Your Art Time

Your Art Time is a small, independently owned art studio on Lyons Road run by instructor Laura Ricciardelli, who describes the business as a genuine mom and pop operation rather than a franchise. The studio has been teaching drawing and painting in Coconut Creek for roughly a decade, building a reputation as a laid back spot for both kids and adults to learn art fundamentals or just spend a couple of hours creating something without pressure.

The core of the business is private and small group art lessons covering drawing and painting techniques, aimed at students ten and up as well as adults who want to pick up a new skill or get back into art after a long break. Beyond structured lessons, the studio offers open studio time, where students who already have some experience can come in and work on their own projects with materials and space provided, along with guidance available if needed.

Your Art Time also runs painting parties and birthday party packages, which have become a popular option for families in the area looking for a hands-on party activity that sends kids home with something they made themselves. The studio supplies custom artwork creation services as well, for anyone looking for a piece made to order rather than off the shelf. Art supply kits round out the offerings, useful for students who want to continue practicing at home between sessions.

The studio keeps a fairly generous weekly schedule, open six days a week with only a shortened Monday afternoon slot, which gives families flexibility to fit a class or open studio session around school and work schedules. The Lyons Road location is wheelchair accessible and sits within the broader stretch of small businesses along that corridor in the northern part of Coconut Creek, making it a reasonably easy stop for residents in that part of the city as well as nearby Coral Springs and Parkland.

What distinguishes Your Art Time from bigger commercial craft chains is the personal, instructor-led approach. Because Laura Ricciardelli runs the studio directly, class sizes tend to stay small and lessons can be adjusted to a student’s actual skill level and interests rather than following a rigid, corporate curriculum. For anyone in Coconut Creek looking for art lessons that feel more like working with a local teacher than signing up for a big box class, Your Art Time is one of the few dedicated art instruction studios operating in the city.