Art Classes… Painting & Building…..at a Barn? Oh My!
Got the Artsy * DIY bug?…Find your cure in a Class held at our historic barn or visit the “Shop“menu to order a custom completed project.
What We Offer
Parties & Classes
For private parties: you get access to your own party area, select your timeslot between 10am-10pm, and your own party host for the event – all for the same individual price of a regular class!
Open parties are easy to sign up for – there is no minimum number of people needed.
Pallet Wood Art & Furniture Classes
In addition to our Furniture Building classes, we offer Signs, Cornhole Gameboards, and Sleds all made from pallet wood. In both classes or as a build-order, we offer full customization; from text to images to even sizing.
Services
Picasso’s Grapevine’s new location allows us to offer a variety of additional services on top of our original offerings:
- Space Rental
- Historical Tours
- Custom Design Services
Kids
We offer 2 hour time slots for Kids parties – the painting will last for 1.5 hrs. This leaves you with a total of 30 minutes or so, depending on the painting, that can be used for openings gifts, cupcakes, pizza – it’s up to you!
Local Artisans
Candace
Painting Instructor-Store Manager
Candace is from Kansas. Thank you, Kansas! We’ll keep her because this fiery, Midwestern dynamo is kind of a big deal at PG. From instructing art classes, to planning events, to managing all operations of the studio, to weeding the garden (if necessary) – Candace does it ALL and everything in between. Read more...
She is mother to fur baby, Otis, and a self-taught acrylic painter with a colorful, bohemian style. Candace’s natural artistic talent along with her extensive experience in the hospitality industry makes her a party-planning, people-person, painting-stuff-professional at PG!
Dana
Painting Instructor
Just ask her pet bird named Pineapple Pants or her co-artists and students at PG – we all agree: Dana is amazing! This creative Clarkstonian is a certified art instructor who paints in both acrylic and oil and teaches brush techniques to all ages and stages.
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Dana is a board member of The Clarkston Cultural Arts Council and she teaches fine art classes at multiple locations in Oakland County. She is deeply involved in her community and recently won the Clarkston Community Beautification and Preservation Award! Until she fulfills her lifelong dream of becoming a tornado chaser, Dana will continue painting, instructing, and passionately transforming the perception of public artwork in Clarkston.
Don
Custom Furniture Maker
3 Times "Cancer Ass Kicker”, Master Carpenter, Repurposing King, and child at heart -"I’m the lowest priced "one man band" because I Cut down the trees - Mill the wood - Kiln dry - and of course build custom barn wood furniture * Custom Tables* Bar Tops * Conference Tables * really, you name it - the list would be too long for this little website! "Read more...
Don enjoys finding the joy in taking something that was considered old – with no life left in it – and giving it a reason to get up in the morning. “I have a lot in common with these old things”.
Meredith
Painting Instructor
Meredith has been tickling the canvas with her paintbrush for over ten years and PG has been lucky enough to call this talented Virgo our very own for the past five years. Meredith also answers to “Mom” if you are one of her two children, three cats, or one dog. Read more...
When she’s not whipping up masterpiece paintings in the PG studio, you might find her dabbling in henna body art or playing Pokémon Go with her kids. Meredith has a neurological disorder that affects the functioning of her hands and feet. “If I can paint, so can you!” You’re a true inspiration, Meredith! Her spirit animal is a cat which shouldn’t surprise anyone because SO MEREDITH, right?
Patt Bennett
Painting Instructor
Picasso's Grapevine
Shelby
Painting Instructor
Shelby attended her first studio class at PG in 2015 and she had us at "yellow". This skillful painter and photographer from Rochester Hills, Michigan, was bitten by the art bug in high school and has been on a feverish journey exploring different mediums ever since.
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Shelby’s favorite band is Rainbow Kitten Surprise but we are willing to overlook this because we have fallen in love with her loose-whimsical painting style that tends to focus on nature and landscapes. Shelby’s recent artistic passion involves lifestyle photography capturing unique personalities and relationships. Her friends call her Shelbo but we call her when we need a fantastic instructor who never fails to inspire creativity in our painting class participants.