Wine & Canvas - Kalamazoo, Portage

The teachers at Wine & Canvas believe anyone can be artist. In fact, they draw out skills from people who have never even held a paintbrush before. To do this, they guide participants step by step through the process of replicating a painting during three-hour classes. Painters gather at their studio locations or different restaurants and bars throughout the city.

To keep each class fresh, they regularly change up the selected masterpieces, which can be anything from the Eiffel Tower at night to an abstract rendering of trees. No matter what and where they teach, though, they always supply students with all the necessary accoutrements, including paints, canvases, aprons, and pronunciation guides for realistic French accents. The one thing they don't supply is wine, allowing guests to choose for themselves what to drink at each venue's full bar.

These nights on the town are for adults only, but they do host kid-friendly cookie and canvas nights for children wanting to discover or flex their artistic chops.