We believe everyone is an artist, and you're no exception.

Meet the heart behind the brush.

Everyone is an artist. They just need a place to prove it. Cricket and Brad Willis opened the first Artsy Me on December 1st, 2001, three weeks before welcoming their fourth child. As Augusta's first contemporary ceramic studio, they gave their community something it didn't know it was missing. A place to slow down, create by hand, and leave with something worth keeping.

When life asked them to be flexible, they got creative. Cricket packed up brushes and hit the road. Visiting schools, churches, and events with kids in tow, bringing the Artsy Me experience wherever people gathered. In 2012, they planted roots in Evans at 4275 Washington Road, one of Columbia County's oldest landmarks, and that's still home. A Downtown Augusta location followed in 2016, and after navigating 2020, Artsy Me @ the Gateway opened in Grovetown that October.

More than two decades later, the mission hasn't changed: a welcoming space where any age, any skill level, and any occasion becomes an opportunity to make something meaningful together.