I just received word that my painting, “Promise,” was accepted into the Pastel Society of America’s annual exhibition in New York City in September. This makes my third painting to have been juried into this prestigious show, and thus I have earned my signature status, which is a huge thing for this pastel artist and teacher!

The painting depicts one of our students, Rylie, painting her dog, Mac. Rylie was 11 at the time, and worked on her pastel painting for three lessons before taking it home to complete. Her dad took a few photos, and the result is this keepsake painting.

The boys in our Hand Building in Clay For Kids class were out sick, so we had lots of girl time to make girly textured ornaments in clay!

The students in our Friday Pastel Class finished their first class project, a painting of our sheltie Zookie. It’s a good lesson on depicting warm and cool light, and they nailed it!

We welcomed 14 couples this year for our annual Valentine’s Day celebration. Everyone had a great time socializing, making pottery, and enjoying desserts, drinks and candy! Here are a few photos from Saturday’s sessions, plus there are quite a few that guests posted on our facebook page.

Thank you to the Farrell family for choosing Creava Arts to help celebrate your daughters’ birthdays! We had fun putting together the art themed gift cups that the girls each took home.

We now offer studio potter membership for seasoned clay artists who do not want to take classes and need a professional ceramic studio space to work in independently. Hourly and monthly studio rental options are available. Just ask us for details!

New for 2016..Birthday Parties for children ages 5 to 12! Kids may choose a painting project or glaze bisque ceramic pieces, which is also a new offering for us. We are excited going into our second year, and thank all our students for coming to create at Creava Arts!