Get some encouragement for cleaning out your art studio and find fresh inspiration with free art supplies at our Artist Swap!

In this post, we look back at the Birthday Bash celebration that accompanied our Spring Student and Member Showcase and celebrate the winners of the show.

The Art Center is celebrating its 30 th birthday this Saturday with a big birthday bash, and you’re invited! This fun and free event has something for all ages, so it’s the perfect day to come out with the family and enjoy some creative birthday activities. For adults, we have demos from several of our adult class instructors, free try-it classes for drawing and watercolor, adult improv party games, and Art Center Bingo for prizes. For the young and young at heart, we hav

Today, February 27, The Art Center officially turns 30 years old! We started in 1996 as a tiny community art center renting out a single room of the historic Warsaw School , which had been saved and renovated by Mark Burkhalter. Johns Creek didn't exist back then, so we were first known as the Ocee Arts Center. The area looked very different at the time, a far-flung and under-served spot in the north of Fulton County. The Art Center sprung up out of the need for more communit

Venus of Dolní Věstonice Ceramics are an art form that have been around since the Neolithic era, quietly impacting our civilization’s development and acting as a vital record of ancient cultures. Humanity has been crafting things out of clay since at least 28,000 BCE, when the Venus of Dolní Věstonice (the oldest known ceramic piece in the world) was created. Functional clay vessels do not appear to have been developed until much later than this ancient sculpture. Some of t

There are so many ways to connect with your partner at The Art Center, and a lot of them are free!

The holiday shopping season has snuck up upon us once again. As the stuffing and pie settles and the kitchen is brought back into order from Thanksgiving chaos, a new focus emerges. What in the world are we going to give our loved ones this year? If you want to find something a little more special than the gifts that anyone can find in one of the big box stores or online retailers, small art markets are an ideal solution! Not only will you be supporting hard-working local cr