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A studio, a motor, a lot of paint, and a rule that nobody has to be good at this.
Nobody has to be good at this.Creative activities in Montréal
Choose your colours. Add paint. Make the canvas move.
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Start with a blank figure. Pick your colours. Pour.
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More colours. More tools. More possibilities.
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A special night with glow-in-the-dark paint.
COMING SOONExperiences
Most people stopped making things at about eleven, when somebody graded it. The drawing got a mark, the mark was not great, and that was that for the next twenty years. ArtChaos exists to get around that, and the way around it is a machine that produces something good no matter who is operating it.
How it works
We are at 31 Saint-Viateur Est, in Mile End. Street parking is on Saint-Viateur and the streets around it: some days plenty, some days less. By metro, get off at Laurier and walk fifteen minutes, or take the 55 bus along Saint-Laurent and get off at Saint-Viateur. At the door you sign a short disclaimer, then we hand you an apron and gloves, because there is always a chance of paint on you. Your Art Master walks you to your station.
Before anything that counts, a practice canvas. Your Art Master shows the machine, the bottles and the two or three movements that do most of the work, then you try them yourself. Nothing important can go wrong here, and most people find their colours in these five minutes.
Then the real one. You choose the colours, you decide when to pour and when to spin, and the table does the rest. If you want, we take photos while you work and with the finished piece, and email them to you privately. Nothing is published.
The wet canvas goes into the drying oven for fifteen to twenty minutes. That is the moment for the bar on the other side of the room: a cocktail, a beer, something without alcohol, a snack, and an opinion about everyone else’s canvas.
Once it is dry, the canvas goes into a bag and home with you, along with the hour you spent making it. Next time, try a different technique: nobody has made the same canvas twice.
Experiences
Because drawing is not involved. There is no line to get wrong, no proportions, no blank page. There is a spinning surface and gravity, and both of them are better at this than you are. You choose colour, speed and when to stop — three decisions, all of them impossible to fail.
The room itself
What you take home
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Inside an ArtChaos session
Fluid toys, start to finish
Spin art and fluid art at ArtChaos
What people say
354 reviews on Google, averaging 4.8 out of 5. 182 five-star reviews in the last two years. Read them all
I had never painted anything before and this was an amazing experience and lots of fun. I definitely recommend it.
There’s something genuinely magical about watching the colors fly and seeing your one-of-a-kind canvas come to life. No artistic talent required — just pure joy and a little creativity!
Le spin art était une activité vraiment réussie pour l’anniversaire de mon filleul. Tout le monde a adoré, autant les enfants que les adultes.
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Good questions
The things people ask us most, answered quickly.
Yes, a one-hour one: an Art Master shows the technique, you practise on a first canvas, then paint the one you keep. It is a creative activity for adults, children from five, couples and groups, with no experience needed and everything supplied.
ArtChaos is a social art studio and creative event venue in Montréal. Guests make Spin Art canvases, Fluid Toys and seasonal pour-art projects with simple guidance from our team.
Spin Art uses a motorized platform that rotates a canvas. You apply paint while changing the speed and position, creating circular movement, layers and patterns that are difficult to reproduce twice.
Fluid Toys are collectible figures decorated by pouring selected paint colours and optional glitter over the surface. Each pour creates a different pattern.
No. There is no drawing requirement and no traditional painting class. The team explains the equipment and technique, then you choose the colours and make the piece your own.
A regular session runs 60 minutes. Larger private group events can run for two to three hours.
Paint, tools, protective equipment, use of the studio equipment, basic guidance and your finished creation are included unless a specific package states otherwise.
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