About the owners....
Chelsea Blankinship and Julie Stone
Julie and Chelsea founded the Artist Within to bring the concept of art
as entertainment to Coweta County. They wanted their customers to feel
accomplished and amazed at what they can do, and have fun doing it.
Shortly after they began holding classes in a local Peachtree City
restaurant, they saw a need to grow.
They moved into the house on Main Street in Sharpsburg, and reopened as
an Art Entertainment venue.
Chelsea teaching the opening class in the restaurant, and getting ready for Pink Week.
Pics of Julie at our Sharpsburg location.
In the news.....
Published Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in Business
Business Briefs: The Artist Within opens in Sharpsburg
The Times-Herald
The Artist Within, an "art as entertainment" venue, opened in June in Sharpsburg.
The studio offers easy to follow lessons in acrylic painting, and customers take their paintings home the same day.
Owner and founder Julie Stone calls it an "oral paint by numbers" style of class.
"No part of the class is hard, you just need to follow the steps," Stone said. "I frequently have people tell me that they aren't an artist, or painting isn't for them, and those are the folks that are sending cell phone pictures of their masterpiece at the end of class."
The Artist Within also offers children's classes and parties, group events or parties, and fundraisers with activities for organizations.
"You truly don't have to have any artistic skills to have a great time here," Stone said.
Stone got the idea for her business after attending a painting class in Atlanta. "It was so much fun and I had a great sense of accomplishment at the end of the class. I looked around the class of about 50 people and everyone else had the same feeling. They were all smiling and surprised at what they had done," she said. "I knew then that this was something that we needed on the southside, and I was going to bring it here."
For more information visit www.theartistwithinonline.com .