Events

Celebrate 30 Years of Art-A-Whirl®: The Nation's Largest Open Studio Tour. Presented by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association.

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Pair your art exploration with unforgettable eats! Dig into savory pasties, crave-worthy bakery sweets, a full trailer of taco delights, and eggrolls from the Egg Roll Queen herself.  

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Pop into Alison Wendy’s studio over Art-A-Whirl weekend and make your own sun catcher!

$30 - All Ages Welcome

4th Floor | Studio 428
All Weekend Long!

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Visit NKB studio 404 to the Make It Take It table!

Free - All Ages Welcome

4th Floor | Studio 404
All Weekend Long!

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Howard M. Christopherson will discuss political artwork and answer questions about his recent project making a single piece of art each day during Trump’s First 100 Days.

4th Floor | Studio 443
Friday: 8-9pm
Saturday: 5-6pm
Sunday: 4-5pm

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Join us for the Grand Opening for the First Black Trans Led Photo Studio in the Midwest!

4th Floor | Studio 400A
All Weekend Long

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Mail a free postcard live from Art-A-Whirl® 2025!

Free - All Ages Welcome

‍3rd Floor | Studio 371
All Weekend Long!

This station invites you to sit down, slow down, and create new meaning from repurposed images

2nd Floor | Studio 247
All Weekend Long

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The MOON Factory is back and open for Art-A-Whirl®!

All Ages Welcome

3rd Floor | Studio 371
All Weekend Long!

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Use clay to make a good luck symbol of your own design.

Free - All Ages Welcome

‍4th Floor | Studio 431
Friday: 6-9pm
Saturday: 1-3pm & 5-7pm
Sunday: 1-4pm

Explore your energy with aura photography 🌈📸

‍2nd Floor | Studio 205
All Weekend Long!

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Live Oil Painting Demo from Artist Michele Combs

Free - All Ages Welcome

‍3rd Floor | Studio 391
Friday: 5-9pm
Saturday: 12-7pm
Sunday: 12-5pm

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Join us at Custom Woven Interiors for weaving demonstrations.

Free - All Ages Welcome

3rd Floor | Studio 386
All Weekend Long!

Come watch a Woodworking Demonstration from Bentwood Craft!

Free - All Ages Welcome

3rd Floor | Studio 386
All Weekend Long!

Renoun artist Mary Pettis will demonstrate how to take a plein air sketch to a larger studio painting.

All Ages Welcome

3rd Floor | Studio 366
All Weekend Long!

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Multiple artists will be actively working in various mediums throughout the weekend.

All Ages Welcome

2nd Floor | Studio 222
All Weekend Long!

Intaglio plates uniquely inked and printed by artist Dean Trisko.

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3rd Floor | Studio 371
Friday: Demos at 6:30, 7:00 & 7:30
Saturday: Demos at 2:00, 2:30 & 3:30
Sunday: Demos at 1:00, 1:30 & 2:00

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Artist Dyan Padgett will be painting a realistic floral in oil.from a photo reference.

Free - All Ages Welcome

2nd Floor | Studio 200
All Weekend Long!

Buy art, support local artists, and help Ukraine - select works marked “Art for Ukraine” will benefit a fundraiser for Stand With Ukraine MN.

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Multiple Participating Artists
All Weekend Long

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A collection of new paintings celebrating strength, joy and beauty in reaction to these challenging times.

2nd Floor | Studio 274
All Weekend Long
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Come experience the music that inspired Linda Clayton’s Divine Feminine Series.

Free. Parental guidance needed.

‍1st Floor | Studio 155
All Weekend Long!

Book launch, $5 discount during Art-A-Whirl®, Prize Drawing for Print

1st Floor | Studio 183
All Weekend Long

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Every Saturday! Many artists are open from 12-4pm, stop on by and stroll through!

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Join us during the second weekend of November for our annual Fall Open Studio tour!

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