When, in the course of local events, it becomes possible to find a grass-roots approach to teaching the arts in a West Michigan community, we, the people, must devise a plan to offer summer classes for children in our area, ages 3-17. (We feel that all children are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable joys; that among these are visual arts, cooking homemade food, knowledge of nature, and the purest of happiness.)

Here are some of the things that previous participants have said about the class:

"We can't say enough about the art class. Not only were our children so excited to leave the house every day for art class, they literally ran out the door. Never, have I seen my youngest get so energized and eagerly ready to go to art class. Ms. Gretka and her daughters have opened my children more to art in a summer than many years of school art. The works that they did weekly were not only original in nature (and often made from nature), but they were beautiful!!! We display the art in our home and even have a collage of my daughter's pieces she create on her bedroom wall.

The children were also so delighted that they could create a tasty and edible masterpiece out of the food nature has give them from Ms. Gretka's garden and farm. They loved every part of art class! We look forward to more art with Ms. Gretka and her beautiful helpers at Coldwater Studio Thanks Gretka!!!"