icing to the cake, I have to mention her business card that she passed out to everyone. It says "Visit the website gallery" and references a website, www.MAEPetPortaits.com. No, I did not make a typo, the URL on her business card says "portaits" instead of "portraits". www.MAEPetPortaits.com does not exist. www.MAEPetPortraits.com takes you to a GoDaddy website saying that this URL is reserved. So, she reserves a website name but doesn't actually create the website, then passes out business cards touting her custom oil painting and pet portrait services, but is unaware that her URL has a typo in it (never mind that the website, if correctly spelled, doesn't lead one to a "gallery" as stated on her business card). So, hmmmm, now I'm back to thinking the woman is just dotty and senile. Whether she's dotty or dishonest, the bottom line is to stay away from her.

Mannvik creations is a great place for kids to learn different types of arts. The teacher Ms Mansi…read moreis so good with the kids and brings creative ideas to class in such a way the kids will have memorable art experience . Highly recommend it not only for kids, for adults painting too. Her summer and winter art camps is a wonderful opportunity to learn creative and lovely art and crafts with so much fun

One of the best Art class experiences and i say so because -…read more -They Do not curb the creativity of the students by directing them all the time on what to do. They really understand the nerves and creativity level of every kid/student and help them evolve it by letting them be expressive themselves. -Mannvik Creations are is very well versed with the craft and have several techniques handy to enable the student come out with their best form of art. -They teach tools and techniques and give the right direction to acquiring the knowledge of Art to help enable them transforming their creativity on canvas. I give them a 5* and highly recommend them.

Had an amazing, peaceful, and fun time painting with "Pursuit of Peace Painting" at "Dale Wines"…read more.. Everything was set up nicely, the group was friendly and our host brought out the creativity and smiles in us all. Everyone ended with a personalized version of what we set out to paint and I won a gift!!! Can't wait to book for a private party or corporate function soon!

From the owner: We are a mobile paint party. We throw the best paint parties in the bay area. We are a mobile paint…read moreparty that brings the party to you, unless it is a open to public invite from us. We also provide party rentals: Tables, Chairs, Tents, Hookah (21+), Projector & Screen, Laser Tag, Paint Guns & more.

I met Janet from Mountain Air Art at a friends house last night who had organized a bunch of us…read morefriends getting together to eat, drink and paint from her home. It was a blast!!! Janet was awesome, she had the supplies we would need, a ton of patience which she needed because as you know, when women get together, all we do is...yack yack yack and she really made me feel at ease. I'm one who likes to go rouge on these types of things and I've been to paint parties where the instructor was clearly irritated by it but not Janet, she encouraged it which made my night a whole lot more fun by not having to worry about getting frowned at for wanting to paint something blue instead of grey lol. I can definitely see myself doing this again in a "home setting" real soon. If you get a chance, book Janet, you'll have fun and go home with some really cool art!!!

A great time was had by all last night. Janet Facchini of Mountain Air Art was great and the…read morefinished product was beautiful. We were a small group in my home, but she does events for 45 and 60+ attendees. She was well-prepared and there was no mess. I'm going to definitely do it again!

Lisa is an extremely talented artist who specializes in acrylic paintings. Her use of the knife is…read moreexquisite and really brings her work to life. I particularly enjoy her many captures of nature and the calming effect of the environment. Lisa, like her art has a radiant personality and is truly a joy to be around.

I only recently met Lisa through my wife Kimmy and I must say Kimmy has very good taste in people…read more My mother was an accomplished artist herself and I think Lisa shows real talent. She uses mainly Acrylic Paint and a knife to paint and has a gift for perspective, color, and balance. I was especially impressed by her subtle use of blue in a small painting of birches, which really pops out at you almost like 3D. I know too how difficult painting water can be and she tackled that nicely in a recent boat painting. Again I was both surprised and pleased by her use of color here. I am getting ready to publish a new book of poetry and hoping that I will be able to talk Lisa into doing some painting that will capture the mood of my work! Keep your eye on this young lady! I know that I am!

Project Bandaloop is amazing! If I were good enough, and they would have me, I would drop out of…read moregraduate school right now to dance on walls and cliffs with them. Since that is not the case, I had resigned myself to frequent visits to their website UNTIL I found out that they host beginner and int/ adv workshops! Woohoo! Maybe I will be an amazingly talented beginner and they will beg me to travel the world with them and dance on the Petronas Towers, Chartres Cathedral, maybe even at Petra or the Coliseum. Please. Please. Pick me. I'll do anything. ________________________ Update: Since I have now completed both the beginner and int/adv workshops offered by Project Bandaloop, I feel this review needs an update. The workshop is a lot of fun, although pretty hard on the body. I figured that vertical dancing might have its challenges, but I had no idea how much a rock climbing harness and nerve endings could disagree. However, that did not stop me from going 4 days in a row...doubling up on pants and shirts can make a huge difference. The beginner workshop (5 hours over 2 days, $110) features a warm up, and then a rotation through the climbing wall featuring bouldering/dance, dance from single point suspension ("pods"), the trampoline walls, and the wood wall. The advanced workshop (6 hours over 2 days, $150) has an additional floor station and focuses on play and choreography more than orientation and skills. The workshops were between 15-20 people with 5-7 instructors. The instructors were great! Definitely gave the freedom to play, while also providing constructive pointers and maintaining a safe environment. The founder of Bandaloop, Amelia, was also in and out, watching the advanced performances, answering questions, etc. While she did not offer me a position in her dance troupe, I am definitely addicted, and will be going back for more. Maybe one day I can have my own trampoline wall. The one downer: the warehouse in Oakland seems pretty sketch upon first approach,. It isn't well marked, and looks kind of run down. It also can be tough getting in earlier, etc because all the doors are locked. However, the next workshop is in a new location close by in Oakland, so this may change soon.

truly amazing, innovate aerial artists! google them, and check out some of their performances, or…read morebetter yet, go see them in person!