Clay Cafe Combining Art/Coffee Shop In Santa Monica

Combining art with food/drink appears to be a trend in Santa Monica.  I recently told you about The Splatter Studio, and now there’s another new venture as well.  Billing itself as a “paint-your-own-pottery studio and cafe”, Clay Cafe is moving into the space at 620 Wilshire Blvd. in Downtown Santa Monica.  Their website reveals that, in addition to the clay studio, they will operate a coffee shop that “serves a wide variety of hot and cold beverages and light snacks”.

The Splatter Studio Bringing Art, Beer, Wine To Downtown Santa Monica

Los Angeles’ first branch of Atlanta’s immersive art experience, The Splatter Studio, is coming soon to 321 Santa Monica Blvd in Downtown Santa Monica, previously home to Dragon Herbs (and long ago home of Hooters).  Billing themselves as “a contemporary action painting studio”, the idea here, as I understand it, is to create art by splattering it Jackson Pollock-style across a canvas (and each other?) as a social event and “stress reliever”.  Why am I covering this since I normally write about restaurants?  Because according to the window paper and website, this location will also carry beer and wine to enhance your artistic and social experience.