The mission of the Art Room is to shine the light of Jesus and we do that by serving the city with art, coffee, and community.
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.
In 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 nonprofit with the vision of cultural revival. Every Saturday we still invite our friends to come rest and create with us.
At the Art Room, our mission is to shine the light of Jesus by serving our city with art, coffee, and community. We teach people pottery for free. We serve good coffee. We build relationships that build community.
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.
In 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 nonprofit with the vision of cultural revival. Every Saturday we still invite our friends to come rest and create with us.
At the Art Room, our mission is to shine the light of Jesus by serving our city with art, coffee, and community. We teach people pottery for free. We serve good coffee. We build relationships that build community.