Get Creative With Your Group
Bring your group together with a hands-on creative experience designed for connection, exploration, and fun. Wheelhouse Studios hosts guided artmaking experiences for birthdays, bridal parties, friends, UW staff and alumni, student organizations, local businesses, community groups, and more.
No prior experience needed! Just show up ready to make something together.
Please note: Wheelhouse Studios primarily serves guests 18 years and older. Youth accommodations may be available with prior approval, based on program type and supervision requirements.
Group Art Experiences are facilitated sessions that combine creativity and connection. Experiences are led by a trained student facilitator and include all materials, setup, and instruction.
Each participant leaves with a finished, take-home piece and an experience worth remembering.
These experiences are perfect for birthdays, team-building, student organizations, alumni, and community gatherings.
Turn up the heat and create something that truly shines! Working on pre-cut glass panels, your group will design their own custom fused glass artwork by layering color, shapes, and textures. Finished pieces are kiln-fired and available for pickup approximately 1–2 weeks after your experience.
What You’ll Make
One 4”x6” or 6”x6” fused glass panel, display-ready as either a wall hanging or tabletop piece (attachable loop or stand included)
Details
Pricing
All materials and instruction included.
Shape something uniquely yours! Get hands-on with air-dry clay as you sculpt a functional tray or small vessel. Learn basic hand-building techniques to shape, texturize, and personalize your pieces. Finish with acrylic accents and take it home the same day to finish drying.
What You’ll Make
One hand-built dish or small vessel (½ lb air-dry clay per participant), finished with acrylic accents for take-home completion.
Details
Pricing
All materials and instruction included.
Explore the art of pyrography by creating custom designs on natural wood rounds. Learn how to safely use a wood-burning tool to add patterns, lettering, and illustrations while expressing your own creativity. Whether your style is bold and graphic or detailed and intricate, you'll leave with a handcrafted set that's uniquely yours.
What You'll Make
A set of two wood-burned coasters featuring your own custom design.
Details
Pricing
All materials and instruction included.
Layer color, texture, and fabric into a bold visual design. Using a no-sew technique inspired by the Japanese art of kinusaiga, participants create a stunning picture made of fabric using a pre-drawn template. Finished panels can stand alone or contribute to a larger visual display when grouped together.
What You’ll Make
One mounted 6”×6” fabric collage panel, ready for display or group installation
Details
Pricing
All materials and instruction included.
Make a lasting impression through layered, hands-on printmaking. Using gel plates and acrylic paint, participants create layered images made up of color, texture, and fun patterns. Each person will leave with a collection of original works on paper. Perfect for sharing or keeping.
What You’ll Make
3 finished 8”×10” prints plus additional experimental prints made during the process (plastic sleeve included)
Details
Pricing
All materials and instruction included.
1. Choose your experience
Browse from our current menu of group art experiences.
2. Submit a request
Tell us your group size, preferred date and time, and any accessibility needs.
3. We’ll connect with you
Within 5 business days, our team will reach out with availability and next steps to confirm your booking.
4. Create together
Your group will be guided through a hands-on artmaking session and leave with finished work—and a shared experience worth remembering.
Our Group Art Experiences are:
We combine studio-quality materials with approachable facilitation, so every participant can succeed.
Wheelhouse Studios is committed to accessible and inclusive programming. If your group has specific accessibility needs, please include them in the Comments portion of your request so we can adapt materials, instruction style, and setup as needed.
We partner with community organizations and accessibility-focused groups to support a wide range of participation needs.
Submit a Group Art Experience Request Form and our team will follow up with availability, pricing, and experience options. You can expect a response within 5 business days for confirmation.
Request a Group Art Experience
Policies & Guidelines: Group Art Experience Guidelines