ArteVino Studio Millburn — Local services in Millburn

My friend gave me the gift of a painting class at ArteVino in Millburn. It’s something we’ve always enjoyed doing and I was really looking forward to it. We signed up for a class with a picture we both liked. The day before they told us the class was cancelled because they didn’t have 8 people signed up and to pick another one. We did, only to have that class cancelled. This happened 3 times before we actually got to take a class. We arrived about 10 minutes early on our day and were ready to go at the start time of 2pm. Not all of the people who signed up to attend were there so the instructor waited to start about 20-30 minutes. The cups we were given to clean our brushes in were filthy reused plastic cups and the brush handles were filled with hardened paint. The easels we used to hold our canvases were caked with old dried paint. The sink area was filthy with paint all over the wall and the sink. Once we got started the instructor told us several times to ‘keep up’ with her which made me feel pressured. About 4:15 she started telling us that she had another class at 5 and to finish up. She started the class late shouldn’t we get the full time allotted? As we were finishing and leaving the instructor repeatedly told everyone to leave her a tip. ‘I take cash, Zelle or Venmo’. She said it personally to my friend and I several more times and when we tried to leave she stood in front of us and said she wanted a tip. I was very embarrassed because I didn’t have anything extra to give and felt humiliated by her repeated insistence that we had to give her a tip. We contacted the owner whose response was that they would ‘replay the video’ because they record all classes and speak to the instructor. Poor customer service all around. We will not be recommending or returning to ArteVino...

This studio was packed on a Saturday night. I was not thrilled with the seating arrangements, where we were not sitting in front of our instructor, but rather to the side. We had to constantly turn our heads to the side to follow their painting instructions. Also, there was one instructor and no assistants. For the amount of people in that night, there was no way anyone would have gotten any individual guidance. The instructor would paint then walk around the classroom showing what her painting looked like. That was a little help being we had to turn our heads endless of times to be able to see what she was doing then try to follow the same on our paint to ensure we were not missing out on anything. The color variety that was provided was not great neither. Our painting had a lot of different colors in it and so the instructor ended up "revising" the painting if I may and changed it around colorwise. We were not thrilled about that since the painting we had to follow did not end up as the one as advertised. On a good note I must say the registration was fairly easy. The location is right in the downtown area so it was very easy to find. The parking situation is bad though and we had to park a few blocks away. We were able to bring in our own alcohol but we brought our glasses as well. I did not see any glasses available for our drinks as the website advertises. The room is very small but it was fairly comfortable given our class had more than 20 people in there. The lighting was good and we were given aprons upon our arrivals, which came in handy and we avoided staining our clothing. Our overall experience was ok, but my company and I have concluded we wouldn't return to another painting class to the...

Awesome place for wine and painting. Chill ambience with perfect tunes filling the room while you paint. Our artist-teacher was Sarah Chrystal. Very helpful throughout the entire process.

My session was a 3 hour 'advanced' session painting Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. 3 hours went by quickly and you were allowed to stay for a bit afterwards to fine tune your painting. Sarah made everything easy so it wasn't 'advanced' difficult, but I think many of us got hooked into perfectionism...we started to spend time on blending in paints like a pro. This caused some of us to be a step or two behind. Or, it could be that the wine slowed us down just a tad 😊 That extra time afterwards was utilized by many.

There are 2 hour and 2.5 hour sessions offered, each with their own unique artist and/or painting. Check their event calendar and find a painting that you like. 3 hours might be a long, fuzzy session if you plan on consuming a bottle or 2 of wine....