Studio Stories
Projects taught and lessons learned from two
art teachers, sisters and art studio owners
Welcome to our little blog!
When considering how to celebrate our 10yrs of Little Art House, we realized it’s time to get some of our stories down. From the early days to now, we have learned SO MUCH, seen some things, had some amazing art projects and some serious flops. Through it all, we’ve grown as art teachers, sisters, and business partners. It’s our community and shared experiences that have made it so incredibly special and motivates us to keep imagining, exploring and creating at Little Art House :)
We hope to create with you soon!
- Emma and Leighton
BTW: Pricing & Purpose
Learn more about our priorities when it comes to setting our prices and how we pay our staff.
It’s not glamorous but we wanted to share a little bit of the how we asses pricing our offerings and the method behind our business structure to give some insight on how it aligns with our total mission and vision - creating a safe, supportive space for all creatives (staff and students).
Little Art House: On the Go!
We always knew we wanted to be a brick and mortar location. In fact, it didn’t even cross our minds to do anything other than open a location but almost immediately we realized there was a need for our services to be mobile. We realized that art making wasn’t part of everyone’s repertoire and it also takes a lot of time planning, prepping, and it’s difficult to run a project/activity and enjoy the party or focus on the birthday kiddo.
Little Art House: Imagine, Explore, Create.
How we decided to on the name, Little Art House, what it means to us and the importance of “Imagine, Explore, Create”.
When we were little, Emma and I would spend hours playing pretend. We would pretend to be the Boxcar children (IYKYK) and pack satchels for our journey in the woods, we’d pretend to be Belle and dance and swing our way around the house to Beauty and the Beast songs, and, of course, we played pretend school. We’d try to take turns as the teacher but being the oldest daughter, I tended to grab that role. Teaching was modeled to us by our mother and grandmother, both public school teachers for a total of almost 50 years between them so we always respected teachers and the process of education. Learning was embedded in our daily life (as our grandmother always says “we’re life long learners”).