School of Visual Philosophy

This studio is awesome! I was looking for a fully equipped model shop for a long time and I felt very lucky to find this place. People here are very friendly and helpful. Yori the founder here is very knowledgeable, and I took a private model making class with him and it was very solid 2 hours. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants to make something, anything:)

This art place is wonderful! I started with a beginning casting class with Yori. It’s a year later and I’m making, molding, and casting in cement, plaster, and bronze. Plus, I just rented a personal studio space and plan to do a lot more art in a creative, educational, supportive, and fun environment!

Recently took a screen printing class. The class was in two parts:
1. A Photoshop class to prep the images for the screens
2. a 4-​color screen printing lesson
It was great class. I learned a great deal from the instructors, and felt like I could create a few more pieces. LOVE the fact that Visual Philosophy is in this area. Always grateful to have art studios close to downtown!

I’ve recently taken a workshop with Dana and it was wonderful. She is such a patient instructor and really knows her stuff.
All the people there are helpful and friendly.
I will definitely be back and highly recommend this place to anyone who is seeking their creative self.

This place is were dreams come true! You can really see it in the artists that study here. The owners are full of knowledge, so when they are around and not juggling their adorable 7 month old, two dogs, or their second job, you might get lucky and learn something you never heard of. This place has only been open for a year, but the transformation is breath taking! You can really feel the sense of community when you walk in. To me, it feels like it’s been open for many years. This place is a perfect spot for artist to create and do what they do best. It’s like a second home for an artist.

This review covers both renting studio space and attending their classes.
School of Visual Philosophy is a great concept but there are a lot of issues that need to be worked out.
Studio Rental Review
*We rented for about 4 – 6 months before deciding to leave due to poor conditions of the studio space.
Pros:
–Space to do work.
Cons:
–Equipment is old and dated.
–Rent is fairly high comparatively to other art studios in the area. Studios are super tiny. You can get something elsewhere that is twice the size for the same price if not less.
–Lots of equipment needs constant repair.
–Kind of a sketchy area.
–We went a month without electricity in our studio because landlord took forever to set it up. Should have been comped partial rent that month but was not.
–Owners are slow to respond to emails/​phone calls. Poor communication
–Lots of dust all over from heavy equipment sculpture making use. There is not proper ventilation which results in the dust carrying into studios and getting into say your paintings which are drying. After only a couple days we would come back into our studio to find a layer of dust over everything. Could even potentially be a health issue. It feels more like a sculpture work shop than art studios.
–Owners were not too keen when other artists inquired about running their own classes.
Screen Printing Class Review:
Don’t even bother… The entire time over the two month long weekend class was a waste. Our teacher was not prepared with the equipment (along with equipment having issues every class) and so our class was a trial and error every time. It got to the point where we did not even want to go but felt obligated due to having spent the money on it. Teacher also was not so keen on providing students with supplies even though it was an expensive class. We bought ourselves a do it yourself kit at a local art store that taught us everything we needed for half the price of what the class ended up costing.

When I stumble upon this place. I love the idea of the classes and workshops they offer.
I would enjoy taking all or most of the classes the school offers.
I would give them 10 starts if I could Take a class. My disappointment is. I cant talk to any one. I have email, called, stop by to talk to some one about signing up for classes. I was told the main people are not here. Ill take your number and someone will call you back.
The first time I inquire about a class was a year ago. Walked in ask to sign up for a welding class.
The people where very nice. They ask to leave my info and I would get a call back from the person that run the class. 4 months latter I get a call. That they have room for the class that weekend coming up. That didn’t work for me.
This time I email, called, and even sign up on line. I have not receive a called or email to inform about the class. This is over a month of waiting.
Love the idea of the school. But contacting them has been impossible so far.