ART STUDIO •  DOWNTOWN WALLA WALLA

Empowering Creativity, PROVIDING Art Education FOR KIDS, TEENS & ADULTS

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  • "I cannot recommend these classes highly enough, my 8 year old daughter absolutely loves them! She has attended a number of classes/camps and each one is unique."

    - A Supportive Parent

  • "My child cannot wait until art class each week. She has had so much fun learning amazing techniques!"

    - A Proud Parent

  • "My child loves going to classes at Make For Joy. They gain skills and have fun at every class attended. Highly recommend."

    - A Positive Parent

  • "Allison is so patient when teaching the students and we just LOVE her classes & camps!"

    - A Loyal Parent

  • "Wonderful experience this summer for my child! She came home with amazing art and a big joyful smile!"

    - A Thankful Parent

  • "It is a wonderful place for my child to get more experience for drawing."

    - A Satisfied Parent

WINTER BREAK ART CAMPS

Dec. 29 - Jan. 2
Monday-Thursday & Friday
9am-12pm • Ages 7-12

Creativity inspired by the wonder and arctic beauty of winter!
Make a variety of projects throughout a festive week in Winter Art Camps!

INFO & REGISTER HERE

We invite you to join our programs

SCHOOL-YEAR ART CLASSES

Weekly Art Classes for students ages 6+, exploring a broad range of fine art styles & mediums, from painting & drawing, clay & sculpture, fiber arts, cartooning illustration, and MORE!
Fall Session Classes start in September.

SUMMER & HOLIDAY ART CAMPS

Art Camps on holidays and school breaks: fantastic, fun-filled days of creativity & expression! Themed by art media, and full of variety, Art Camps offer a mix of everything.
Join an upcoming Art Camp!

ART CLASSES & PRIVATE ART EVENTS
FOR ADULTS

Check out our current class offerings, OR plan your own!
Private art event, office team-building, girls night out at the Studio...
We host a wide variety of creative mediums, taught by local artists, and always a FUN, relaxing time. Open to all skill levels, ages 15+.

STUDENT ART SHOWS &
OPEN STUDIO EVENTS

NEXT STUDENT ART SHOW: June 1, 2025

Hosted at the end of every school-year Session (Fall, Winter, Spring), we invite our students & community to view the wonderful artwork from each school-year art class as a gallery show. A fantastic, necessary way to honor the hard work & creativity from each of our students. Come see, and learn about our programs!

BIRTHDAY PARTIES

Let us host a fully customized ART PARTY for your special birthday kiddo and their friends! Choose an art project for the group,
from clay sculpture to canvas paintings, and MORE -
pick your theme, we’re there!

FAMILY ART NIGHTS

Art fun for the whole family & community,
featuring different art media & techniques each time.

PRIVATE ART LESSONS

Take your skills to the next level with one-on-one instruction in drawing or painting. Contact us!

SCHOOL GROUPS & FIELD TRIPS

Homeschool, private, and public school groups are invited to plan a a special art class, OR a series of classes with us. We combine learning & creativity, with exploratory & informative art projects.
Learn More!

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See what we’ve been up to lately…

🍎🍏🍎 Our “Painting & Drawing” classes finished their still life apples with chalk pastels, learning about realism, shading and highlights, core shadow and cast shadow, values and color blending! We are halfway through Fall Session
CHIHULY “GLASS” BOWLS in today’s “MODERN SCULPTURE” ART CAMP! 🤩 Inspired by the Seattle glass artist Dale Chihuly, students decorated durable acetate and then melted it gently with a heat tool to form an organically wav
We’re back in the Studio for Fall Session! ✨ Register Now for weekly art classes, and we’ll see you soon! {Registration stays open through our first 4 weeks!} Today, Exploring Art students learned about ELLIPSES and STILL LIFE, drawing th
Very proud of these young artists’ self portraits: individual interpretations of @bisabutler’s sensational style of INTRICATE ✨quilted✨portraits! American artist Bisa Butler’s larger-than-life portraits hang in galleries such as the
Clay and sculpture are important components of our curriculum, and we especially try to include these projects in our Art Camps! 👐 Students love it- and WE love a good 3D, textural, formed-by-hand piece of art! 👏 Check out the recently added Fall
FALL SESSION ART CLASSES ARE OPEN! 🍁 Back to school, back to art! We can’t wait to see you back in the Studio in a few weeks! 🎨 Register Now at the Link in Bio, and at makeforjoy.com.

Find us on Instagram & Facebook, @makeforjoy

Meet Our Staff & Instructors

We are so excited to meet YOU and see you in the Make For Joy Art Studio soon!

Click to Meet Us!

Visit our new studio in Downtown Walla Walla