Bring your family and friends and drop in for some afternoon fun. Meet the faculty, tour the school, and find out about spring classes. There will be face painting, snacks, refreshments, as well as art stations, so that you can take home your first work of art. There is ample free parking available in the shopping center parking lot across the street.

Waynesville Art School offers children’s classes, adult classes, paint nights, kids parties, workshops, and art camps. Classes are available for all levels, beginner to advanced. Registration for classes is available at the grand opening or online at www.waynesvilleartschool.com. Waynesville Art School is a member of the Haywood Chamber of Commerce. 

Lioubov (Luba) Petrova, the founder and director of Waynesville Art School, trained at the prestigious Saint-Petersburg Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (St. Petersburg, Russia), with focus on painting and drawing with acrylic, gloss, pastels and mixed media. 

After coming to the United States in 1992, she was awarded a full scholarship to The Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art (New York City), and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. She has lived and worked in Western North Carolina since 2002.

“I believe that we are all born creative, and somewhere along the way many of us lose touch with this intrinsic part of who and what we are.” Petrova said. “It has always been my dream to pass on the training I have received and to coach each individual to express their innate creativity.”

For more information, visit www.waynesvilleartschool.com.