The Studio Alchemy Gallery

Located in historic Cottage Home Neighborhood: 1116 E North Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Come visit the studio!

OPEN every First Friday of the month from 6-9pm

Studio Alchemy LLC is an art gallery and teaching studio located in downtown Indianapolis specializing in thought provoking acrylic, oil and mixed media painting classes.  Classes are an experimental mix of therapeutic techniques designed to help you express yourself and find your own voice.

Studio Alchemy is not just an art classroom but a home where all are welcome.  If you join our art community your art will never be judged here.  We are here to have fun and grow, not to rate each other.  People are drawn to painting because there is something important they are trying to express.  If you love experimental self reflection this is the place for you.

Studio Alchemy Mission Statement: 

To share the healing power of the arts in a judgement free environment.  To offer informative classes that respect the individual's own development and style.  

Cancellation Policy:  

Students can cancel registration for classes up to 24 hours in advance of the start of class to receive a full refund or exchange for a class of equal value. After 24 hours before class begins all sales are final.

Group Team Building Sessions

Interested in booking an art party for your work group? We regularly host team building workshops for private groups, corporate businesses and parties. Popular sessions include Vision Board Collage, Perfume Making, and Abstract Painting Workshops. Contact us to book your creative group event. All materials provided.

Inquire about booking your private parties on our contact form.

The Studio Alchemy Renovations

Our beloved studio was built sometime before 1890 and is an Indiana Landmarks historic site. For many years the property was home to the Chapman family but after the 1980s it was uninhabited. Two members of the Chapman family died in the home. In 2003 ceramic artist, Mary Jane Moriarty, purchased the property, used the space as a pottery studio and renovated parts of the building and garden.

Addie Hirschten first opened her artist studio in August of 2018 in a rented location then purchased the current building in 2019. It needed extensive work. There were holes in the floor and major support beams needed to be replaced.

In the summer of 2019 the poet, Brad Severance, wrote a poem that had the lines, “We are one face, one heart- no mask shall come between us.” Addie added these lines to the large wooden beam at the center of the studio. When the Covid 19 pandemic started early the next year in 2020 the line “no mask shall come between us” found a new irony. Severance and Addie later collaborated to create new work for their “Poetry and Painting Projects.”

After the renovation the Covid 19 pandemic hit. Addie spent much of that quiet time hand painting the doors and cabinetry in the studio. Today you can tour the Studio Alchemy Art Gallery and Gardens and view the fresh paintings.