Mud Monkey is Located in the charming Rivergate Village Shopping Center!
(on the corner of Granada Blvd. and Nova Rd.)
126 S. Nova Rd.
PHONE: 386-673-0021 FAX: 386-673-0097
Summer Hours:
Monday 10 – 6
Tuesday 10 - 6
Wednesday 10 -8
Thursday 10 – 9 (no children after 6pm, Ladies Night!)
Friday 10 - 8
Saturday 10 - 6
Sunday 12 - 5
ABOUT MUD MONKEY POTTERY -
Mud Monkey Pottery and Art Studio embraces this simple concept: ART IS FUN! Regardless of your experience, and even if you think you don't have a drop of artistic talent, you will be amazed at what you can create in the right atmosphere! Our idea library, our easy-to-use tools and accessories, and our talented staff will get you going on your way to creating your masterpiece!
With Pottery painting, mosaics, wet clay, and glass fusing to choose from, you are sure to find something for everyone to do and have a blast doing it!
OUR MOTTO: BE THE MONKEY! Why? Because monkeys are fun, uninhibited, mischievious, and happy little creatures who would not think twice about trying something new! We want our customers to "Be the monkey" when it comes to art! Go ahead! Unleash your creativity! It is inside you somewhere, we all have it!
HOW IT WORKS -
Here's the Deal:
1. You choose your pottery or mosaic or glass.
2. You choose your design and colors.
3. You paint,mosaic, or put together your glass masterpiece!
We will help as much or as little as you want!
4. We clean up the mess! That's the BEST part!
5. You ooh! and ahh! when you pick it up a few days later!
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The Mud Monkey Line Up: We have the best staff in town!
Bonnie-Top Banana (owner) Right. Bonnie is the person who comes up with all the ideas that make everybody groan. Her desk has been missing since February. We are sending out a search party.
Jon: Manager, talented potter, famously avoids large groups of children. Jon is a talented potter who is preparing the mud room for blast off. An artist who can also manage to run a business and make it look easy.
Kayla: Talented acrylic painter, Kayla can paint, draw, and help YOU learn how to create a masterpiece!
Ann- House-Artist, talented, artistic, ready to help you create a masterpiece! She alsways has a pot of coffee on, and a sometimes some contriband donuts too.
Gail- Mud Monkey's Wheel instructor. She can help you turn a lump of clay into a gorgeous piece of pottery. From construction to glaze instruction, you are in good hands with Gail!
Brittney: Are your brushes lying crooked on your table? Don't fear! Brittney is here! Our OCD specialist, leaving a gleaming trail of neatness in her wake! Brittney can do it all, and does it all very very well! Here every other weekend and on holidays!
Summer Guest Stars! Returning each summer and other holidays!
Christie-talented artist and party specialist! She has the best vocabulary, so ask her the definition of any word!
Chris: Pottery instructor extraordinaire, straight from Spruce Creek High School's amazing pottery program! Chris also lifts heavy boxes and nobody can arrange pottery on the shelves better, so we LOVE him!
Allie: Creative studio staffer, party specialist, and expert zebra stripe painter! Allie is also our elected public speaker, so if you need anything said loudly in a crowded room, get Allie!
Mud Monkey Wins International Bathroom Contest!
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Ormond Beach, FL. June 11, 2008. Local business owner, Bonnie Karet, has won an international contest called "Ode to Commodes" The contest was held to find the most creative bathroom in all of the The Contemporary Ceramic Studio Association (CCSA), an association with nearly one thousand members worldwide. In the Ode to Commodes contest, Mud Monkey competed with bathrooms from around the world and won first place with almost 42% of the vote. Karet said that when she moved the studio in August of 2007, the new bathroom was a blank slate so she decided to let employee and high school senior, Brittney Gibely, design and paint the bathroom. "Brittney, and all of my employees, are so creative and have such an upbeat and fun energy" Karet says."I wanted to capture that in the bathroom, and I think we did!" The grand prize is a glass fused plaque in the shape of, what else, a toilet! Karet plans to proudly display the plaque in her bathroom.
Mud Monkey Pottery and Art Studio opened in August of 2004 and has become part of the community fabric of Ormond Beach. Mud Monkey has has helped raise over $70,000 for local schools since opening and has donated a free art and pottery program twice a month to Stewarts Marchman's Residential Adolescent Rehab program for the past 3 years. Mud Monkey outgrew its original location in the Trails Shopping Center and moved to a much larger facility in the Rivergate Village Shopping Center at 126 S. Nova Rd. in Ormond Beach. In 2007, Mud Monkey Pottery and Art Studio was selected as one of the top 50 successful studios worldwide by the CCSA. Karet attributes her success in the face of a bad economy to talented employees, to her dedication to community involvement, and to the fact that in her store, art is for fun and for making memories. Mud Monkey offers pottery painting, wet clay, pottery wheels, glass fusing, mosaics, parties, homeschool classes, summer camps and more. For more information, call the store at 386-673-0021 or visit the website www.mudmonkeypottery.com. |
email:bonnie@mudmonkeypottery.com
