Bad Art.
Beautiful
Connections.
Self-guided interactive art experiences you can drop into any event. Whether you're throwing a backyard birthday or a company-wide brand launch, these novel installations inspire your guests to laugh, slow down, and leave with something they made together.
Interactive Art Experiences
Everything is self-guided. No staffing required, no art experience needed. You're paying for the craft, the installation, all supplies, and the magic of watching strangers become collaborators. We handle everything from transport to breakdown.
Mutual Bad Portrait Booth
Two guests enter a portal where they're each the artist and the subject. They create and exchange terrible portraits, laugh a lot, and emerge as friends. Every guest leaves with a tiny piece of bad art made just for them.
See what's includedThe Messy Thread Machine
Guests weave colorful fabric strips over, under, and through each other's hands. It's messy, joyful, and somehow results in a beautiful tangle worth keeping. Your whole event, woven into one wall-ready piece.
See what's includedMutual Bad Portrait Booth
You look into each other's eyes. Art happens.
Drop into the present moment with a friend, old or new. Draw each other with one continuous stroke while keeping your eyes on the person, not the page. What comes out is always bad, always surprising, and somehow always captures something real.
Guests exchange portraits through the mail slot and emerge with a tiny, joyful piece of bad art made just for them. The booth is the icebreaker, the activity, and the party favor all at once.
- ★Handmade reinforced cardboard booth (2’×2’ footprint) with dual-sided privacy panels, a face window, and a portrait exchange mail slot
- ★Self-guided instruction sign so guests can jump in without any direction
- ★Vibrant water-based acrylic paint markers
- ★Mixed media paper and envelopes for safekeeping
- ★Full-service delivery, setup, and pickup anywhere in the SF Bay Area
The Messy Thread Machine
One loom. Every hand. One keepsake.
Weave a beautiful mess together. Guests contribute a strand (or many) to a communal loom, hands moving over, under, and around as the tapestry slowly takes shape over the course of the event. Set an intention before you weave and thread something personal into the collective piece.
It's meditative, a little chaotic, and surprisingly connecting. We bring the loom and an abundance of colorful reclaimed fabric strips. After the event, we tie off the loose ends and deliver a finished wall-hanging that's so bad, it's good. Your whole event, woven into one object, ready to be hung.
- ★Handmade wooden loom with adjustable height and angle, accessible for all ages and abilities
- ★Loom strung on one or both sides depending on guest count, on a stable lightweight frame with locking wheels
- ★Self-guided instruction sign so guests can jump in without any direction
- ★Baskets of colorful reclaimed fabric strips
- ★Post-event finishing: we tie off loose ends so the tapestry is wall-ready when it’s returned to you
- ★Full-service delivery, setup, and pickup anywhere in the SF Bay Area
No surprises. Just show up.
Every package is a flat day rate with delivery, installation, all supplies, breakdown, and pickup included. Self-guided means no staffing is necessary. Book the experience and we handle the rest.
- ✓Delivery, installation & pickup
- ✓All paper, markers & supplies
- ✓Self-guided signage included
- ✓Guests leave with their portraits
- ✓Up to 8 hours (one event day)
Custom color palettes, themed supply kits, or branded elements available at additional cost.
Get in Touch- ✓Delivery, installation & pickup
- ✓All reclaimed fabric strips
- ✓Self-guided signage included
- ✓Post-event finishing included
- ✓You receive a wall-ready tapestry
Priced higher than the booth to reflect the supply-intensive prep and the finished tapestry deliverable. Custom color palettes available.
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- ✓Portrait Booth + Thread Machine
- ✓All delivery, install & breakdown
- ✓All supplies for both experiences
- ✓Guests leave with portraits
- ✓You receive a finished wall tapestry
Multi-day, large-scale, and corporate bundle pricing available on request.
Book the Bundle- ✓Delivery, installation & pickup
- ✓All supplies for event duration
- ✓Finished tapestry after event (loom)
- ✓No staffing needed, fully self-guided
- ✓COI available upon request
Branded color palettes, co-branded signage, and multi-day configurations available. Bundle pricing on request.
Get in TouchWhat's always included:
Transportation to and from your venue, full installation, all supplies and materials, and complete breakdown at the end of the event. The Thread Machine also includes post-event finishing so your tapestry is wall-ready when it's returned to you.
Want to make it yours?
Customized color palettes, branded signage, themed supply kits, scaled loom configurations, and other bespoke touches are available at an additional cost. Reach out and let's talk through what would make it perfect for your event.
We'll go where you need us.
Bad Art Club pop-ups are available anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area with flat-rate pricing. And if your event is outside the Bay Area, whether that's LA, Portland, New York, or somewhere in between, we want to hear from you.
Travel logistics and pricing vary depending on distance and event scale, but we've made it work in a lot of places and we're always willing to figure it out. Get in touch with the details and let's see what's possible.
Get in Touch →the Bay?
Tell us your location, event date, and guest count and we'll get back to you with what's possible.
Reach Out →We've done everything.
Sculptural finger painting. Giant spin art. Paint balloon darts. We love a weird brief. If you have an idea for something experiential, creative, or just plain fun, reach out and let's make it happen.
Tell Us Your Idea →Let's make something
beautifully bad
together.
Tell us about your event, guest count, vibe, and any wild ideas and we'll figure out the rest.
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