“It is a warm, cozy, almost cottage-feel atmosphere where students and teachers learn tole painting, papier mache, woodcut, knitting, needle felting and Bob Ross technique oil painting. We have even opened a small dance room where Gina Rager is teaching ages 4 and up jazz, hip-hop and ballet. Recently I decided that Studio 711 could be a really neat, fun place for arts and dance birthday parties so we have begun that as well,” she says.

Renowned sculptor Gene Fenton teaches the unique art of papier mache sculpting, to create dinosaurs, birds and more. If you’ve always wanted to learn to knit, fiber artist Tony Ritchey can teach you to felt your very own purse. And Al Just, a Bob Ross certified instructor, teaches the fine art of creating “happy little clouds and trees” in his oil painting classes. For more information on these and other classes, contact Bartley at 724.840.9880.