09/09/2019
Dear Creative Side Family,
After 14 amazing years of art instruction in our community, The Creative Side officially closed it’s doors in May 2018.
“Miss Debby” began this business with a handful of students in 2004. Beginning with classes in her home, she soon expanded by offering classes to Home School groups and through Parks and Recreation in Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Stafford, King George, Louisa, and Culpeper. As enrollment grew, she hired co-instructors, held classes at Liberty Town Arts and rented the Studio on Jackson Street, eventually moving to the new Studio on Salem Church Road.
As so often happens, competing priorities take us in different directions and down different paths. Some of our team are pursuing our careers and educations, some are focusing on family, and some have moved out of the area. We are grateful for all the wonderful years we spent together.
We have so many awesome memories! The kid-centric First Friday celebrations, the Art Shows & Halloween Parties. We love all of the wonderful, talented, smart, funny kids (and adults!) we have taught through the years. These have been some of the best years of our lives.
The Creative Side tradition and philosophy of gentle guidance and confidence building lives on with Artists in Bloom. “Miss Jo” has continued offering classes through Spotsylvania Parks and Rec, and is expanding into new counties. Please contact her at Artists in Bloom for future inquiries about classes, Scout badges, Home School art, and paint parties.
We want to thank each and every one of you for making The Creative Side such a success. It has been a joy serving you.
Thank you,
Debby Munro
Kathleen Kaelin
Jo Rancel
Brandon Yowell
Tracy Clater Colby
