Artisan MADE 2026: Bloom Where You Are Planted
You don’t need a bigger studio.
You don’t need more supplies.
You don’t need to become someone else.
You can begin with what you have.
Right where you are.
This year, Artisan MADE is about blooming into the most authentic version of the artist you already are.
Join us October 2–4, 2026, for an intimate, hands-on creative weekend with Renee Smith and Danielle Kaminski, hosted at Reinvintage Warehouse inside Drayton Mills Marketplace.
The Weekend Schedule:
Friday 10/2
2:00PM
Artisan Business Intensive
Practical business education, honest conversations, and encouraging ideas to help you build a creative business that reflects your goals.
https://shop.reinvintagewarehouse.com/.../In.../2VG014
6:00PM
Floral Palette Painting with Renee Smith
Create a beautiful piece of impressionist style art with Renee Smith on a Keepsake Palette for a unique design that is all your own.
https://shop.reinvintagewarehouse.com/.../In.../2VG015
Saturday 10/3
10:00AM
Textured Weaving Workshop
Begin Saturday Morning with a hands-on weaving experience inspired by the beauty and simplicity of wildflowers.
https://shop.reinvintagewarehouse.com/.../In.../2VG016
3:00PM
Functional Art Workshop: Furniture Painting with Renee Smith
Learn how to create a beautiful, dimensional canvas out of your furniture and add you own art for unique pieces that showcase your style.
https://shop.reinvintagewarehouse.com/.../In.../2VG017
Sunday 10/4
2:00PM - 6:00PM
Mixed Media Open Studio
Choose your own mixed-media project from a menu of creative options and enjoy a relaxed afternoon creating alongside Danielle and Renee.
Your All Access registration includes a $35 Open Studio Credit, so you can choose the project that inspires you most.
This isn't a large conference. It's an intentionally small gathering for only 8 attendees in the Artisan Business Intensive.
That means plenty of time to ask questions, receive personal instruction, share conversations around the table, and enjoy the kind of creative community that makes Artisan MADE so special.
October 2–4, 2026
Spartanburg, South Carolina
All Access Registration: $425
https://shop.reinvintagewarehouse.com/.../In.../2VG013
Your registration includes all four workshops, a $35 Open Studio Credit for Sunday's creative experience, and a weekend designed to encourage creativity, connection, and meaningful time spent making.
If you've been longing for a weekend to slow down, create with your hands, and reconnect with the joy of making, we'd love to have you around the table with us.
We’ve added a special Bonus Session to the Artisan MADE Weekend!
Begin the Artisan MADE weekend outdoors with featured artist Renee Smith for a special Plein Air Painting session.
During this two-hour workshop, Renee will guide participants through her expressive, impressionistic approach to painting while working from the landscape and surroundings of Drayton Mills. Participants will explore ways to observe color, light, shape, and movement, then translate what they see into a painting that feels loose, personal, and full of life.
Rather than focusing on creating a perfect representation of the landscape, Renee will encourage participants to interpret the scene through their own perspective while sharing techniques for simplifying what they see, choosing a composition, building layers of color, and capturing the feeling of a place.
This bonus session is a wonderful way to begin the Artisan MADE weekend, creating outdoors, slowing down enough to notice your surroundings, and exploring how your own artistic perspective influences what makes its way onto the canvas.
All materials and instruction are included. No previous plein air painting experience is required.
https://shop.reinvintagewarehouse.com/store/product/In-Person%20Classes/2VG018
Date: October 2nd, 2026
Time: 9:00am to 11:00am
Instructor: Renee Smith
Cost: $128 per person
Artisan MADE Full Access Ticket Holders: $75