New Art Studio Blends Good Friends, Food & Wine at West Broad Village

A new local business opening today in West Broad Village aims to bring a unique mix of good friends, good wine and paint. Spirited Art, located next to The Wine Loft, will guide local artists of all ages and skill levels, step-by-step, through the creation of their own masterpieces. The studio will host an eclectic selection of class themes, ranging from college mascots to crosses to wine bottles to Monet’s water lilies.

November 15, 2011; 10:20 AM • by Trevor Dickerson

A new local business opening today in West Broad Village aims to bring a unique mix of good friends, good wine and paint. Spirited Art, located next to The Wine Loft, will guide local artists of all ages and skill levels, step-by-step, through the creation of their own masterpieces. The studio will host an eclectic selection of class themes, ranging from college mascots to crosses to wine bottles to Monet’s water lilies.

“We want to make art easy, accessible, and fun,” said Spirited Art co-owner Dami Snyder. “It’s a creative night out, with a twist. You can relax with a glass of wine and socialize during class.”

The art studio can host up to 60 people per class, and will host adult classes seven nights a week. Children’s classes will be held on the weekends and camps will take place beginning next summer. The studio is also available for team building activities, private parties, and benefit nights.

A Wine Loft server will be available before the class starts and periodically throughout the class to offer food and beverages for purchase.

“We’ll have monthly benefit nights featuring a local non-profit organization,” Snyder told us. “During those evenings, $25 of the $35 seat price benefits the charity.” Every Monday, $10 of the $35 seat price will benefit a designated school.

Don’t worry if you can’t even draw a stick person. Snyder and her co-owner and sister Lauren McCormick will help you create a work of art. “We promise that if you know your letters, shapes and colors, you are prepared to learn how to paint,” Snyder said.

The sisters fell in love with Spirited Art while visiting a friend in Huntsville, Alabama, Spirited Art’s first location. They have wanted to introduce the company’s concept to Richmond for some time now, a vision that has finally become a reality with their Short Pump studio.

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