5 stars for the beginner pottery class I took on Saturday! This class, taught by Kaito (likely not…read morespelling their name correctly), was informative, relaxed, and fun! 12 people total in this 2 hour class. After watching a 20 min step by step guide showing us what we could achieve in this class, we all got started playing with the clay. Not everyone was a beginner, which was fine! Our instructor had plenty of time over the course of our class to visit each station, help us fix mistakes or give us hands on instruction, if needed, and guide us to help us achieve our goal. I appreciated that we were able to "opt out" of hands on instruction if we didn't feel comfortable. That goes a long way for me :)

My daughter started taking classes here a few months ago. We didn't know the old owner, John, but…read morehis no longer with the business. Cassie is my daughter's instructor and I believe she is co-owner with a few others. We love her! She is super sweet, very patient, and is CoVid aware. My 12 year old is really enjoying her 1.5 hour classes here every week. I'm actually getting ready to sign her up for the next session and one of the week long summer camps. Don't be dismayed by older unfavorable reviews, the new ownership team is very professional and helpful!

I've been to AR Workshop a few times before covid and loved it so when I was tasked with planning a…read morevirtual social event for my team at work, I immediately thought about this place! Jen was amazing and hopped on the phone with me to talk me through how to plan a private, virtual event, how to narrow down selections to the price range needed and helped ship everything to my team all over the US in less than a week! WHOAH!!! She helped me pull off the impossible in a very short period of time and she coached us through the project virtually so everyone knew what to do. The projects turned out AWESOME and i've received so much positive feedback from my colleagues about the fun and practical project (something they will actually hang in their homes!). Thank YOU, Jen, and AR Workshop! You're awesome!!!!

Love Jen and her crew!! Always an amazing time. Great products and lots of variety and fun pieces!read more

I have just taken my first class here, and I will definitely be continuing. Elena is a delightful…read moreinstructor. She balances giving guidance with providing her students with the space to work thru their challenges. Her corrections and suggestions are meaningful, clear, and well-presented.

Fantastic school. Instruction for drawing classes is very individualized. Raz keeps everyone's…read morelevel in mind as he helps with drawing and painting. Keep in mind that you will be moving fast. You will do in 4 sessions what would take years in a classical art school. As with everything, to be successful you must commit, practice outside of class even. (If you want to be a good skier you need to practice outside your ski class too). The school gives first class instruction. I am totally addicted to this place. Bravo BFA team! You bring Florence to Boulder.

Very disappointing experience. There is an old adage: Just because someone knows how to do…read moresomething doesn't mean that he knows how to teach that skill to others. BSOFA is a prime example. A teacher, who, though pleasant, has no ability to teach. I took a beginner's class. (Though except for myself, there were no other beginners in the class. They clearly all had some level of experience.) The teacher would do a twenty-second demonstration (no exaggeration) of something, then expect everyone to immediately know how to do that thing perfectly. It was beyond frustrating. First class, I could tell that I wasn't executing the skill correctly. It was exceedingly obvious that my canvas looked nothing like the other, experienced students' canvases. But though the instructor walked around the table looking at the canvases, for multiple hours, he never said a word about mine. Never proactively provided any constructive criticism. He just let me flounder around for hours without any guidance. (He did interact more with the students who were doing better. There were about eight of us total.) Next class, I decided to make him provide some feedback. (Unsuccessfully, as it turned out.) I would stop him as he walked by, ask him to look at my canvas, and ask for feedback. He was non-committal. (Pleasant, but not helpful.) I would then point out something on the canvas, and say, this isn't right, is it? And he would sort of agree. But he never offered to show me how to do the skill correctly, or provide anything but a vague comment. During that class, I must have stopped him a half-dozen times, if not more, to ask for feedback, but received essentially none. By the third class, I had mostly given up. I listened, trying to glean as much as possible from the twenty-second demonstrations, but unfortunately accepted the reality that the teacher had no ability to actually teach. Again, the teacher was pleasant. But he was also a passive, low-energy person who clearly had zero ability to teach a skill to students. And, oddly, the less experienced the student, the more uncomfortable and non-interactive he became. In a beginner's class. BSOFA makes no sense. Do they not understand? People take classes because they want to learn. They pay good money to attend classes because they want to learn. Allowing a beginner to flounder, with minimal guidance, in a beginner's class is not only unacceptable, but actually a little cruel. BSOFA takes a positive, eager, happy-to-be-there student, and turns her into someone who never wants to experience any of it ever again.

Mainly, madelife is an event venue.. Finally tonight after hearing about it for months I got to go…read moreto an event there. I love the black box room, a state of the art performance venue with an excellent sound system and great acoustics. Those who utilize this space for their events can bring their own refreshments potluck style.. I could only be there for less than an hour and definitely look forward to going to another event at madelife.

This space filled with various local artists. From jewelry to hanging art to furniture, you're…read morelikely to find a piece to fall in love with. Open and enormous windows give lots of natural light on this clean and modern space which made it easy to spend close to a half an hour oo'ing and aww'ing at the unique finds. We were greeted by the nice dude who was working and felt welcome.Shipping prices on some art pieces were a little steep - next time I'm in Boulder with a car, I'll go to town!

I have very limited artistic skill and am pretty self-conscious about it. Jennifer was encouraging,…read moreinspiring, and taught me at my own speed and level. It was inspiring to get past the "I'm no good at this" stage and really feel like I was making good progress. Her gentle, generous teaching has inspired me to keep learning!

I have been a student of Boulder School of Metals going on 9 years. Shelly Bohin is an amazing…read moreartist and instructor who owns Boulder School of Metals. Shelly brings 30+ years of professional expertise and creative designs for each student to learn skills and allows them the opportunity to create their own unique style or designs. Shelly also encourages each student to develop their creativity for their own designs related to the project. I so look forward to my class time and the opportunities to create beautiful pieces that I'm proud of sharing with other people.

We love Mira and her wonderfully accessible nature. It's clear she loves kids and works so well…read morewith them. What is different about Mira and Sunshine Pottery Studio is her refreshingly balanced take on working with kids. She is great at instructing but knows when to give them room to experiment. In short, she TRUSTS them and their paths! So, so important in nurturing their innate curiosity and creativity!

I was looking for a camp that would engage my almost-12 year old and was so happy to have found…read moreMira at Sunshine Pottery Studio. Truly impressed. She went above and beyond to help my daughter through some frustrating moments and she took the time to talk with me about how my daughter was struggling. I was so grateful for her insight and patience with the kids. My daughter has gone to back-to-back camps for years, but this one stood out in the top 3 overall!