This place has some really beautiful things. You can watch them make these beautiful things. The…read morestaff is no nice, helpful and knowledgeable. I will be back.

This studio has an incredible selection of glass items, such as vases, bowls, lampshades and…read moreornaments, which vary in price. They also offer classes in glass blowing, beginning with glass paperweights. The classes are great fun, because the staff is kind and encouraging, and there is a genuine element of learning how to do things, rather than having them done for you. It is also possible to see other groups doing it, and there's at least one day a year when they take walk-ins! Groups need to be 3-4 people, and it takes one or two days for the glass to cool, so if you're only in the area for a few days, factor this in.

I have never heard of "I'm An Artist Community Studio" before but think I stumpled upon a Facebook…read moreevent for "Art Journaling". I've always had a creative side and enjoyed the idea of learning more artistic outlets, so when I found out that they do classes, I had to join in! My friends have always talked about doing a watercolor class so when I went on to their site, I saw quite a few for the day but none in the evenings. I messaged them on Instagram and they immediately shared with me the upcoming watercolor evening classes to sign up. They do a lot of day time classes for kids but also have a variety of classes that you can sign up for throughout the month. Facebook seems to be the most up to date spot for events. This class was the "Watercolor Rainbow" where the owner provided each station with practice paper, a larger watercolor paper for our "creation" and our own paint palettes. We walked through different techniques of wet on wet, wet on dry, how to add more texture and even remove some of the paint if it was too wet. It was a great experience to dabble back into watercolors and I will definitely be looking into other classes here in the future!

A group of us went to a class with Jen at Pursuit in Ada. We had so much fun with Jen. She was a…read morepatient, caring teacher to us. By the end of it, we all walked away with something to be proud of, and a new hobby to bring home. Thanks for the fun class!

Lansing Art Gallery is small but enjoyable in my experience. It's not what I would call worth going…read moreout of your way for, so it's a good thing I worked it in as an hors d'ouevre to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing. It served it that capacity well. The LAG is a basement gallery with a small ground level lobby and stairs leading down. They have good, but not great paintings and sculptures leading the way down. Most of the gallery was given over to photography on the day of my visit. There was photos from civil disturbances, a series about an old, eccentric looking gentleman a local fire department had "adopted" and some covering an incident of an elephant getting loose and being "put down" by authorities. The latter was very affecting. It makes me queasy just writing about it. That poor, magnificent creature. There were also some beautiful photos of Isle Royale, a place I've been fascinated with for about the past 15 years or so. I've never been there, but now I can at least say I watched a short DVD about it thanks to the LAG. The price is right to visit, too. There's a donation box for whatever you care to give. I made sure to put a little something in.

Our daughter has participated in several summer art programs at the Lansing Art Gallery & Education…read moreCenter. She looked forward to her camp each morning, which isn't always the case in the summer, and wasn't ready to stop with her artistic imagination when she left. She benefitted from the small group sizes, individual attention, and the freedom to express her own artistic vision in the camp. To close out the camp there was an art show which she looked forward to throughout the week and was an exciting way to culminate the experience.

Loved this cute store located in Old Town. The employee was super excited to help me find a good…read morefountain pen and ink. Sticker collection is adorable too. Loved the vibe.

Love Odd Nodd's!!! I come from a family of artists and they always have what we need!read more

Amazing place ! Kits, supplies, and huge stock of tons of glass…read more Staff is super helpful, knowledgeable and polite. Prices are grate, and lots of cheap glass scraps for small projects.

Their online store is great! It is perfect for the beginner stain glass artist. I was so excited…read moreto find them. I had waited so long to finally buy all my supplies to create my own studio after paying for classes and using others equipment. I looked at all of their bundles and they looked super reasonable to buy everything together. I even checked the prices of all the tools individually and the bundles are in fact a good deal! I chose the lead upgrade kit and the bundle with grinder and tools without the glass sheets. I got to check out and WTF. They wanted me to pay $300 dollars to ship it to me. Now this is outrageous. They claim their shipping costs are due to the fact that glass is fragile etc. Well that makes sense only I wasn't buying glass I was buying tools! What is saved in my bundles was more than doubled in shipping costs. Soooo disappointed. I reluctantly cancelled my order and got everything on Amazon for 11 dollars shipping. I hate Amazon and avoid shopping there like the plague but I'm sorry I'm not rich and could not believe the shipping cost difference for the exact same materials and I even ordered a few more things. Watch out for the shipping costs!!!!

A friend and I have gone to two classes here- one to make glass butterflies and one to paint turtle…read morecutouts. We had a good time at both! They definitely need to hire more staff, our class got briefly interrupted both times due to understaffing. The current staff was great but they could use some help! We enjoyed learning new skills during both classes and would certainly recommend it for couples looking for a fun date night or anyone looking to try something new. A bit pricy but fun!

Well. I like doing this a lot because of my own creative ambitions. However the host was absolutely…read moreand obviously less friendly and helpful to us than the other two sets of groups. He frequently helped, complemented, and socialized with them and rarely with us. Unfortunately those other people were all White (7 total) in a group of 9 people --my friend and I being there folks of Color. To be honest, I have a hard time recommending anyone to go there without sharing the obviousness in the way he went about interacting with us (people of color) versus the people that looked like him. When Wine and scan as Frandor comes up in convo, I feel like I should warn any person of color that they might need to use some emotional energy not to notice.