Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher
XYZ ACTIVITY GROUP
Corporate Team Building The Art Studios is a wonderful venue for team building exercises. Conveniently located in UpTown Waterloo, The Art Studios seat up to 35 people. We have hosted teams from Scotia Bank, U of W, public school teachers, RIM and many others. The studio is available seven days a week, 9:00am - 9p.m. Choose from ceramic, clay, or glass fusing activities –our goal is to work with your budget, so , team up with us and make your team building event a wonderful growth opportunity for everyone. Please e-mail us for pricing and booking information.
Employee Discounts: Manulife, Sunlife, and RIM employees receive a 15% discount off every purchase. If your company would like to take advantage of a similar offer, please e-mail for more information.
University and College Groups We love to host don and special student events. All students receive a 50% discount on their second hour studio fee. In addition, when booking a party for 10 or more, the don or the group leader paints for free, and he or she receives a credit of $1.00 per each person in his or her group towards the purchase of ceramics, or the cost of materials. Please e-mail us to book your reservation.
Non-Profit Organizations The Art Studios believe in building a strong community in K-W region, therefore we have created a special pricing system for all non-profit groups. Please e-mail us to inquire about our special all inclusive packages.
Paint with Me (Seniors) Our seniors program has been well received in the KW area. Our studio staff visits several retirement residences on regular basis and presents pottery painting sessions. These projects provide a great social interaction for the residents, as well as improve their fine motor skills. Please e-mail us to schedule a visit to your residence.
Our Friends with Special Needs All our special needs clients accompanied by support workers will receive a 2-for-1 studio fee. Please e-mail us for more information.
Youth Groups Your are always welcome at the studio. Meeting on a specific night? We will do our best to accommodate you. The Art Studios offers a wide variety of ceramics that will appeal to all age groups. We provide a fun environment your group will love. Groups of 10 or more will receive our discounted group rate. Please e- mail us to book your event.
Field Trips The Art Studios offers a unique selection of curriculum based field trips. Our program is designed to offer activities and lessons that fulfill the requirements of the current Ontario elementary school curriculum in both the Visual Arts and Social Studies. Our curriculum based programming will introduce students to project planning of ceramic and clay projects. Programming is tailored to meet the requirements of each grade’s Arts curriculum, and we have incorporated grade specific social studies curriculum themes into our program as an option for teachers and students to incorporate some creativity into the social studies lessons. Please e-mail us for more information., please e-mail info@theartstudios. com.
ArtReach/Take out Group Projects One of our goals is to actively contribute to great community building endeavours, might it be organized groups, camps, sports teams, religious organizations, and other no-profit groups working with children and youth. We understand that non-profit budgets are tight, especially in this economy.
Our ArtReach program has been designed with your group, and your budget in mind. We have selected a number of exciting projects, available to your group, at a great discount. In addition to these savings, we also help you to save your transportation costs, by virtually bring our studio to you.
We make setting up your event easy. Once the drop-off date is arranged, we will ask the group leader to visit our studio and select a project for his or her group. We will pack all the supplies and tools, along with your ceramics and instruction sheet, and drop off everything for you.
When the pottery is painted, we will ask you to bring back the artwork to the studio for firing. We will individually wrap and label each item, and have it ready for pick up a week later. The $12.00 cost per child includes ceramics, paints, use of our tools, glazing, firing and delivery charges. Minimum group size is 10 children. Groups of 20 or more might qualify for additional discounts.