South Pasadena Arts Crawl!

Saturday, July 19th       5-9pm

So this weekend, Saturday to be exact, we are going to be having an amazing party, all on account of the amazing South Pasadena Arts Crawl! If you haven't been to an Arts Crawl before, this Saturday is the perfect time to start. All of South Pasadena's most creative businesses will be open and showing off a little something special. You can check out the Arts Crawl Facebook page here for more details on the happenings about town. As for us here at art/work/place, we're hosting a Chalk Art Celebration that we want you to be a part of! 

Come by to try your hand at chalk art alongside local artists, grab a slice of pizza and check out the studio's latest student work! 

Birthday Party Time!

May 24th we helped Mackenzie to celebrate her 6th birthday here at the studio! She and her closest buds came in and created some beautiful acrylic paintings on canvas. The girls had a great time and so did we! 

Eclectic Music Festival and Art Walk

What an awesome way to spend a Saturday! We had a great turnout here for the Eclectic Music Festival and Art Walk. Creativity was flowing as we listened to tunes provided by the talented staff at Green Brooms Music Academy. The Art and Music Mural was a huge success. We were blown away by the talent that stopped by to contribute. Way to go, South Pasadena! 

Another beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Our first underwater dive into Intro Lessons, and stunning results from the first curriculum Lesson: Study: Line. 

Nico's fish dressed in blue :)

Calliope's Fishy Friends

Clara hard at work

Clara's Fish with Kelp

Kate: rockin' it.

Jack and Fran

Jack's line lesson interpretation.

Kate's lovely line work

Start your engines!

We've officially had our first class at the studio! Students Nico and Calliope worked like seasoned professionals, and at the end of their trial class they left with two beautiful original works of art :) 

art / work / prep .... part II

We've been working so hard here to make sure every part of the art / work / place experience is wonderfully complete in preparation for our opening on April 1st. Things feel like they are coming together, and we can hardly wait to finally begin!

Check out our handmade aprons! The art / work / place stencil on the chest was the finishing touch.

Our sign is still a work in progress, but coming along nicely.

art / work / prep!

Kare cleans up one of the blocks with a wire brush.

At long last, we have begun preparations for the opening of art / work / place! Thanks to Woodbury University, we were able to source the basic materials for our stools and working tables from a project that was completed by a fifth year student. His design model for modular building was entered into a design competition as a part of his studies. After the competitions conclusion, the remaining modular blocks were headed for the trash when Kare, of art / work / place, saw potential in their form. After some design collaboration, we got to work. We spent the weekend in Woodbury University shop re-purposing the basic units into versatile stools and working tables for the studio.