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Time to create in our engaging new online classes

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After a tough year, the need to look after our Mental health is finally getting the acknowledgement it deserves, and you deserve to pay attention to your own. An art class is a great way to improve your mental health, by putting your focus on a creative escape. You’ll create more space in your mind for problem solving while working with a brush, pencil, or clay. 

Get an hour or more of time to yourself – sign up for an art class and explore your creativity. Or, for those with kids, sign them up for a class and reclaim the time to read a book, make a call, or get some work done in peace. Win-win!

Our online classes are filling up! Grab your spot before they’re gone. We keep all our classes small so each student can get direct feedback on their work – and feel more comfortable sharing with other students. With a maximum of 12 students in each class, we focus on making sure everyone feels encouraged, inspired and supported. While we hope to be able to see you in the studio soon, let’s stay connected online, in our fun and engaging classes!

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As we look to the year ahead, we’re filled with hope that we can continue to bring art and creativity to people in our local Toronto community, and across the country. 

Expanding our online classes in 2021, we will continue to serve creative-minded people of all ages, and for that opportunity, we are grateful and looking forward to the year ahead with optimism.

On behalf of the whole team at Create Art Studio, we wish each of you the same optimism and hope for 2021! Happy New Year!

Create Art Studio Online Art Classes for Youth Tweens and Teens

Welcome to our new site!

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Friends! We have been working really hard on a few new things and we’re finally ready to share them with you.

First, our online art classes for kids and teens!

We’ve tested formats with the help of our amazing after school crew and landed on a few options for kids and teens. We have small class sizes and use Zoom to connect with our students so there is real time communication between our instructors and students. Check them out on our classes page.

Create Art Studio Online Art Classes for Youth Tweens and Teens

Secondly, if you think – that website looks a bit different – you’d be right!

That’s the other project we’ve been working on – refreshing our online experience so you can now buy ready-to-make kits, paint-at-home ceramics and creative materials from us, online. It’s a work-in-process (or minimum viable product as the tech people would say), and we’re working on adding more every day. If you don’t see something you’re looking for, please send us an email. Adult classes and workshops are coming soon!

This has been such a strange period of time and we know everyone is still adjusting to this new ‘normal’. We hope to be able to welcome you back to the studio very soon! We’re working on how to do that safely when we’re allowed to open again. In the meantime, you can shop online for paint at home ceramics and other art supplies. And have them delivered or pick them up during our contactless curb side pick up times (p.s. you don’t need a car):

  • Tuesdays 10am – 2pm
  • Thursdays 10am – 2pm
  • Sundays 11am – 3pm

Take care and stay safe until we can create together again!

Create Art Studio Founder Blog Post Finding Purpose through Creating Art

Finding purpose through art

Ever had a moment where you felt “is this it?”

I sure did.

I worked for over 15 years in fast paced, high stress corporate environments and while it used to give me a thrill when I uncovered a new insight, make a process more efficient, or created a wildly successful campaign, something was missing.

Then one day a friend gave me a handcrafted Valentine at work. I asked her how she made it, where did she find the time?!? It reminded me of my younger years when I used to make crafts ALL THE TIME. I started to make the time to craft again, making pretty handmade greeting cards using simple tools was a quick and easy way to be creative.

I started to share card making, teaching handmade card classes to friends as a side hustle and really loved it. I joined a local ‘mompreneur’ group (entrepreneurs who happen to be moms too) and met inspiring female entrepreneurs. Buoyed by their successes, I started to think bigger than sharing my love of paper crafting with others. I wanted others to find joy in exploring their own creativity through all forms of tactile art.

And so, I re-ignited a spark of an idea I had several years ago, to open an art school for kids and adults to reconnect with themselves, explore their intrinsic creativity and open minds to the possibility that maybe, they are artistic after all.

I knew it was possible to bring back youthful creativity. I had experienced it first hand and witnessed others experience it too through the handmade card classes I taught. Watching people take delight in creating something themselves, marvelling at the creation they produced with their own hands was inspiring.

Watching those delighted faces is how I found my purpose. To create a space where everyone is welcomed and everyone is encouraged to create wonderful works of art. To find their own joy in their own potential.