This position requires learning basic art studio operations as well as becoming knowledgeable in basic pottery painting, mosaic art, and glass fusing techniques to assist all guests in their creative pursuits.
We provide training and there are many opportunities for creative growth and development.
Wheel-Throwing Art Instructor
Having proficiency in wheel-throwing is required as this is a teaching position. We are seeking potters to instruct beginner and intermediate 6-week, wheel-throwing workshops as well as to instruct children (age 7+) through adults in hour-long private, semiprivate, and group wheel-throwing lessons. We are seeking outgoing and creative individuals to join our team at the Creative Arts Studio.
The Creative Arts Studio is a do-it-yourself art studio specializing in pottery painting and wheel-throwing. Additionally, mosaic art and glass fusing projects are offered to the public on a walk-in basis as well as through classes and workshops.
The Creative Arts Studio is family-owned and has been in business since 1999. We strongly believe in providing excellent customer service to guests who come into the studio to create. We also firmly believe that the creative process truly has as much value as the finished masterpiece.
For this reason, employees who are most successful at the Creative Arts Studios are those who genuinely enjoy helping people (of all ages!) explore their creativity. The studio can be fast-paced at times, so being able to multi-task is also a great quality to possess. We are looking for full-time and part-time employees. Having an evening and/or weekend availability is preferred as these are the times when the studio is busiest. Hourly wages vary based on experience and qualifications. If this sounds like the job for you, please submit your resume to Apply Online. Or come into the studio and ask to speak to Kristin or Dave.
Q: What is the price, Date? A: This is a new class, once we know so will you! But first come first serve as they will sell out! But we hope to create this class online as well. Hope that helps. Thank you! ?
My 4 and 6-year-old grandchildren enjoy using play dough. They like to mix colors and create different shapes. I find that they continuously use the play dough when it comes to art, but are they really learning something from this? – Sarah , Burbank, CA
Art is important because it encompasses all the developmental domains in child development. Art lends itself to physical development and the enhancement of fine and gross motor skills. For instance, when kids work with play dough, they fine-tune their muscle control in their fingers. All manipulative movements involved in art help develop hand and finger muscles that are needed to properly hold and use a pencil.
Art activities also help children’s social and emotional development. Children learn about themselves and others through art activities. It really helps them build self-esteem. It’s an opportunity for children to make a personal statement about their uniqueness through art while allowing them to express happiness, joy, and pride.
Art also enhances children’s cognitive development which can help kids with their early math skills. Children who have experienced a wide range of people and places will have an array of ideas to choose from when doing art. Art reflects what a child knows about the world and enables the child to choose how to translate those ideas and experiences.
Art should be an everyday activity. Even if you don’t have a lot of tools at your disposal, it’s really easy to set up a low-cost easel in your home. For toddlers, you would want to include very basic items that focus on the sensory aspects of art, such as finger paint, play dough and fat crayons.
For preschoolers you’ll want to add things like paint brushes, an easel, glue, tape and scissors. As your kids get older and start exploring their creativity, you’ll start adding more items to your art supplies, like pie tins, old socks and scraps of fabric.
It’s extremely important to make your art activities open-ended because we don’t want to stifle children’s individual creativity. Children have their own thoughts and ideas of how things should look and they come to art with their own unique experiences. Open-ended experiences are success-oriented because there’s no one right way to do something. Open-ended art activities are motivating for children of all developmental abilities. They build feelings of independence, confidence and an eagerness to learn.
All children really need to draw is a blank piece of paper and a writing instrument. Child Care providers should never use coloring books or dittos in their programs. They are creativity stiflers. Drawings in those books are some other artist’s rendering of what objects should look like. Children have their own ideas about how things should look.
Never pre-cut or draw things for children. If you pre-cut a bunny rabbit and ask kids to paint or color it, it is not their bunny. It is your idea of what a bunny looks like. The bunny may have no meaning to a child if the child has no prior experience with bunnies. If you draw for a child, the child internalizes that they are incapable of drawing in their own right and may begin to doubt their own abilities. Read more: http://www.aplaceofourown.org/question_detail.php?id=235
If you’re an observer of trends, then you’ve most likely heard the phrase: “…that person is cut from a different mold.” This catchy cliche is a way of saying ‘that individual is unique and in a class of his/her own…’ The phrase also has an even more defined secondary meaning: the activity and artistry of molding clay into works of art with one’s own hands! Here at the Creative Arts Studio in the town of Royal Oak, Michigan, we welcome you to bring a friend out to our do-it-yourself art studio to attend some of our clay hand-building classes!
As unique is the art, so is the artist… #HandBuildingwithClay
The Creative Arts Studio recognizes that just as hand-built clay mold creations are as unique as the potter who created them, so are the individuals who are cut from a different mold – in a uniquely, different class than their co-equal counterparts. Here, at our Royal Oak, Michigan studio, we see this uniqueness demonstrated daily with each new piece of hand-built, hand-painted pottery we proudly display in our studio gallery. To embrace the unique characteristics of each work is to give homage to the creator who hand-built the piece with his/her hands, pouring passion, personality, and promise into their art. It is to this that the Creative Arts Studio offers hand-built clay classes – so you too can express your inner artist, just as those who are cut from a different mold!
In the mind of every artist, there is a masterpiece. Kai Greene
Cut from a different mold kind of folks…
People of this class and sort are often the movers and shakers of society, who plot new paths of progress for humanity to embark upon. These are the visionaries among us who build businesses from scratch, then forge them into companies that give back to the community through employment opportunities, services, charitable causes and philanthropic endeavors. The Creative Arts Studio believes that through the sharing of art, in all its various forms of artistic expression – is giving back to the community in unprecedented ways as new generations pick up the torch and take up the arts.
As in life, so in art…
Just as in life, so as in art; we can be just as unique and different in our artistic expressions. Through our art, we can give back to society through imparting some seed of inspiration or communicating some higher ideal through our artistic voice. We welcome you and yours to unleash your inner artist here at the Creative Arts Studio, where being cut from a different mold is a beautiful thing! Come and bring a friend or your family to attend one of our hand-built clay pottery classes, where you can form, mold and paint to your imagination’s creative contentment!
Private one hour of personalized instruction, Fields trips or Scout Outings are available.
Mold your own customized work of art
Learn how to hand-build using coils, slabs, or pinch pots!
Come with a project idea or we can provide one for you!
Tons of glaze colors to choose from
Click here for information on Hand Building Scouting Events
From catchy phrase to clever concept… If you’re an observer of trends, then you’ve most likely heard the phrase: “…that person is cut from a different mold.” This catchy cliche is a way of saying ‘that individual is unique and in a class of his/her own…’ The phrase also has an even more defined […]
From catchy phrase to clever concept… If you’re an observer of trends, then you’ve most likely heard the phrase: “…that person is cut from a different mold.” This catchy cliche is a way of saying ‘that individual is unique and in a class of his/her own…’ The phrase also has an even more defined […]
Just as the word “creativity” and the Creative Arts Studio are synonymous, so is the name Tim McPherson and the word “artist”. Chicago based painter and artistTim McPherson is a household name in the vibrant world of painting. He has been teaching painting classes to art enthusiasts for over 30 years now and is highly regarded as one of the industry’s finest in the field. The Creative Arts Studio is hereby proud to present this distinguished artist Tim McPherson, as our special guest here at our Trip Advisor-recommended studio in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Whether hobbyist or art enthusiast…
Hobbyists and art enthusiasts alike have all been inspired by the works of Chicago’s own, Tim McPherson, who regularly visits studios around the United States and Europe to share his expertise and appreciation for all things pottery painting. His celebrated art has been featured in workshops around the country and Europe, and is prized by people everywhere. Tim will be instructing a limited number of students, imparting his passion and knowledge of the painting arts, here at The Creative Arts Studio in beautiful, Royal Oak, Michigan!
Watch This 5 min Exclusive Interview With Tim McPherson
As local artists and enthusiasts ourselves, we are proud to present this highly acclaimed, technique driven painting class to the greater Detroit area, Royal Oak, and surrounding Michigan communities! The staff here at the Creative Arts Studio regularly supports and promotes the arts through do-it-yourself workshops and crafting group classes held throughout the week.
So much art form to choose from…
Individuals, groups, and organizations alike have participated in the Creative Arts Studio’s popular do-it-yourself workshops, that cover a broad palette of art forms such as: wheel throwing, spin art, wax hands, mosaics, glass fusing, pallet board painting, canvas painting, ornament painting, and the ever popular – pottery painting.
A personalized approach to the painting craft…
We cordially invite you and yours out to this limited RSVP Event for a personalized painting class with the veteran, Chicago based artist – Tim McPherson! Tim’s 30-year painting profession highlights as much multi-faceted depth as does the tonal textures of his prints. Some of the classes that Tim will be teaching are the “Jungle Gem Birch Trees”, “Batik Flowers” and “Holiday Snowman”. Enthusiasts and students alike, of all ages, backgrounds, and professions have gleaned from Tim’s personalized attention to detail and hands-on approach to teaching the arts.
To all the uncharted creative realms and beyond…
Now if you’re a pro, a long-time practitioner, or a beginning enthusiast of the painting arts, you will discover new dimensions of creative expression that will keep you inspired for years to come! Reserve your seat now with the Creative Arts Studio for a personalized painting class with Chicago’s Tim McPherson, where you’ll explore new techniques that will open up your creativity to uncharted realms of artistic possibility!
Tim is available for Private Parties, Groups, and Classes
Tim McPherson is back to teach you a super fun project. Sign up with a friend, family, or come by yourself and learn some amazing advanced painting techniques from a true expert.
Have you ever sat in a gallery, and just quietly pondered the story behind that fanciful piece that’s captivated your interest? Perhaps, most have done this, contemplating the painter’s choice in color palette being applied across the canvas storyboard. It’s the painter’s story, as portrayed on canvas, that enriches the lives of onlookers everywhere. Such is the occasion at Creative Arts Studio in Royal Oak, Michigan where you can tell your story on canvas too!
Tell your own story and you will be interesting. Louise Bourgeois
A color for every occasion
Come out to our creative studio, we’ll grab a canvas, some paint, brushes, and we’ll start telling our colorful tales on canvas! Here at the Creative Arts Studio, you’re bound to get some paint on you, but that’s okay because it comes off easy and is non-toxic to the touch.
Show and tell
Will you depict your own version of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, or make an attempt to capture on canvas – the brilliant colors of Autumn here in Royal Oak, Michigan? Would you color your canvas with the blue beaches of Summer’s embrace or upon it depict the greying skies of an ice-chilled, Winter’s night? What about Spring’s bountiful store of floral color? Would this make its way onto your canvas story board? How would you tell your tale and showcase your canvas creation, so that your story is shared?
If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud. Emile Zola
“Imaginations! Ready, Set, Flow freely”
Come put your creative wings to flight here at the Creative Arts Studio in Royal Oak, Michigan, where imagination is your canvas and the classroom is your gallery. Our staff artisans will share their knowledge and technique to the class, imparting the necessary skills for their students to press forward with a paintbrush in hand. With the canvas as their backdrop, students are encouraged to let their imaginations flow freely and create their unique canvas stories to the backdrop of their choosing…
From Motown to All Around
Located just outside of Motown, Detroit, Michigan, the Creative Arts Studio is the premier, do-it-yourself art studio for canvas painting, pottery painting, pallet board painting, wheel throwing, mosaics, glass fusing, and even ornament painting. We invite you and yours to come and experience our family hospitality firsthand, and also to consider taking one of our canvas painting classes. You’ll be impressed with the results and proud of your artistic accomplishments upon completion!
Offered as a lesson, you need to make an appointment
Instructor-led, step by step projects
Great for bachelorette parties, work outings, and kids parties
Different designs for different ages and skill levels
We use acrylic paint and canvas
All of the designs are in a gallery on our site for the customer to choose from
We sometimes offer special canvas classes like couples painting where two people create two paintings that fit together and paint your pet where you send us a photo of your pet, we sketch it and then teach you how to paint it. These happen once or twice a year
The Creative Arts Studio is a great place to visit with family and friends for a fun and creative time. Choose from tons of art projects including pottery painting, mosaics, glass fusing, beading, wax hands, wheel throwing, canvas painting, and pallet board painting. Walk right in for walk in projects, no appointment necessary or schedule a lesson for a by appointment project. You can even hold a party in the private party room for special occasions like birthdays, bachelorette parties, showers, corporate events, and more!
#2 The Detroit Zoo
Opened in 1928, the Detroit Zoo is a fantastic experience for all ages. Home to over 2,000 animals and 245 different species, the sprawling 125 acre campus is sure to have something for every visitor. Enjoy interactive habitats like the Arctic Ring of Life and Australian Outback Adventure or spend your day in the Butterfly Garden or the brand new Penguin Conservation Center!
#3 The Farmer’s Market
Every Saturday, the Royal Oak Farmers market greets visitors with fresh produce, meats, cheeses, and all sorts of other food stuffs. On Sundays, the space transforms into a bustling Flea Market with over 50 different vendors selling all sorts of fascinating items. The building is also used as an event space, hosting events such as the monthly food truck rally, beer and whiskey tasting nights, and much more.
#4 The Restaurants
Downtown Royal Oak has become a destination for foodies and those looking for an exciting restaurant scene. From BBQ to small plates to burgers to bistros there is something for every palette. Diners will find cuisines from a variety of countries and styles peppered throughout the bustling downtown area. Check out this link for a list of all of the restaurants Royal Oak has to offer: http://www.downtownroyaloak.org/dine/
#5 The Bars/Breweries/Distilleries
Downtown Royal Oak is known around Metro Detroit as one of the best places to spend your Friday and Saturday nights. The streets are lined with bars of all types. Dance the night away at the club, find the perfect dive bar, or you can even check out the dueling piano bar. There are also many breweries and distilleries that make their own drinks and spirits right in the heart of the city. http://www.downtownroyaloak.org/play/
#6 The Shopping
Spend your day walking around the city and visiting the many small shops and stores. Pick up the perfect vintage jacket at Lost and Found, that hard to find vinyl record at UHF, or just the right gift for a loved one. Longstanding favorites like Funky 7 and Deco Doug carry items that few others do and newcomers Scout and Rail and Anchor have all sorts of trendy things for sale. Check out all of the shops here: http://www.downtownroyaloak.org/shop/
#7 The Royal Oak Music Theatre
Originally opened in 1928 as a movie theater, this beautiful art deco theatre hosts hundreds of live music and comedy shows a year. Acts such as Adele, The Black Keys, Louis CK, Lady Gaga, Wilco, and more have graced the stage located on 4th street right in the middle of the downtown area. Check the theatre’s website for upcoming shows and come experience the old school beauty of this awesome local venue. http://www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
#8 Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle
A Royal Oak staple for almost 50 years, comedians have made this venue a must on their way through the midwest. Big names in comedy like Jim Carrey, Lewis Black, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, and many more have made crowds roar with laughter over the years. Come downtown, grab dinner and get ready to laugh at Michigan’s premiere comedy club!
#9 Stagecrafters
Stagecrafters is a volunteer based performing arts theatre that puts on around 10 different shows each year. The shows change and rotate throughout the year and the theatre plays host to thousands of visitors throughout the season. There is even a youth theatre, featuring youth actors with shows intended for toddler aged children. Check out all of the shows coming up this season on the Stagecrafters website at http://www.stagecrafters.org/
#10 Emagine Theater and Main Art Theater
Royal Oak’s two movie theaters serve every type of moviegoer. The Main Art Theater plays indie and art films as well as documentaries. There are also weekly midnight movies that have earned a cult following in the downtown area. The newly constructed Emagine Theater plays all of the newest and biggest blockbusters. It’s more than just a movie theater as it is also home to a bowling alley, full bar, and restaurant.
Parents in the Royal Oak, Michigan area have numerous options when it comes to finding the perfect venue for hosting their kid’s party. Today’s tech-savvy kids want something new and exciting when it comes to where they host their next birthday party and of the kinds of activities that will be available. Here at the Creative Arts Studio, we help kids rediscover the artist, the painter, and the craftsperson within. With our do-it-yourself, hands on approach to creating art and learning valuable new skillsets, our studio makes for the ultimate kids’ party destination!
Kids want to express their creativity in fun, innovative ways. They like to sketch, paint, color, do crafts, and build projects with their hands. Here at the Creative Arts Studio, kids and parents alike have the opportunity to express their creativity in a variety of hands on activities including pottery painting, mosaics, wheel thrown pottery, and of course, eating pizza with their friends! This creative camaraderie shared amongst friends and fellow creators is one of many reasons that help make the Creative Arts Studio in Royal Oak, MI the premier party place for your child’s nextbirthday party!
With hands on projects come personal pride and a sense of accomplishment. At our studio, kids can take the opportunity to get back in touch with their creative side. Pottery painting, mosaics, glass fusing, wheel throwing, canvas painting, beading, spin art, and Wax Hands are just some of the fun infused activities your kids can do here at our studio.
Here at the Creative Arts Studio, we take all the guesswork out of what to do for your next kids party! With a large selection of paintable items such as figurines, small animals, mugs, plates, and bowls to choose from, there’s something for everyone here in our fun filled studio. We proudly feature non toxic glazes that are as food safe, vibrant, and colorful. Your child is sure to rediscover their artistic side in this creative, collaborative, and constructive environment where imagination is set free by the stroke of a brush!
Our interactive parties are hosted by skilled instructors who know how to pique the interests of your child and keep them engaged. Upon completion of one of our parties, your child will take much more home with them than a fun filled memory, they will have learned a new skill they can use for years to come.
By hosting your next kids birthday party or student field trip at the Creative Arts Studio, you will create treasured moments that your kids will remember and reflect back upon. Here at our studio, your little creators will be provided with:
Add some artistic flair to your next company team building or team outing event by hosting it here, at the Creative Arts Studio! As a hands-on pottery painting studio based inRoyal Oak,Michigan, we showcase a wide palette of pottery painting,glass fusing, and mosaic projects. Additionally, we offer classes, lessons, and workshops in wheel throwing, pallet board painting, and canvas painting that make for the ideal corporate team-building activity for your next staff outing.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
From the friendships forged to the memories formed
Our off-site team-building functions have shown to be an effective way to forge professional friendships among coworkers. These creative workshops are fun and informative and are sure to be the talk of the office! While business meetups and networking events accomplish this too, it is the dynamic of working with one’s hands in a fun, team environment that positively impacts employees. Upon attending one of our interactive workshops, local companies in the Royal Oak, MI area have reconnected with their employees in impactful new ways.
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – Andrew Carnegie
Projects + productivity = profitability
Completing projects together can help bolster creative, entrepreneurial synergy in the workplace among colleagues. It’s commonplace for the company suggestion box to be chocked full with new product ideas and/or process improvements once creativity becomes synonymous with the workplace culture. Here at our Royal Oak, Michigan studio, we’ll help spark a creative flame amongst your staff with one of our project based, teamwork inspired workshops.
Why company team building events?
Organizations often host team building events as they can help foster company culture and boost employee productivity. As coworkers get to know each other while working together on a variety of pottery painting, canvas painting, or pallet board painting projects, they tend to form strong, personal bonds that translate favorably into the professional arena.
Our projects are the perfect addition
At the Creative Arts Studio, we present several project options that fit into most any team bonding or corporate teaming building session. Book your event at your venue and we can bring the fun to your company or choose to hold your event at our studio. Our projects make the perfect addition to company picnics and bring your child to work day events! Have something specific in mind? Let us create a custom-designed package that meets the needs of your upcoming cultural training or team-building program!
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Creative crafts of the customized kind
Each, Creative Arts Studio service package can be customized to your team’s size, budget, and project needs. Whether it’s to celebrate your team exceeding their monthlyK.P.I.’s, or to give a fellow team member a well deserved send off towards that new career path, they will appreciate the innovative gesture of a project-based, team-building workshop that’s as much rewarding as it is rebuilding.
As a premier, locally-owned, art studio and workshop in Royal Oak, Michigan, we at the Creative Arts Studio are proud of our community heritage. We’ve come to value the friendships we’ve forged with the businesses we’ve hosted over the years. It’s been equally rewarding for us to share in the experience and to create a creative experience for all to enjoy.
We invite you to make the Creative Arts Studio part of your next company endorsed outing or team building adventure! Here are a few reasons to work with us:
This will be the work event you’ll be talking about for years!
It can be set up right in your office.
Each event can be customized to fit your business or meeting’s objective.
This is perfect for company team building, corporate team building, company picnics, take-your-child-to-work-days, and cultural training events.
There are tons of different projects to choose from with volume discounts for large groups.
$75 travel fee + mileage over 5 miles for offsite events.
BYOB and food welcome.
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Show your Michigan pride with these chic, Board Painting designs. Perfect for adding a touch a rustic style to any room in the house, our instructor will guide you through creating your mitten inspired work of art. Simply choose your design below and we’ll make sure to have everything ready for you on the day of the class.
*Please be sure to arrive on time as it is important that all members of the class start together. Those arriving more than 15 minutes late will be asked to reschedule a private lesson.
Do you have a creative Tween at home looking for something to do on a Friday night? Skip the kid sitter and drop your Tween off! While you enjoy an evening on the town, your young artist will create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece! We’ll hand-build and paint a ghost, and you’ll get it back by Halloween! We’ll throw in a pizza party for the kids, so they’ll return to you fed and artistically inspired! This class will run from 6:30-8:30pm.
