About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Adventure.
Every Song
Every Painting
Every Meal
Britt Olson is the founder of Journey Arts. She taught Art in the MCPS Public School System for 12 years but couldn't keep her love for Adventure and wanderlust at bay anymore at the age of 33. She left her career and headed out into the world by Camper Van, Plane, Train, and to bring great Love for Wandering and Art Education together for people of all ages! The team; the Vans, Haven and Kit, reside on the West coast, East coast, and everywhere in between to assist in the JOURNEY to find ART, food, music and travel and brin git to you in the comfort of your home!
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Virtual Immersion
Journey Arts offers Location specific art classes that focus on Techniques, artists, styles, and landmarks within a certain city, country, or location. While we are virtually there, we might as well have subtitles streaming through our lessons based on the language, learn more about the food, whether we are making it at home or getting it an authentic shop nearby, and also learn more about the music and culture to get a feel for the artists perspective and the culture at hand. Many students are unable to travel the world and while they may get there in the future, we want to give them as close to the experience of going we can now. My (Britt) experiences as a kid were mostly road trips and camping and though I loved them, I did not like learning only of other places abroad or a plane ride away through only history class and war facts. I want to know and relearn them through love, art, culture, and food along with you.
MUSIC
FOOD
ART
TRAVEL
Our Values
All Ages Classes
Childhood Inspiration
Paint and Feast
We at Journey Arts believe in Art being taught not primarily based upon age group, but by skill levels. Experienced teaching all ages from Adult Painting sessions, to kindergarten learners, to Students with special needs to digital art at middle school levels with animation and photoshop, to high school drawing and painting. Skills in Art are varied through out ages, and we break teaching down in a way that anyone can follow along,
The courses are divided into 4 different age levels-but you can shop outside of that age if you want a challenge or to try something new.
If you like a a place or a painting and want to create and pursue it, where there is a will, there is a way to meet your artistic goal!
​You can jump around and try different levels, or start with the easier ones, and work your way up through medium and Advanced!
The owner of Journey Arts was in an enrichment group in school as a kid. This was the class where you were able to do all the fun, hands on things you didn't get to do in regular classes- they called us 'gifted', but we were all just very creative and artsy. Things we did in the group ranged from dissecting owl pellets, creating inventions, building bridges with straws, and putting on a play about river conservation. But on that really hit home for me was when we had a scavenger hunt in which another group from another school sent us items from their surrounding area. We had to as a group, try to figure out where they were from and we would send them things about us and where we were from. We sent them crab mallets and salt water taffy. Every week we would burst with joy as we sat around, waiting to see what would come out of their postage box. They sent us items about their home which ended up being........
College Station Texas. Food is such a big enrichment of getting to know an area's culture between the smells, to the flavors, to the local game or produce. I want to bring a sense of culture to these art lessons, and why not start with our favorite, food!
Journey Arts Founder wanted to center this business around painting and food rather than the well known paint and sip concept. Other than the importance of food in each specific location and culture as an art form all in its own, adding to cultural learning , immersion, and awareness. it also has a lot to do with her own story. She grew up in a small beach town, known for drinking culture and it caught on quick with her and the rest of her family and friends in early childhood. After many years indulging and not knowing how it was adding to her life, she tried to abstain it for a new years resolution at 26 and persisted with that notion for 8 years ever since. She also worked in restaurants for the last 20 years, so this is a way for her to bring her love of the service and food industry, with her love of bringing paint to people, without it centering on alcohol.
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Meet The Team
Client Reviews
Parent
"The teacher is EXTREMELY patient, very kind and very helpful. My son had a ton of questions for her and she took the time to answer them. She made sure each of the students were helped and doing well. Definitely recommend!"
3rd Grade Student
"I love art just like you and i want to be an artist one day and you are the one I will remember for teaching me art. Thank you."
Adult Student
"The more I look at the painting across the room today, I can honestly say, it's not half bad (usually it's all bad, since I don't have much of an artistic bone in my entire body).
You're a really great teacher and you went about things at just the right pace, and
I learned a lot. I think you're definitely cut out to do this. You've motivated me to do this again, and I thanks again for making the class so much fun and educational!"
High School Student
“You brought a different energy to the class and made me take art more seriously.
Thank you.”