Wayne Art Center

I have been bringing my children to the Wayne Arts Center for various arts classes for many, many years. I feel very fortunate that my children have had the benefit of the great opportunities WAC provides for differentiated creative learning. They provide art classes using all kinds of medium, it is hard sometimes to choose one class when the offerings are so inviting. I highly recommend the Wayne Arts Center for both youth and adult learning.

You would think the staff at an art center would be the friendliest people, think again if you are planning on going to Wayne Art center. I have been a loyal customer and MULTIPLE times have been treated horribly. The people that work here are so uptight and rude, they make it a very hostile & uncomfortable environment. Good luck if you ever have to have an encounter with one person in particular, she’s just a… JOY…
Don’t get me wrong there are some amazing teachers here, such as Jill and I highly recommend her! But theres only so many times a person be made feel like an awful inconvenience for simply walking into their studio to pick up their pieces they paid hundreds of dollars to throw. Also the glazes/​supplies are bad quality and they take forever to fire your pieces. I recommend finding another art center.

I had to adjust my rating down to one star. Three of the last four pieces of pottery I made have been destroyed or damaged by the staff at Wayne Art Center before or during the firing process. These pieces were going to be holiday presents. I’ve reached out to them in the past with my concerns, but neither the management of the Center nor the Pottery Studio Manager have responded. A very, very disappointing experience.

Attended the CraftForms 2012 exhibit here — both the Gala Reception on Friday night and the more casual event on Saturday. The reception on Friday night was fantastic. It was very crowded, but the food and drinks were plentiful and everywhere, the staff gave the impression of having dealt with a massive crowd like this many times — nothing ran out or got neglected that I saw. And the food was heavenly, complete with vegetarian offerings.
Saturday had a much smaller crowd, and although we were disappointed that the museum shop wasn’t open, otherwise everything was very nice. There was a talk by the show’s juror, then some time to speak with the artists, then also a talk by the curator of the jewelry show in the other gallery.
And the show itself is amazing, as is the Body Language jewelry show being held in the other gallery.