What we’re about
Are you looking for a creative outlet, growth in your visual art skills, new friends, or just a reset? Slate Blue Studios offers one-of-a-kind art classes and event collabs in the charming new ART House 360 (401 W. Verona Ave.) in downtown Verona, WI.
Why join? Learn about opportunities to:
- Expand your creative process at any level
- Express yourself using diverse mediums
- Connect with others in a welcoming, guided, creative space,
- Cultivate community though events, books, & local foods, and
- Enjoy free arts experiences in Verona such as Gallery Night, Make Music Verona, a Book Club, and free performances and demonstrations at ART House 360!
Meet talented local artists who will lead you through unique experiences that are great for your brain and your soul.
Each art class offering has a ticket price; scholarships and discounts are available at https://www.slatebluestudios.com/scholarship.
Upcoming events
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Weekly Art Class - TUESDAYS from 11:30am-1pm
ART House 360, 401 W Verona Ave, Verona, WI, USThis is a paid event. Learn more at Slate Blue Studios Art Class Registration.
Drop-in Classes every Tuesday from 11:30am-1pm!
Remote? Retired? Homeschooling? We've got your daytime class! Hosted by artist Cole Melvin, Weekly Drawing Drop-Ins are for anyone who wants a hands-on art experience -- at any level.
Using pencil, colored pencils, or oil pastels, Cole will lead us through an exercise centering the current season. Expect park wanderings, still-life setups, or assorted props to study and observe. Experience live and pre-recorded demonstrations of drawing media, skills, and techniques. Or enjoy drawing from imagination and benefit from sharing ideas and inspiration with others.
All materials are included in the sliding scale ticket price of $28-38.
Taking time to play, create, and practice enhances mental wellbeing, fosters creativity and imagination, and improves visual learning and fine motor skills.
"Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you're willing to practice, you can do."
- Bob Ross
Cole Melvin is an artist and educator who celebrates the wisdom and wonder of the natural world through contemporary nature illustration and fine arts instruction. Finding a love for nature and art was easy given the amount of time he spent immersed in wild spaces, seeking peace in nature exploration and creative expression. These continue to offer him a sense of security and inspiration—gifts that he yearns to share with others.
He studied art and design education at Northern Illinois University, then relocated to Madison, Wisconsin where he started a career as an elementary school art educator. He currently works as an independent artist and private art teacher in the Madison area.
With a naturalist’s curiosity and a storyteller’s heart, Cole invites audiences of all ages to see nature not just as a subject, but as a teacher with wisdom to share; to see art-making not just as a pastime, but as an exercise for wellbeing. Through his illustrations and instruction he hopes to give people the skills they need to make art, find joy, and discover their own style.4 attendees
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