We all love a good art jamming session. They let creativity loose and you get a cute masterpiece at the end of it. That’s why we’ve sussed out the weird and the wacky, as well as the ol’ school and traditional ways to unleash your inner Picassso through these art jamming studios.
*Advance booking is required for all studios.
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For the uninitiated, art jamming is an activity where you create art – it doesn’t have to be restricted to painting – in an informal and relaxed setting. In contrast to art lessons, art jamming sessions take on a more spontaneous structure where you receive less instruction and are free to make whatever you like.
You might not become fully proficient at the art form by the end of it, but it’s usually a great bonding activity for family and friends, as well as a nice way to destress after a long week.
For those who want a quick overview of the pros and cons of every art jamming studio option, we’ve compiled a table with all the information you need.
Art jamming studio | Best for | Location | Price |
ProjectBlue | Use the sun to make prints | Ruby Industrial Complex, Geylang Bahru MRT station | From $42/pax for a 2-hour session |
The Art Nooq | Turn macarons into works of art | Pearl’s Hill Terrace, Chinatown MRT station | $60/pax for macaron art jamming $35/pax for canvas/tote bag art jamming |
Avant-Garde Art Space | Assemble & decorate a ukulele | Tailee Industrial Building, Marymount MRT station | $115/pax for a 3-hour Ukulele Paint & Play |
State of Shiok | Be a “tattoo artist” for a day | Pearl’s Hill Terrace, Chinatown MRT station | $68/pax for a 3-hour session |
Sage Artelier | LED neon signs & pretty glass displays | Sin Ming Plaza, Upper Thomson MRT station | LED Painting Workshop: $75/pax Glass Painting Workshop: $60/pax |
Art Pop Studio | Destress with balloon splatter art | Kampong Ubi Industrial Estate, Macpherson MRT station | From $85/pax |
Room To Imagine | Design your own clocks with acrylic pouring | Goodman Arts Centre, Katong Park MRT station | Acrylic Pouring: From $35/pax for Fluid Art Bear Jamming Botanical Luxe Resin Dish Workshop: $89/pax Resin Art Platter Workshop: $89/pax |
L’Atelier Du Rêve | Customise BE@RBRIKE-like figurines | North Bridge Road, Bugis MRT station | Enquire with establishment |
Motion Art Space | Paint with a pendulum | Arab Street, Bugis MRT station | From $69/pax |
Café de Paris | Paint in a cafe | 313@Somerset, Somerset MRT station | Off-peak 3-hour session: $28/pax (single) | $25/pax (double) Peak 2-hour session: $26/pax (single) | $22.50/pax (double) |
Splat Paint House | UV art jamming in the dark | Upper Thomson Road, Upper Thomson MRT station | From $46/pax |
Wildflower Studio | Guide painting with cats | Enabling Village, Redhill MRT station | From $20/pax |
Boulevart | Family art jamming sessions | Oxley Thanksgiving Serviced Residence, Great World MRT station | $60/pax |
Heartroom Gallery | Also has art classes for manga drawing & folk art | Dorset Road, Farrer Park MRT station | $40/pax |
My Art Space | Waterfront studio with free flow tea | Istana Park, Dhoby Ghaut MRT station | From $39/pax |
Arteastiq | Beverages & daily promos for sessions | Plaza Singapura, Mandarin Gallery, Jewel Changi | Enquire with establishment |
Artify Studio | Flexible 2.5 hour art jamming | Textile Centre, Nicoll Highway MRT station | From $25/pax |
Paintblush | Art jam while sipping wine | Dunlop Street, Rochor MRT station | From $48/pax for Sip ‘N’ Paint Signature Art Jam |
Our Art Studio | Art jam sessions with tote bags & bear figurines | PLQ Mall, Paya Lebar MRT station | From $26/pax for a 2-hour Art jamming (Unguided) session |
Artist Tique | Unique painting classes like watercolour illustrations & coffee painting | Queen’s Road, Farrer Road MRT station | From $35/pax (weekday) | $40/pax (weekend) for Art Jamming session |
Mochiart Studio | Art jamming sessions with free flow snacks & drinks | Oxley Bizhub 2, Tai Seng MRT station | From $18/pax for Bear Figurine Kit |
stART Studio | Therapeutic art sessions for kids | Bukit Timah Plaza, King Albert Park MRT station | From $38/hour for a trial lesson |
We’re all familiar with getting tan lines from standing out in the sun for too long. Well, that’s the premise of how your next masterpiece is going to look like when you book a session at ProjectBlue.
The art jamming studio has cyanotype workshops, where objects such as flowers and leaves are placed on paper or fabric that is soaked in a light-sensitive solution. These are then left out in the sun for the chemicals to react to UV rays. What you’re left with is a print of your objects in a deep indigo blue.
Beginners can start off with the introductory course to get familiar with cyanotype, but advanced printers can try immortalising their favourite selfie with bae into indigo too with the photo workshop.
Price: From $42/pax for a 2-hour session
Food can be works of art, and no, we don’t just mean tiny portions on large plates that make good pics for the ‘Gram. At The Art Nooq, artists and foodies can combine their passions by painting on macarons to make them extra atas.
Image credit: @artnooq via Instagram
It’s a delicate job having to paint fine details on something this fragile. Rest assured, the art jam is guided by professionals, so your French pastries will look good enough to hang in The Louvre.
You’ll get 5 macarons to paint during the 2-hour session. The paints are edible too, so you can pop them into your mouth once you’re done snapping pics.
If you’re not a fan of macarons, you can also opt for their regular canvas or tote bag art jamming sessions.
Price: $60/pax for macaron art jamming, $35/pax for canvas or tote bag art jamming
Musicians – aspiring or otherwise – here’s how you can walk away with a new skill and instrument from an art jam session. Avant-Garde Art Space has a Ukulele Paint & Play Workshop ($115/pax) that lets you assemble while customising your own ukulele.
Paint and assembly takes place within a 3-hour-long session. That’s plenty of time to get acquainted with your new instrument, from learning its anatomy to picking up knowledge about how strings can be changed in the future.
Once complete, the workshop ends with a lesson on basic playing techniques, so you can start jamming immediately.
Price: $115/pax for 3-hour Ukulele Paint & Play
“Think before you ink” is a wise adage you should really listen to before you get a permanent tattoo. But at the State of Shiok tattoo workshop, you’ll have no ragrets picking up a tattoo machine at their pseudo tattoo art jamming session.
In 3 hours, you’ll be taught by a resident tattoo artist on the basics of inking, turning into an ink master in no time. You get to practice techniques such as fine lining and shading on your own personal sheet of silicone skin.
The design options are literally endless – choose to keep it in black and grey, or add colours to make your artwork pop. For a 3-hour Pseudo Tattoo Experience here with access to unlimited art supplies and visual guides, you’ll be set back at a price of $68.
Price: $68/pax for 3-hour session
Image credit: @sageartelier via Instagram
When it comes to unique craft workshops, The Sage Artelier is your one-stop studio offering a variety of uncommon art jamming sessions. 2 of their most interesting ones include a LED Light Painting Workshop and Glass Painting Workshop.
If you’re obsessed with those aesthetic neon signs all over cafes, you’ll be able to make your very own during the LED Painting Workshop ($75/pax). Have a go at twisting LED tubes to create your design. You’ll also get to paint your own background on canvas, so your neon lights really stand out.
Image credit: @sageartelier via Instagram
Meanwhile, if you’re an anime fan, the Glass Painting Workshop ($60/pax) lets you paint your favourite 2D characters on glass. It’s similar to techniques done in animation studios, and you’ll add colours and details layer by layer to create a smooth finish. This piece of glass comes in a frame too, so it’s good to go if you’re planning to hang it up.
Price:
LED Painting Workshop: $75/pax
Glass Painting Workshop: $60/pax
If you’re looking for a good de-stresser that doesn’t require any prerequisites, try out Art Pop!’s Balloon Splatter Painting Workshop ($85/pax). You’re guaranteed to bring home an abstract masterpiece despite lacking any art skills.
Image credit: Art Pop!
You’re probably wondering how it works. Well, it includes filling balloons with paint then pinning them onto a canvas. Then, go crazy popping the balloons darts to create your own Jackson Pollock-esque work of art.
Price: From $85/pax
When you’ve got a shining personality, you’ll want even seemingly mundane household items to reflect that. That’s what you’ll get when you sign up for Room To Imagine’s acrylic pouring workshops (from $35/pax). The organic flow of dripping paint will leave you with clocks and paintings that look as if they’ve popped right out of Pinterest.
Other techniques include adding gold and using a heat gun to form bubbles to create a colourful wave pool of some sort – super aesthetic.
Depending on what end product you’re thinking of making, they have several workshops available such as the Botanical Luxe Resin Dish Workshop ($89), which uses pressed flowers, glitter glass, and the Resin Art Platter Workshop ($89), which lets you create a coaster to hold keys and jewellery.
Price:
Acrylic Pouring: From $35/pax for Fluid Art Bear Jamming
Botanical Luxe Resin Dish Workshop: $89/pax
Resin Art Platter Workshop: $89/pax
Image credit: @dydy_0917 via Instagram
You’ve probably seen the resurgence of BE@RBRICK figurines all over social media, and if you’re looking to customise your own, L’Atelier Du Rêve will let you do just that. At the Liquid Flow Bear workshop, you’ll pour on your choice of acrylic paints to create a one-of-a-kind collectible.
The studio offers a variety of different sized figurines, from an adorable 8cm-tall bear that’s attachable to your keys, to a 33cm bear you can display at home.
If you think that art and science are complete opposites, Motion Art Space will prove you wrong. In fact, you’ll leave the studio with some stunning masterpieces.
In this fail-proof art jamming session, customers get to play around with the laws of physics and gravity to create beautiful messes of abstract art. To aid in this, the studio is equipped with pendulum set-ups, spin tables, hair-dryers, and other tools for experimenting with.
Motion Art Space also creates a vibey atmosphere with chill tunes to bop to, so you’ll be able to let loose and go full-on mad scientist.
Price: From $69/pax
Combine the great things of food and art together and you’ll get Café de Paris. Paint your next masterpiece here and you’ll get 10% off their food and drinks menus as an art jamming customer. They’ve got desserts such as the Dark Chocolate Crisp Cake ($8.50) and Mille Crepe ($8.50) if you’re craving a sweet bite.
Jammers will get unlimited use of art materials such as acrylic paint, brushes, and stationery alongside reference pictures and an e-guide sheet. The art jamming session also entitles you to one complimentary drink.
Price:
Off-peak 3-hour session: $28/pax (single) | $25/pax (double)
Peak 2-hour session: $26/pax (single) | $22.50/pax (double)
Unlike your everyday art jamming studio, Splat Paint House is the only splatter painting studio in Singapore where you can paint with squirt bottles, syringes, and even water guns.
They’ve got daytime art jamming sessions, but if you’re looking for something truly different, try their UV painting parties. In a fully UV-lit studio, you’ll be equipped with kid-safe, non-toxic fluorescent paint to splash onto your canvas. Don’t worry about getting messy too as you’ll be given a hooded waterproof poncho and plastic feet covers to use.
Price: From $46/pax
Canvas? Check. Paint? Check. Furry cats? Didn’t see that coming, but yes please.
Art jam with not just your instructor and friends, but with furry companions as well at Wildflower Studio – an art studio and cat cafe owned by local author and illustrator Amanda Cho. This studio allows you to let loose with a canvas, acrylic paint, a complimentary drink, and most importantly, 3 friendly cats.
While there’s a Chill out with Cats session where painting is free and easy, there’s also a Semi Guided Art Jam with Cats available for those who prefer a guided painting class.
Price: From $20/pax
If you’re looking for an activity for a small group of 6, opt for the family art jamming session at Boulevart. Instead of working on your own individual paintings, you’ll have to collaborate and paint on different parts of a 90cm x 120cm canvas to complete a large piece of art.
You can also level up your art skills through their workshops to learn how to utilise watercolour, metallics, and even pour art so that no 2 pieces will look the same. Each session lasts for 2 hours with free art supplies and tools – more than enough time to create a masterpiece.
Price: $60/pax
Image credit: @juneee_t via Instagram
Once a studio and art gallery, Heartroom Gallery is now a private home studio located near Farrer Park MRT.
Classes here are 2 hours long, and go at $40/pax per session. While you’re there, you might want to have a go at their other unique art classes such as manga drawing, folk art painting, and Chinese brush painting. You’re even allowed to bring your own snacks and drinks into the venue for a quick energy boost while painting.
Price: $40/pax
Located in the heart of Orchard Road, My Art Space provides a therapeutic environment and free flow tea or coffee while you art jam. You’re given 2.5 hours to create a masterpiece with multiple art materials – all for just $39/pax. And when the creative juices run out, just take a look up and admire the waterfront view to refresh your mind.
There are also add-ons to customise your experience: if you want some guidance from an experienced artist, you can top up $20/pax, for instance. Similarly, upsizing your canvas starts from $10/pax on top of the basic fee.
Price: From $39/pax
Arteastiq is known as that art jamming place if you’re looking for sessions with free refreshments Their 3-hour art jam sessions include a canvas, an unlimited supply of art materials, and a free drink. Take your pick from coffee, tea, or an array of alcoholic beverages which are available at a top-up.
If your mind is as blank as the canvas you’ve got as you start drawing, check out their book corner that’s filled with art books and a variety of pictures for you to draw some inspo from.
An indie studio snugly hidden in Jalan Sultan, Artify Studio has Art Jams that run for 2.5 hours per session, with all materials provided. What’s special about this place is that they have off-peak unguided art jamming sessions with flexible hours, so there’s no need to rush for fixed classes.
Image credit: Artify Studio via Facebook
While it initially followed a pay-as-you-wish honour system with a recommended fee of $35, prices now begin from $25 for an unguided art jam session and $35 for a guided session.
Image credit: Artify Studio
If you end up loving this studio, you can also consider purchasing an art jam package, which comes in the form of 5- or 10-class packs, for more than 10% off regular prices.
Price: From $25/pax
Think of wine and art jamming in a single sesh – that’s Paintblush for you. The studio’s known for their guided Sip ‘N’ Paint Signature Art Jam (from $48), where you bring your own booze and literally sip while painting.
Since it’s a fully guided session, everyone attempts the same image. Just head over to their website to choose from 70 over paintings, which can include seasonal designs for occasions such as Christmas and landscapes such as Marina Bay Sands.
Image credit: @paintblushsg via Instagram
If you’re not the best at painting, you might want to go for the Fully Guided (Signature) session ($75). You’ll get a step-by-step guide by an instructor for 3 hours, while enjoying a glass of wine and a pack of M&M chocolates.
While each Sip ‘N’ Paint session lasts for 3 hours, their unguided art jams are 2.5 hours long and only cost $32.
Price: From $48/pax for Sip ‘N’ Paint Signature Art Jam
With over 7 years of experience, Our Art Studio offers art jamming sessions, and workshops. For an uninterrupted session, consider going for their Art Jamming (Unguided) package, going from $26 for a 2-hour session. You can choose any canvas size of up to 40 x 50cm, and art supplies such as acrylic paint, aprons, canvases, and brushes will be provided.
If you want something more challenging beyond just painting on canvases, you can also try out their Unguided Tote Bag Painting session ($30) and their Unguided Bear Painting session ($38). The latter involves painting a BE@RBRICK-like sculpture.
From 16th November to 28th December 2024, the studio will be conducting a Textured Palette Knife Painting Workshop ($70/2-hour session for kids and adults). You’ll be learning to create 3D textured paintings on canvases using a palette knife, creating a style inspired by Justin Gaffrey, a famous textured acrylic painter from the US.
Price: From $26/pax for 2-hour Art Jamming (Unguided) session
Image credit: @artist.tique via Instagram
Artist Tique is a studio started by a community of artists, who aim to introduce different art styles to art jamming like palette knife textured painting. For beginners, start off with a supervised 2-hour art jamming session that’ll set you back $35 on weekdays, and starts from $40 on weekends.
Image credit: @artist.tique via Instagram
If you want to master a particular art style, challenge yourself by going for a Zen Chinese Painting class ($50), where an expert will guide in brushwork and linear art for 2 hours. Other unique classes here would include Watercolour Illustration ($98), Coffee Painting ($40), and Portraiture Drawing Painting classes ($120), where you will learn how to draw face portraits on canvases.
Price: From $35/pax (weekday) | $40/pax (weekend) for Art Jamming session
Have an art jamming session right in the comfort and safety of your own home by getting a painting kit. For $18, you get a Bear Figurine Painting Kit that’s perfect for an art-loving friend.
They have a variety of art jam packages here, from T-shirt Art Jams ($25/pax), to regular Canvas Art Jams ($20/pax), and Tote Bag Art Jams ($20/pax). If you want to create art that can be used in your everyday lives, consider trying the Canvas Sneaker Art Jam ($45/pax), where you can bring your own Converse sneakers and fabric paints will be provided.
Price: From $18/pax for Bear Figurine Kit
Image credit: @startstudio.sg via Instagram
stART Studio provides therapeutic art sessions for children aged 5-18 years old. Apart from teaching kids art skills like brushstroke techniques, colour theory, and composition, art is also used to build creative expression.
Image credit: @startstudio.sg via Instagram
They offer their art sessions in the form of ART packages, priced at $480 for a total of 10 lesson units. These units can be used for lessons under 2 main categories: Skills-in-ART Painting and Growth ART Coaching. These lessons cover areas such as Figurine Painting, Umbrella Painting, Art Jamming, and are open to adult applications as well.
If you are unsure of paying a full price for their package, you can try out their trial lesson ($38/hour) first to get a feel of what it’s like.
Price: From $38/hour for a trial lesson
The thought of spray painting walls sounds illegal, but trust us, you won’t be going to jail when you book a session at the Heaven Spot. This art jamming session is nothing short of satisfying as you get to legally vandalise walls with spray paint in a 1-hour session.
You get free rein over a 30sqft panel to paint and 2 cans of paint for you to go ham on your graffiti artwork. Depending on how elaborate your piece is going to be, you might want to purchase additional cans. The professional-grade cans are $12 each, but we recommend looking through the semi-used cans bins for $1/can. While it’s impossible to bag home your entire 30sqft masterpiece, a small 60x90cm take-home panel can be purchased for $20.
The next time you want to jio your friends out for a wholesome good time, be sure to keep these art studios in mind. Who knows – maybe you’ll walk home with a museum-worthy masterpiece, or simply enjoy a majorly satisfying de-stressing session. Whichever you’re setting out to do, there’s an art jamming studio that’s perfect for whatever mood you’re in.
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Last updated by Brandon Chia and Shannon Lee on 28th October 2024.
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