The Origin of Ulna Art Studio

Ulna Art Studio was started in 2021. We call ourselves a sister studio to Radius Art Studio because we were once one studio. The Ulna is one bone in our forearm while the Radius is the other.

Radius was founded in 2002 by Kim McKenna and Mark Brandau. They had several moves during the first five years as a studio before settling into the space under the Morrison Bridge where Jolyn Fry joined them as a painting instructor in 2007. 

For 14 years Jolyn taught at Radius, building a painting curriculum based on meeting students where they were and supporting creative growth. Korin Schneider joined Radius as an artist in 2008, and became owner/operator of Radius in 2014. In 2019 Lettie Jane Rennekamp interviewed with Jolyn and Korin, found an immediate kinship in art and community and began teaching her own Intuitive Drawing course at Radius that September.

In 2021 Radius Art Studio moved to 2324 Belmont, leaving the space under the Morrison Bridge where they had held ceramics, painting and drawing classes for the past 14 years. The new Radius location boasts beautiful light and a central location on a busy street, but no longer had the capacity for both ceramics and painting. Jolyn shifted the 2D program, inviting Lettie Jane to join her in a new classroom, 2 blocks down the street, where Jolyn had long held a private studio space at the old John Deere Building, Northwest Storage.

With the location change and split from Radius our new space was created: Ulna Art Studio.

We started Ulna in a small studio space on the 7th floor, hosting 9-10 person classes and moving furniture as needed. In September of 2022 we moved into 7k, a spacious room where we could host larger classes and workshops, have studio space for the instructors and create common areas for socializing. Cole Lyons joined the Ulna team shortly after our move in October 2022 and settled in as a thoughtful, sometimes playful instructor of Painting, Landscape Painting, Drawing and Plein Air. 

During the Spring Equinox March of 2024, Ulna moved yet again, not leaving the Northwest Storage Building, but finding another space that is larger, better lit, easier to access, and even has a kitchen. 

We are glad you found us and hope to make art with you in the studio soon.