Creation over Consumption
The Art Room believes in creation over consumption - we know purpose is found in what you create, not what you consume because you were made to make something beautiful.
Our Story
January 2024, my wife and I decided, for the first time, to properly keep the Sabbath: we would spend every Saturday at home making art, spending time together, and resting. We put out an open invitation for friends to join us.
Our friends told their friends, and pretty soon genuine strangers were showing up at our door on Saturday mornings asking, "is this the place I can make pottery?".
From January to August, our doors were open almost every single Saturday and hundreds of people came into that art room (then our living room) and created.
It became clear to us that the city of Boise needed its own art room.
We raised some money, partnered with a coffee roasting company, had a baby, leased and renovated a building downtown, and opened an art center coffee shop.
Today, we run the Art Room, a non-profit with the vision of cultural revival. Every Saturday we still invite our friends to come rest and create with us.
Cat and Mike Hanson
the Art Room Founders
"Mom's always had an art room - growing up, it was the spare bedroom downstairs where I learned to create."
- Mike Hanson, Founder
Support the Art Room
The Art Room is a non-profit fully funded by individual donations. We believe in creation over consumption because we know purpose is found in what you create, not what you consume. So, we teach people pottery for free every Saturday and host a space to make art.
Our vision is to build a new cultural fabric. Join us in teaching people to create, impacting lives, and reaching the city.
If you support our mission or have found value in the Art Room, then become a monthly donor today.
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