Painting with a Twist

I just wanted to update the fact that I learned you can paint with a purpose. I attended the paint event today to support a foundation for women and was able to help them raise funds for their foundation. Painting with a Twist continues to be a staple for the Memphis community and not only can you have fun, relax, and/or brush up on your art skills, but you can paint for a good cause! Love it!

Great place for a date night. It was really fun painting while drinking wine. The vibe was nice and the instructor went step by step so you wouldn't miss anything. I will definitely be going back!

What a fun and creative well spent!All the kiddos had sooo much fun !!Booked online Secured seat and canvas size

This was my time visiting Painting With a Twist and I must say that I enjoyed myself. A dear friend of mine was hosting her birthday celebration there and we had a ball. Painting, eating and drinking and toasting her a Happy Birthday. The staff was so professional and fun. They instructed us on gathering our apron before sitting at our table. We enjoyed fun, laughter and learning to terribly paint with guided lines. Lol. I'd return and also tell others about this business.

My first time at this studio was a few weeks ago. I haven't been to a PWAT location in close to 3 years. Overall a great time! Our instructor was great and fun. Good mix of music playing throughout the place. Just remember:1. Don't wear your fancy clothes. It's a painting studio after all.2. Bring snacks and/or alcohol drinks! But please, just note that they don't have utensils, cups, plates, etc.

My first time coming checked in on yelp and received a free gift awesome I had too much fun painting and dancing just an all around great time I most definitely be doing this event again.

Such a fun place to work and go for a date night!!! They can host large parties or intimate date nights and make it so fun for whoever is there :) I work here but I have come to classes as a customer and I had so much fun! Bring all the wine and snacks you want and be ready to party!!!

This was such a fun experience! I was visiting Collierville for the weekend and decided to do this because the weather was cold and rainy. This is great for a date night, anniversary, girls night out, birthday, etc! It was so much fun and the energy of the employees was great. They were fun and energetic. There was good music playing the whole time. You can bring your own alcohol or snacks. They give great instructions on how to paint the picture step by step. I would definitely do this again!

We had a great time painting our doormats! My friend and I had a great time. We plan on going back to paint more projects.

*****PART 1*****To whomever this may finds you, After days of contemplating whether I would do this as I am one who usually does not write reviews , I must speak on the strength of my own experience. As one who holds a large following on social media, I've decided to be generous enough to not blast them on my platform as that is simply not my character and as the owner informed me that it is a family owned business, I would never intend to take food from their table and wish them nothing but the best. Nevertheless, If you are black please proceed with caution when booking. My family and friends decided to book me a surprise painting with a twist gathering in one of the private rooms in the back which included painting, music, food, and fun that could have turned into a disaster quickly had we been the typical stereotypical black people they thought we were. Starting out things were great, but as the instructor proceeded she begin to become irritable with my family and friends due to them doing exactly what they paid to do "have a good time". While no one was rude or disrespectful, they were a bit chatty, as a normal large gathering would be that involved food, music & drinks. Also, she was moving pretty fast and we could not keep up so we asked her to slow down. Her entire demeanor seemed to take a shift but we ignored it. As time went on, we asked if she could change the music and began to get up and dance throughout our break that she gave us, keeping a safe distance from the staff I danced around, mingling with the parties involved and well I can't express this enough being very respectful with it. Time passed, the young lady on stage began to grow more irritable as she instructed the class, it was very noticeable. She suddenly sent us on another break and rapidly stormed out the room in irritation due to the chatting amongst ourselves, everyone was left in confusion. Time after that, the owner (or the lady from the front desk) presented before us and called me out by name. Being as though it's my birthday, I continued to dance as I answered her with great excitement. She rudely demanded "IM GONNA NEED YOU TO STOP THE FREAKY DANCING, THE FREAKY DANCING WILL HAVE TO STOP, NOW!", in confusion I responded, "I'm sorry?" because what appeared to her as she calls it 'freaky dancing" is actually a cultural dance in the black community, quite offensive as she repeatedly insulted me and She then went on to explain how my (cultural) dancing is making her staff uncomfortable. As a healthcare professional, I would recommend that she learn deescalation and professional etiquette. The first step in appropriation is investigation, she immediately presented herself in a demand of delegation and utter entitlement because in actuality the instructor was upset because the class wasn't quiet but decided to go with a different narrative so she wouldn't look like the bad guy. It would be deemed more appropriate to ask one to step in private for a conversation or away from the party instead of intending to humiliate me in front a room of thirty individuals ;however, I can advocate and stand up for myself, respectful. Next, I would recommend that you guys educate yourself on diversity in a place of business because apparently dancing while black means that you're gyrating all over the place or as the owner referred to it as "freaky dancing". I proceeded to explain to her how it's my birthday and I did nothing inappropriate of the sort, specially being as though my parents were in the room with me and how her (instructor) or daughters seemed uncomfortable throughout the entire class from our choice of music, to it being a room full of predominantly black people. I respectfully gave her an insight on my take of the situation in which she seemed to have lack in understanding, I also asked If she could replace the "uncomfortable" staff or her daughters because we were simple here to have a good time and didn't want any bad energy, she of course refused. She was quite passive aggressive from the moment we stepped foot in the building, ultimately forcing one of our other members of the party to depart after we offered to purchase a ticket for that individual despite the miscommunication was a red flag in itself. If you're into painting in silence, humiliation, and no cultural dancing then this is the perfect place for you ! There's a plethora of other locations that allow you to have a great time without making you feel like you're being watched because of the tone of your skin. I've always enjoyed painting with a twist events and this is the first location I've ever experienced someone attempt to humiliate me. Thank you for your time!Memphis, Tn***Very unfortunate that Yelp will not allow me to upload the video to support my review***