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Where WILL we be?!
Some exciting changes are coming for the Art-Full Barn family! We have purchased property a short three minute drive from our current location and are building an Art Community Campus, with retail, gallery, classrooms, and plenty of places on the property for plein aire painting and other lessons. This is a big deal for our area and hope everyone can take full advantage. As the property is prepared please be patient as a lot needs to be done to make it the best place for creativity and sharing our artwork. The new location will be at 161 GA17, Clarkesville, Ga. 30523.
There are 3 houses and numerous outbuildings and woods and trails to explore and find inspiration. Gail is there most everyday overseeing new construction, cleaning, rearranging, and generally getting the place prepared for some fun. We will have everything that the old location had plus MUCH more as we look for local artists to showcase locally made products. We hope you will join us on this next stage in our journey!
Some exciting changes are coming for the Art-Full Barn family! We have purchased property a short three minute drive from our current location and are building an Art Community Campus, with retail, gallery, classrooms, and plenty of places on the property for plein aire painting and other lessons. This is a big deal for our area and hope everyone can take full advantage. As the property is prepared please be patient as a lot needs to be done to make it the best place for creativity and sharing our artwork. The new location will be at 161 GA17, Clarkesville, Ga. 30523.
There are 3 houses and numerous outbuildings and woods and trails to explore and find inspiration. Gail is there most everyday overseeing new construction, cleaning, rearranging, and generally getting the place prepared for some fun. We will have everything that the old location had plus MUCH more as we look for local artists to showcase locally made products. We hope you will join us on this next stage in our journey!
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Our Story.....
Greg and Gail Kimsey opened the Art-Full Barn in 1998 inside an actual old red barn that was built in the early 1920's. It began as a place for artists to sell their creations in a funky and fun atmosphere. It has evolved into much more that that. As people came in to look at the awesome art on furniture, canvas, and functional items, they would ask if we could teach them how to paint it. So we began teaching art classes in both decorative and fine art techniques. Our students were having trouble finding the art supplies for the classes. We contacted suppliers and began carrying the supplies for our students. Eventually people heard we had art supplies and asked it we could get specific supplies. Our art supply stock grew by leaps and bounds and eventually we realized we had one of the best art supply stores in all of North East Georgia. Our focus shifted from selling art to selling art supplies and art classes. As other art classes became available in the area in other venues we allotted more of our classroom space to art supply sales and farmed out our classes to other teachers and moved new types of product into the class space. We eventually outgrew the barn and moved into the much larger space inside Old Clarkesville Mill. Gail opened an 80,000 square foot Antique store; Old Clarkesville Mill Art & Antiques Mall. With the extremely expanded space, we brought in new products such as Melissa and Doug toys, scale model kits, and birding supplies. We have moved a couple of times, trying to tweak each move to maximize space and our offerings. We currently, and reside at 200 Hwy 197N, the old Forest Service, DNR building. It is a quaint building with lots of character. But if you read the news at the top of the home page you know we are expanding to a much larger location.
Tonya Kimsey Fowler moved home from Colorado and became a partner in the business, opening her own special branch; Mud Fairy Pottery. She produces and teaches pottery and her bubbly personality is a great addition to the store. Her husband, JasonFowler, is a graphic artist and world class fine artist himself. Jason brings a new level of expertise to our enterprise. The 200 Hwy 197 location has been fantastic, and we LOVE this space, but circumstances have made a move necessary. Come see us at the old store for all of your Art Supply and Pottery needs, toys, puzzles, bird seed, and any number of hobby related items; then join us in the new location (hopefully April 1st-ish). If you come to visit the old location and we are not there, fear not! we are at the new location. We'll see you soon!
Greg and Gail Kimsey opened the Art-Full Barn in 1998 inside an actual old red barn that was built in the early 1920's. It began as a place for artists to sell their creations in a funky and fun atmosphere. It has evolved into much more that that. As people came in to look at the awesome art on furniture, canvas, and functional items, they would ask if we could teach them how to paint it. So we began teaching art classes in both decorative and fine art techniques. Our students were having trouble finding the art supplies for the classes. We contacted suppliers and began carrying the supplies for our students. Eventually people heard we had art supplies and asked it we could get specific supplies. Our art supply stock grew by leaps and bounds and eventually we realized we had one of the best art supply stores in all of North East Georgia. Our focus shifted from selling art to selling art supplies and art classes. As other art classes became available in the area in other venues we allotted more of our classroom space to art supply sales and farmed out our classes to other teachers and moved new types of product into the class space. We eventually outgrew the barn and moved into the much larger space inside Old Clarkesville Mill. Gail opened an 80,000 square foot Antique store; Old Clarkesville Mill Art & Antiques Mall. With the extremely expanded space, we brought in new products such as Melissa and Doug toys, scale model kits, and birding supplies. We have moved a couple of times, trying to tweak each move to maximize space and our offerings. We currently, and reside at 200 Hwy 197N, the old Forest Service, DNR building. It is a quaint building with lots of character. But if you read the news at the top of the home page you know we are expanding to a much larger location.
Tonya Kimsey Fowler moved home from Colorado and became a partner in the business, opening her own special branch; Mud Fairy Pottery. She produces and teaches pottery and her bubbly personality is a great addition to the store. Her husband, JasonFowler, is a graphic artist and world class fine artist himself. Jason brings a new level of expertise to our enterprise. The 200 Hwy 197 location has been fantastic, and we LOVE this space, but circumstances have made a move necessary. Come see us at the old store for all of your Art Supply and Pottery needs, toys, puzzles, bird seed, and any number of hobby related items; then join us in the new location (hopefully April 1st-ish). If you come to visit the old location and we are not there, fear not! we are at the new location. We'll see you soon!
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The Art-Full Barn
200 Ga. Hwy 197 N, Clarkesville, Ga. 30523 Phone: 706-754-1247 Hours: Monday thru Saturday: 10am - 5:30 Closed Sunday, Christmas Day and Thanksgiving ...and the occasional snow day... |
Directions: From the Clarkesville Square, take Hwy/Business 441N toward Clayton. Turn left just past The Copper Pot restaurant onto Hwy 197. Go past Pitts Park on the left, cross the Soque river bridge, then look for us on the right just past the Church of God.
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