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Group pARTy - Holiday
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Course Number: EVENT25GPH03
Dates: Saturday, November 8, 2025
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Meets: Sa from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Fee: $900.00
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Add a unique, creative element to your next event or with guided art parties at Spruill Center for the Arts.
Spruill provides a teaching artist, project materials, and the environment to create and have fun. Each party guest will leave with a completed project (except ceramics and glass - pieces will be available for pick up 1-2 weeks after class)!
Create your party:
Step 1: Choose your artistic medium; Choose from four different artistic experiences: watercolor painting, acrylic painting, ceramics, or glass art*.
Step 2: Create your guest list; All mediums require a minimum of 10 guests, no more than 12 guests for Glass Art, no more than 15 for Ceramics, no more than 20 for Acrylic or Watercolor Painting. Please communicate your total guest count to our events team at least 2 weeks prior to your event. If you have more than 20 guests, reach out to us at events@spruillarts.org, so we can work on planning a party that will work for your guest count!
Step 3: Add food, drinks, and fun; Use our official group party caterer, Graze Craze, pick from our list of preferred vendors, or bring in your own food/caterer for an additional $75 charge**.
Step 4: Party & Create! Create, connect, and celebrate -- every guest leaves with a handmade piece of art* and great memories.
Spruill Members receive $100 off their Group pArty booking! Learn more on how to Become a Member Today!
*Seasonal projects and medium are subject to availability and may vary by art style and date. Mediums available will be listed on the payment screen (Next page).
**Subject to terms and conditions.
***Glass art projects will be available for pick 1-2 weeks after event. Ceramics pieces will be available with in 2-2.5 weeks after the event.
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Save $100.00 with a Spruill Center for the Arts Membership - New and Renewal or Spruill Center for the Arts Membership - New and Renewal
Kelly Thames
mauldinrb@bellsouth.net
Kelly's Classes
Kelly Thames teaches Fused Kiln formed Glass. She practices individualized teaching for Beginners to Advanced in her classes. For more information and examples of her work, please visit her website at www.KellysGlassArt.com..
Kelly has a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Auburn University and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Georgia State University. She also has 18 M.F.A. credit hours in Illustration from Academy of Art, San Francisco.
Kelly has had several teachers over her career who have been inspirational, but a major mentor has been Maralyn Wilson, an artist and Gallery owner in Birmingham - her home town. During graduate school, she had many teaching opportunities of many different ages and levels, and Kelly found she enjoyed it, which influenced her decision to become an instructor.
Her teaching career in Atlanta began at the American College for the Applied Arts and Callanwolde where she taught Drawing and Watercolor classes. She was able to return to her alma mater, Georgia State University, to teach watercolor and sculpture classes in Continuing Education department. Currently, Kelly teaches Glass Fusing at Spruill Center for the Arts in Dunwoody, Georgia while still teaching Art Foundation classes at Kennesaw State University and Georgia Highlands College.
Experiences with glass blowing and glass casting led Kelly to explore the beauty of Kiln-formed glass. She was able to take classes at the Bullseye Glass factory in Portland, Oregon and study with Nathan Sandberg. She has also taken glass courses with Leah Barr, Barbara Armstrong, and Petra Kaiser.
