I had them make a custom sign I needed a quick turnaround on and Keri Ann was super helpful and…read morecommunication was very good as well. She mocked up a couple of choices and made some changes to get the final look I wanted. I was very happy with the service.

This employer does not pay their employees except her daughters. I offered my time and commitment…read morefor over a month and Kerry-Ann and her husband completely stopped all contact with me when I asked for when I would be receiving pay. Labor department will be reaching out soon. Thanks Kerry.

I just returned from a one-week oil painting workshop. The instructor and school experience were…read moreboth fantastic. The instructor did a demo each morning, and then we'd paint in the afternoon. My one recommendation is that the school create an online chat group so that potential students know more about what to expect if attending for the first time. Here are my tips: The school has a store that has some basic art materials in case you forget something such as solvents, canvases, brushes, etc. They also have items you can borrow such as brushes and glass jars for solvents. Food is limited. They have a service where you can order lunch from a local restaurant if you get your order in before 10, but it's just sandwiches and salads, and the only drink available is ice tea. There's a cafe across the street that has very pricey coffee drinks and pastries. There's also a Starbucks and Walgreens within walking distance. You can certainly bring your own food and drinks, they have a refrigerator and microwave. There's also usually basic coffee available. The closest art store is Blick in Tempe. Next to Blick is Trader Joe's which is a good place to stock up on food and drinks. In the same strip mall there are also several restaurants. Do not hesitate to rent a car, parking is ample and free almost everywhere. The heat is oppressive in October and I don't recommend walking as I did. There's a bus that runs up and down N. Scottsdale Rd. and it just costs $2 cash. It came in handy one day when I needed to go to Blick and didn't want to pay $20 for Uber each way. The closest places to stay are Hilton Canopy and Bespoke, make sure to ask for student discounts. I ended up at the less expensive Hyatt House which was one mile away but it had a living room and kitchen, daily breakfast, and was quiet in the back. The models were great, I was a little surprised that they wanted us to tip on top of already paying a model fee. They suggested $5-$10, so bring cash. They did print color copies of the models for us for free. There were two dogs in the classroom. If you don't like dogs or are allergic I would ask about dogs before attending. The air conditioning is very cold, so bring a jacket or sweater. They will ship your oil paintings back home to you once they're dry and charge your credit card the shipping fee. As a student you get free admission to the Western Spirit museum across the street, and discounted admission to the Contemporary Museum which is near the Civic Center and Saturday farmers market. There are tons of galleries just a few blocks from the school on E. Main St.

My daughter is having an amazing experience at the Scottsdale Artist school. They have classes for…read moreteens that are short 6 week courses. The space is absolutely gorgeous! It's a truly peaceful place for teens to be creative. The prices are very reasonable and the teachers are knowledgeable and kind.

I've got a recipe for you! Take a great artist/instructor, a couple of fantastic support staff,…read moreone cool summer evening on the patio.... add that to a birthday celebration, 20 of your best friends, throw in some fantastic pot luck, generous amounts of liquid refreshments (elbows up, please), one beautiful full moon, a clear night and thousands of stars. Splash in a perfect pool and hot tub as needed, mix it all together and you become the best partner ever for pulling off the best birthday celebration ever! Who knew??!! Painting with Canvas is the bomb! The price is right, and they bring all the needed supplies. All we had to do was extend invites and make sure we had tables and chairs. Francesca and her assistant Lana couldn't have been more enjoyable during the event, and Stephanie - who helps support from afar - made it all seem so very easy, so much help to make this a perfect evening. One thing in particular we enjoyed was Francesca shared a lot of information about the painting we were doing as we moved through the evening - details about the artist, his life, and how it related to the painting. Who Knew??!! You can have fun AND learn at the same time! Don't worry - if you've never put brush to paint to canvas before ... if you can't draw a box (like me) - you CAN do this! They step you through each part to create your masterpiece, and along the way they help you learn technique, understand some of the painting concepts, as well as help you to enjoy painting your own creation! We will do it again, and next time, perhaps, we'll have the easels setup poolside and have everyone in the water! I can't stress enough how fun it was to host this at our home. Our friends still talk about how much they enjoyed the evening! Several have asked that we do it again! Home Run, ladies, with the bases loaded! Until next time...

I am not artsy, I can't even draw perfect stick people, my birds look like m's, my drawing skill is…read morestill somewhere in the 1st grade level, but there is this artist inside of me that just keeps trying and have been wanting to do a painting class for years now, just never was brave enough to step out of my comfort zone to show up in public and make a fool of myself. With that said I found a really great offer on Living Social for a 2 hour paint class for 2 for the price of one person with Painting on Canvas so I bought it an then I quickly messaged my partner in crime and see if she was up for it, and thankfully she said yes! Booked a class a month out from when I bought the deal and waited for the day. I was a bundle of nerves, I can't draw, seriously can not draw, but Francesca was super nice and helpful and gave great instructions and technique and slowly my blank white canvas started to have something on it, that looked ok. This was fun, it was stressful because I was fearful of messing up (which I did plenty of) but it was fun and rewarding, and honestly I can't wait to do it again haha. Who knows maybe the inner artist in me will finally work their way out! Now time to find my next class with Painting On Canvas.

Great 3 day orientation and excellent instruction. I would highly recommend. There is a lot of…read moreinformation given with facts and examples. Very friendly staff and qualified instructors.

This place is a strong no go unless you are extremely well off, and even then I would strongly…read morequestion them. I caught quite a few their underhanded sales tactics that are misleading. Their Manager Russ ignored me for a week when I tried to call him to sign up and pay for 3 day class which later I found out is not a class but just an orientation when I was told it is was supposed to be a class. they then double charged me and it took several days for it to be reversed. And then was extremely quick to kick me to the curb when they found out I couldn't afford 20k for their classes without any kind of roadmap or advice of what are some other options, which at least would be some common courtesy. I lost money dealing with these people because I paid and then lost days at my job. I highly recommend against dealing with them at all. They were extremely unprofessional in my experience.

I joined an Art Masterclass mosaic session with friends, and while it was a fun outing overall, I…read moreleft feeling like the experience didn't quite match the price tag. The biggest issue was the lack of real instruction. The hosts mainly pointed us to written directions and spent more energy upselling their extra products than actually guiding the class. For something marketed as a workshop, I expected more hands-on teaching. The Turkish delight and tea were a nice touch, very good, in fact, but they didn't arrive until nearly the end of the session, which felt oddly timed. On top of that, the project itself is more than you can realistically finish in the allotted time, so you end up taking it home to complete. I'm glad I did it once because I got to share the experience with friends, but next time we'll probably just buy the supplies and figure it out ourselves. Three stars for the fun company, tasty treats, and the idea, but with more instruction and less sales pitch, it could have been so much better

I can't reccomend Gymboree Chandler enough! My mom took my daughter about 9 months ago for a free…read moreclass and she LOVED it. We ended up signing up for the unlimited membership which is 109/month. Sue is the BEST, she is so engaging with the kids and is so positive and happy. My daughter gets so excited to go and see "bubbless". Plus she comes home tired! What more could we ask for! If you are considering going to Gymboree, take this as your sign to just go!

Very clean! We used the free preview pass to check out the classes and we were so happy to see how…read moreclean this place is! You could crawl on the floor with your kids and not stand back up with stuff on your pants! We probably won't sign up, but we enjoyed checking it out. The open gym hours are very limited and the class schedules are more for non- working parent hours.

The arts center is the perfect place for your child to unleash their creative potential. We first…read moreheard of the arts center when they hosted their Free Friday events. Each Free Friday has a different theme and we've been to ones that were underwater and dinosaur themed. You can sign up for their different art classes through the City of Tempe site and registration is by the quarter. The prices are reasonable and my kiddo's had a lot of fun in the class we signed her up for. I look forward to having her create more fun projects here in the future. Details: (From the website) - Effective February 26, face coverings are optional for all employees and patrons. This applies to vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. - Winter 2023 registration opened December 5 - Next Free Art Friday: December 16, "Gifts Galore" 9 AM- noon - Winter session: Jan 17-March 11 - Located in the Tempe Community Complex - Over 355 classes available throughout the year - In person and virtual classes offered - Classes for all age ranges (Early childhood to adult)

I had an amazingly awful experience with a pottery throwing class with the City of Tempe. I'm…read morenormally someone who goes out of their way to give positive reviews, not negative ones. However, I just want potential students to be fully aware of what they are getting into. No matter what, the arts center will not offer a credit or refund. That is their policy. However, when there are factual & valid reasons to make exceptions to rules, they should be facilitated. I recently signed up for a pottery intro to throwing class, which was just a waste of time and money. I don't say that lightly. The instruction in the very first class was the teacher giving a dissertation on instructions for the majority of the class, and then asking the brand new students to create a bowl. For anyone who has ever taken a throwing class, there is a lot of instruction on how to make a bowl (let alone for students who have never even been at a wheel before, or used any pottery making techniques). Then, the students were just told to make the bowls. It was entirely too much information at once. I don't know how anyone could remember all of that in the very first class and then be expected to make a bowl on their own. There were people in the class who had done pottery, prior to this class, who didn't suffer through that process. However, this was not an acceptable teaching process for beginners (which is what the class was categorized as). These steps should have been divided out and the students could then emulate those steps. These instructor could then move onto next steps with the students following those directions, etc. Even something useful to remind the students of the lengthy, complex steps that were communicated as they tried to act out these steps at the wheel would have been helpful. None of this was offered. After expressing my concerns to the instructor several times, with no change in how the process was being taught, I actually just left at the beginning of the 2nd class. If I've ever felt like that emoji where the brain explodes, it was during rhis class. I've taken many art classes at Mesa Arts Center, and I have never experienced an instructor throwing all of the steps at the beginning of a class where the students are just supposed to remember all of them. There weren't any step by step instructions written down. There weren't any visual aides. But, most importantly, the process should have been broken up, in steps so the students could actually remember them. Had that been the process, the students could apply those steps more fluidly and successfully. That would have been extremely helpful throughout the process instead of just rushing through the instructions and leaving the students to try to remember the complicated & technical and, quite frankly, difficult processes that throwing entails. This is a difficult skill to learn, even with excellent teachers. I approached the staff to explain that I was struggling with the instruction. I started with the instructor in the 2 different classes I attended. I spoke with a staff member when I left. She said she'd escalate to her manager who went out of town. After the manager returned, I had to keep calling over and over again to get her to finally speak with me about the instruction and how I felt it failed the students. However, even after plenty of admission that the instructor didn't use things they have to help students (like infographics), that the instructor gave way too many instructions all at once and the students were lost with next steps, etc., they still wouldn't provide just a credit to a future class. I didn't want the money back, although that would have been ideal. I would have been willing to be credited for a future class with an instructor who taught the class in such a way that the students were set up for success. I'm an incredibly good student. Just in the past year, I've learned how to paint, make jewelry, some woodworking, and I've learned to weld & plasma cut metal. So, I'm obviously capable of learning when given the proper instruction. This class was a total fail for the City of Tempe in how it taught the class, how it handled the obstacles given to the students, and how they handled the final conversation. They even went so far as to tell me they hoped I signed up for a future class after admitting the teacher should have done things differently and no credit was offered. That felt a little like a slap in the face at the end of the call. I'm incredibly disappointed in the entire scenario. This is something I have always wanted to learn, and I should have went with my gut and taken it at Mesa Arts Center. The true lesson here is you get what you pay for (unless you sign up for a class at Tempe, because apparently i just threw that $160 away).

As a kid who was put into school of rock by my parents it is the best thing that has ever happened…read moreto me. I had no sense of purpose and had no clue what I wanted to do with my life before I went here. School of rock has given me purpose. I love music and every week I get to be surrounded by other people who love music and we get to drive our passion to create art. Every teacher has a different way of teaching so maybe the first teacher is not what you're looking for. I really recommend paying for one month and trying 4 different teachers. Once you find a teacher that can teach you the most effectively it just becomes a blast. I truly believe that this organization is providing the best possible thing for children, purpose.

This is the perfect place to send your musically artistic and even challenged kiddos. The staff is…read moreso patient and will turn that kid into a vision of artistry in no time. The summer camps are a great way to start and music lessons are like therapy for anyone and the friendships created from the seasonal bands are forever! They have loads of times and options to work with your schedule and flexibility. They also offer sessions for adults... that way you never grow old! Highly recommend