Plaster Gallery

Just had my 6 year old’s party there. The place was large and there were lots of pieces to choose from. The owner was very rude and yucky to be around. Everyone had a story to tell at the end of our 2 hour party, regarding how nasty the owner was. This lady ruined the festive atmosphere I of course wanted. I felt bad for the young girl who worked there. Every minute the owner was snapping at her to do something.
One quick example. At one point we asked the owner to turn down the music so my brother could do a presentation. She did. He wasn’t ready and we asked her to turn the music back up. A few minutes later when he was ready we asked her to turn off the music again. Instead of just saying OK, and turning it back on, she said something like, «Oh, you want it back on? A minute ago you wanted it off.» Stuff like that just sort of ruins the day. It’s nothing major like she’s yelling or anything, but her disposition just isn’t friendly and it doesn’t make you feel welcome.

THIS PLACE DOES NOT EVEN DESERVE A STAR! I have been to plenty of plastering places with my child. This one was the worst. It was dirty, there were boxes everywhere. Aside from that there were no prices attached to any of the figurines. At the end of our plastering our total bill came out to over $ 100. This was supposed to be a low key inexpensive hour of fun. Instead, it completely ruined the day. I did not stop to ask the owner how much each figurine costs, there were no prices anywhere. I just figured this was decently priced just like every other place I went to. A tiny car was $ 10 – 14 bucks. Granted we should have asked the prices before hand but the owner should have shared this information on her own OR AT LEAST HAVE THE PRICES POSTED. Honestly, this place is a dump. Nobody comes here and the people that do get ripped off. Just go to the plaster place down on Ave J and Coney Island. Cleaner and nicer. or the one down the street I think its Plaster Galaxy… ONCE AGAIN STAY AWAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE MISTREATED AND RIPPED OFF!

Nancy, the owner was very rude! She yells at you as if you’re a child. She’s like the pottery nazi and has no respect towards her customers. I advise to stay away from here and hopefully if enough people stop coming, she’ll either shut down or change attitude. Definitely a miserable old woman

I had my birthday party @ Plaster Crafts on February 19, 2011. It was obviously going to be for adults, from 24y/​o and up. When I spoke to Nancy, the owner, she was extremely friendly, helpful and told me that I was able to do pretty much whatever I wanted (with her supervision of course). I was told I was allowed to bring alcohol, strippers (not that I did), etc, which was great. I booked the party from 8pm-11:30pm.
Come the day of the party, I didn’t realize what an anxiety provoking nightmare it was going to turn out to be. At first, Nancy was very accommodating, but as the night grew on, she became very aggressive, very rude and almost like a harsh watch dog. No one was out of control, no one misbehaved, and no one was crazy. Everyone was extremely well behaved. Every time that I walked out of the room, she was paging me for something. I couldn’t step away without her finding something to be mad or annoyed about. She was hanging over my friends shoulders, constantly asked my boyfriend why he was taking pictures, especially of the pieces she had on display. It’s a plaster gallery, not a museum. If she didn’t want him taking pictures of the pieces, she should’ve just said so, instead of getting in his face asking why he was taking pictures. She seemed bothered that he also wasn’t painting.
I had a mini keg of beer there as well, that spilled a little bit of beer on the counter top, and she got annoyed about it, like there was no possibility of beer being cleaned off a counter top.
Towards the end of the night, when it came close to 11:30, I had one friend that didn’t finish painting their piece. It needed to be fired. My friend misunderstood where to go to place the piece and almost walked into the room where the ceramic pieces are to be fired and Nancy yelled at her, like a child, to not go in there. She made everyone feel very uncomfortable at the end of the night, by kicking us out of the store. My friends and I had to rush to get all the food together, spilling some food here & there. But she literally KICKED US OUT. She handed ME a box of ice that belonged to HER and TOLD ME to take it with me. I tossed the ice out on the street, not realizing a clear plastic bag was in the box. She yelled at me for that! Telling me that I could’ve gotten a ticket by the cops (who were parked outside, under cover, in the bagel store next door) for littering.
She was making me so anxious and nervous for the last 20 minutes of the night, that I didn’t even thank her for her services. Me and my friends paid not only for the pieces they paid for, but extra money because she kept her store open past business hours, and this is how we all get treated, let alone me? We must’ve given her AT LEAST $ 1,000.00 in business. And she tossed us out like we were giving her trouble, and acting like animals.
Bottom line, she was rude, nasty and very condescending. I will never, ever again patronize her store. How can you run a business like this, and expect to get a good response from people?

This place is so cool! I painted a shoe and had so much fun. Can’t wait to go back.

Plaster Gallery! Ok, what kid who grew up in Sheepshead Bay/​Gravesend/​Coney Island/​Bensonhurst doesn’t know Plastery Gallery? Practically every kid had their birthday party there. By the time I was 12, my parents’ house was littered with various painted pieces from Plaster Gallery, proud artwork of yours truly.
Some things are better left to nostalgia and memories are ruined if you go back. Others, like Plaster Gallery, just seem to get better with time. For nostalgia’s sake, I went back with my mom one day a couple years ago. We both are on the artsy side, the weather was bad and we decided it would be fun to plaster. We came in and the owner was there. There were a couple other people who were finishing up. We picked out our pieces, sat down and begain painting. The owner came over and started painting with us. She gave us some good recommendations on what to do with the paint, and the three of us chatted away. She was so super nice and really interesting to talk to. We had a three hour session, and being the perfectionist that I am sometimes, I wasn’t finished in three hours. She let me sit there and paint longer for no extra charge! It was really inexpensive to begin with, too.
It’s a great activity to partake in on a dreary day.
This is a great mom and pop shop with all kinds of pieces made of plaster that you go in and paint. You can mix colors and create your own painted masterpiece. Once you’re finished painting, the staff takes the painted piece, puts some kind of coating on it to make it shine and places it in the oven for the paint to set and dry. A few days later, you come in to pick up your new masterpiece.

I recently re-​found this place not that long ago and its great. The old owners are back, and they cleaned the place up, and practically redid the entire store. They even put in a new party room in the back. They make their own plaster statues/​stands/​decorations and you can find stuff for all ages and interests. From spider-​man to raggedy ann, from little cats to full size dogs. From extremely simple things a kid who can hold a brush can paint to extremely detailed creations that you need a fine hand and a lot of imagination to make come to life. You can buy the piece there and take it home, or for a small sitting fee ($ 4 before 5pm, $ 6 after) and paint it there. No time limit. If you paint it there the sitting fee covers all cost of materials (paints/​brushes/​glazing etc). And the owner is more then glad to offer tips.
The plaster pieces run $ 1 and up. But more then fair. And they will store your piece if you need more then one session to finish it.
It’s totally great for little kids, an I have even seen teens come in there for a date. They have a party room in the back (decorated mostly kiddy fashion) but if you have an adult party they have no problem letting you bring in food/​booze and have a good time.
The only con is, if you go during the day/​weekend there tends to be a lot of kids there, and so if kids/​noise are not your thing you might want to try coming later or during the week. Also, if there are kids there, they tend to be playing some kind of Disney music on repeat (headphones and your mp3 player are recommended)
But I have a great time going there and I find it addicting. Now if I can only find a place to put all the things I made.