Great Graffiti workshop - This was a different and fun event. Myself and my 16 year old daughter attended. The instructor was very good and helpful. He was a talented artist that facilitated us in producing a nice piece of work to photograph. Highly recommended.

Great art tour and workshop! - We had a super fun experience learning how to create graffiti with Leaf! We were taught multiple techniques to use with spraypaint. It was fun creating art of our own. We then were given a street tour of graffiti artists in the area with a bit of history behind the art with Audrey. IT WAS GREAT! Highly recommend!

Get Ghost(ed) - Mims (sp?) aka Ghost was great! He was excited about my sons desire to do graffiti and very supportive of my grom graffiti artist. He showed us basic skills and let us build on his instruction and direction. He explained different letter styles (block, bubble, wild style) and how to, using, "skeletons" create a tag, message, statement or piece of art that is individual but readable and easy to decipher.

A Unique Experience - This is a unique experience that everyone should do. Ghost was an amazing instructor who helped us to create a piece to take home. We will definitely not forget this workshop anytime soon.

Unique Experience, Don’t Miss Out - Got my creative juices flowing. We were definitely not professionals in anyway and took home some fantastic pieces and memories of an unforgettable time. If you have time, make sure to do this workshop. You will not regret it. Ghost was an amazing guide and made the whole experience easy to do.

Super unique class! - This experience was gifted to me and it was so fun to learn techniques and have free time to explore and create our own tags! Great balance of both within an hour and a good class size to feel like you had your own wall space to do your own thing. Thanks for a great time!

Graffiti Experience - A great experience as part of our day exploring this area of Brooklyn. Thank you Ghost for a great experience and memory!

Great experience - The artist is so easygoing and helpful. He was great with our shy teenager which we appreciated. An unusual and off the beaten track experience that I highly recommend.

Great way to experience something fun and different - This was a great activity whilst in NYC for a few days. Our teacher was very patient and gave us lots of time to practice and experiment. We all enjoyed it and came away with something we were pleased with. We’d definitely recommend to anyone wanting to do something fun and different.

People of color are not welcomed here - I was drawn to this workshop because of the reviews. My 14-year-old son is an art lover who loves graffiti, and had been asking for months to come here. We drove from D.C. just for this experience, hoping it would be inspiring and memorable. Instead, we left feeling humiliated, ignored, and deeply hurt. I paid extra for both of us to receive personal canvases and arrived 15 minutes early, just as instructed. A white family of four (including two teenage boys) arrived shortly after us. When “Leaf” opened the door at 3:00 p.m., he asked me for my name and then turned away to greet the white family—giving them instructions, chatting, and stepping outside with them. My son and I were left standing there confused, having received no direction. Trying not to jump to conclusions, we followed them upstairs into the studio. Once upstairs, Leaf immediately pulled out two large canvases for the white boys and gave them further instruction. He did not acknowledge us again until 20 minutes later, when he casually asked what spray paint colors we wanted and told us to start painting on the wall. We tried to stay positive—for my son’s sake—but it was already clear we were being treated differently. When I asked about our canvases (which I had paid for), Leaf told me, “You didn’t pay for that.” I pulled out my paper receipt to show him otherwise. He checked his phone and said, “Oh, I didn’t want to throw you to the big dogs without practice first.” Meanwhile, the white family was already working on their full-sized canvases with his help. We had been given no instruction or acknowledgment. Finally, 40 minutes into the session, Gabe handed us tiny 4x6 canvases. This was supposed to be the individual canvas I paid for? The booking options only list two choices: paint on the wall or paint on a personal canvas. We paid for the same thing the other family received—so why were ours miniature? My son kept painting, trying to make the most of it, but Leaf never offered any guidance or encouragement. He continued to help the other family while we were left to figure things out ourselves. The final blow came at the end. Leaf signed the white boys’ canvases with his tag, and on the back of my son’s small canvas, he wrote: “Stay out of trouble, killa.” Why would you write that to a 14-year-old African American child? You didn’t write anything like that on the white boys’ work. What made you look at my son and associate him with trouble? My son has never been in trouble, never done a drug, and comes from a loving, structured home. He simply loves graffiti art and was excited to learn more. That comment broke something in him. I tried so hard to shield him from how Leaf treated us throughout the workshop, but the message on the back of that canvas said it all. He wanted to know why was he being singled out and referred to as a killer? This experience was traumatizing. I am reporting this business and writing this review to warn other families—especially families of color—that you may not be treated equally here. It is unacceptable for a white man profiting off a historically criminalized art form to stereotype a Black child for taking interest in that very art. And yes-I spoke to the owner directly and he completely dismissed my concerns.