Creating a masterwork of art can be like wandering through a maze: after a lengthy period of reflection and contemplation, you’ll still probably starve. Appreciate the figurative risks and transcendent joys of artistic creativity with today’s Groupon to White Bear Center for the Arts in White Bear Lake. Choose from the following options:

• For $40, you get a family art class for two people (up to a $128 value). Click here for family art class options.
• For $80, you get a family art class for four people (up to a $256 value). Click here for family art class options.
• For $40, you get a BYOB acrylic-painting class for two adults (up to an $84 value).
• For $80, you get a BYOB acrylic-painting class for four adults (up to a $168 value). <p>

BYOB class options are:

• Girls’ Night Out! on Friday September 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• Mix It Up on Friday, October 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• Men’s Night Out! on Friday, November 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.<p>

This Groupon does not include fees for materials. Check associated class pages for fee listings.

White Bear Center for the Arts builds an artfully enriched community with a broad curriculum of classes led by supportive, experienced teachers. Create durable papier-mâché centerpieces in the Exquisite Paper Bowls class, or tote along a teen (16+) for a Fused Glass Plate class that divulges glass-melding techniques and gifts each participant with a microwave-, dishwasher-, and hair-dryer-safe 7-inch plate. The Soft Covered Blank Books lesson deploys six methods to bind decorative paper, resulting in a take-home product ready for burgeoning novels or a compendium of fast-food receipts.

During three-hour BYOB classes, expressionists take a bacchanalian approach to acrylic painting. Snag a bottle and a gaggle of female friends for a Girls’ Night Out! class, or embrace chums of several genders in a Mix It Up session.