Muse Doesn't Respect Artists - Artist Muse Paintbar Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Much like everyone who has shared here, your coworkers are great. You get access to art supplies and can utilize the studio space for personal work outside of class hours.

Cons

Upper management is a clique. They do not care about the artists that actually make them money and teach the classes. Communication with them, when they even feel like giving you the time of day, is usually passive aggressive and unhelpful. Many of us have not gotten a pay raise despite working there for years. While they have increased the prices for the classes, food, and beverages by astronomical amounts, none of the artists that TEACH those classes, MAKE the food, and POUR the beverages have seen a dime of it. Muse makes it so they can cram as many customers into the building as they can without much consideration for accessible seating and customer comfortability. We see the brunt of that frustration, and despite customers mentioning it in their survey responses, there has not been a single change made. Muse prefers making money over supporting the bottom line. If you choose to work here, be prepared to plan for work months in advance. It is hard to take weekends off if you're understaffed, so make sure to know if you're going out to dinner on a Saturday in March by early December so you can even get a chance to get that day off. If classes get canceled, you do not get compensated at all. They will change the schedule and not tell you, and add you to private parties without asking first. They do not respect your time, but assume that you will go out of your way to accommodate them. You only get paid 25 bucks to paint a master copy for a class, and expect you to make it off the clock. They sell them for 45 dollars.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Good pay, if you're interested in working with customers and teaching art, this is a wonderful position! A lot of public speaking, multitasking, and customer service, and a great culture with other creatives.

Cons

During a busy class, you're on your feet a lot. Additionally, it is very part-time and classes can get canceled frequently so pay is inconsistent.

3.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's fun interacting with your coworkers and the attendees. Usually an upbeat atmosphere. If you need to ask someone else to take your shift, usually there is someone eager to take it. Good pay rate, as long as you get the hours.

Cons

No guaranteed shifts, if you don't have enough sign-ups you are expected to "cut" yourself from a shift. So, you set aside time for working... when you might not actually get to work and make money. Feels more like a starter job than a life-long career (unless you are one of the two full-time employees). Unfortunately, in this job market, people who need careers can't get hired into them, and are stuck in limbo working 2 or 3 part-time jobs

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