Paint the Towne to open at Cambridge Market

WICHITA — Why spend the evening merely eating and drinking with your friends when you can paint, too?

That’s Jessie Sterling’s attitude, and it’s why she’s opening Paint the Towne at Cambridge Market at 21st and Webb in August.

Sterling will offer painting packages where groups, with the help of an artist at the shop, can paint on canvases while visiting, too.

“It’s not necessarily all about the painting,” Sterling says. “It’s more about socializing and hanging out with friends and having a good time.”

Sterling envisions friends gathering for fun or children having parties there.

She was inspired to start the shop after she went to a similar one in San Antonio.

“It was just a blast,” Sterling says.

A two-hour session is $35. A three-hour session is $45.

With Cinnamon’s Deli and Christie’s Wine & Spirits also at Cambridge Market, Sterling says party planning should be easy for customers.

Don Piros of Landmark Commercial Real Estate handled the lease.

Sterling says she likes the east side in general and Cambridge Market in particular.

“It’s just kind of a busy area.”