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Art Café vs a one-off workshop: which fits your office?

Art Café vs a one-off workshop: which fits your office?

Both are great; they solve different problems. A one-off workshop is a booked session for one team. A drop-in Art Café is a whole-office format that runs across a day. Here's how to pick.

Who it's for

Choose a workshop when one team wants a shared experience — an offsite, a celebration, a new-team kickoff. Choose the Art Café when you want everyone on the floor to benefit, without coordinating diaries.

How many people

A workshop typically books one group (often 10–30, scaling to 200+ for a mural). A 20-seat Art Café day, by contrast, has people dropping in and out and realistically reaches 50–100 employees from one setup.

One-off vs recurring

A workshop is a moment. The Art Café is a rhythm — monthly, bi-weekly or weekly — which is what turns a nice day into a wellbeing habit you can measure.

The simple rule

Special moment for one team → workshop. Ongoing, visible wellbeing for the whole office → Art Café. And you can do both: many teams run a workshop for a milestone and the café as the monthly default.

Ready to try it?

Not sure which? Tell us your goal and team size and we'll recommend one.