International Women's Day Celebration
2025-03-08 14:00 - 19:00 UTC
Join the Solar Arts Building in celebrating women through art! More info here:

Cabin Fever Reliever: Zoom Workshops
2025-03-11 18:00 - 19:00
Class: Movie Discussion: Woman of the Hour with Deb Rip
To register for classes, please email Kelly kellyfrankenberg@gmail.com at least 48 hours before the class with the class name and code. Learn more: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/acws-cabin-fever-reliever/

699 Lowry - Painting Day
2025-03-12
Becca, Katie, and Frances will be painting the back hallway at Headquarters. The plan is to be there between 2pm to 4pm. Signs will be posted to give people a heads up.

Women of Schmidt Exhibition
2025-03-14 18:00 - 21:00
For Women’s History Month residents of Schmidt Artist Lofts wanted to showcase art made by those who identify as women in the building. See artwork from ACW member Frances Bates.
https://www.schmidtartists.com/women-of-schimdt
Women of Schmidt
March 13th to 17th – Opening on March 14th from 6-9pm
Landmark Gallery (900 West 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102)
Contact francesbates22@gmail.com for more details.

Sam St John's Grand Opening
2025-03-15 17:00 - 21:00
Sam St. John is moving into a studio at the Northrup King Building in Studio 404. Come celebrate this step for Intern Sam with a Grand Studio Opening Party! Feel free to bring a dish/appetizer to share.

699 Lowry – Office Cleaning Day
2025-03-16, 2025-05-04
ACW’s Headquarters will be cleaned today. Premises unavailable for other uses from 10am-2:30pm. Contact info@arttochangetheworld.org with questions.

699 Lowry - Garden Art event prep
2025-03-16 10:00 - 12:00
Contact event coordinator Layl McDill at layl@claysquared.com with questions.

699 Lowry - On Location Drawing Co-op meetup
2025-03-23 13:00 - 14:30
Join the On Location Drawing Co-op for their Quarterly Salon Event. This activity will be lead by Becca David and Deb Ripp. Be sure to follow the group on Facebook to participate in their online drawing activities.
https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing

Visit Layl's art at the Hopkins Art Center
2025-03-24 17:30 - 18:30
March 24th, 5:30, At the Hopkins Art Center, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Layl McDill has a solo exhibit at the Hopkins Art Center and she would like to give a special artist talk to ACW members! If you would like to carpool contact Layl at layl@claysquared.com
The inspiration for this exhibit started years ago when Layl joined Art to Change the World and started making interactive social practice art. Many of the pieces have an interactive component.
https://www.hopkinsartscenter.com/149/Exhibitions-at-the-Center

699 Lowry - Art Drop Off
2025-03-28 13:00 - 18:00
Call for 8×8 art! If you are participating in the Garden Art Fling event at the Flux Arts Building this is your last day to drop off the 8×8 artworks. Contact Layl at layl@claysquared.com with any questions.

Task Force Meeting
2025-03-30 12:00 - 14:30
Join us at Headquarters for lunch and a meeting!

Garden Art Fling at the Flux
2025-04-05 10:00 - 18:00
Join us for the Art Garden Fling at The Flux on April 5th from 11 AM to 6 PM at Art to Change the World (ACW) headquarters, 699 NE Lowry Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55418. This vibrant event will showcase a lively mix of music, food, and art vendors including an art show featuring 8 x 8 artistic creations from ACW members, all for sale! Explore the vital role of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators through science education, art and connect with the community as we celebrate the beauty of blooms and nature.

Pollinators are essential to the world’s food and flowers, and their importance reminds us of how we too are better together. In community, we create possibility, joy, and positive change for all. This event is a powerful reminder of how nature and the arts come together to inspire!
Garden Art Fling at the Flux

C4 Event Constructive Creative Critique Club
2025-04-06 12:00 - 16:00

Reserved for Donor Event
2025-04-08 09:00 - 12:00

ACW Board Meeting
2025-04-09 19:00 - 20:30

St Paul Art Crawl
2025-04-25 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-26 12:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-27 12:00 - 17:00

Task Force Meeting
2025-04-30 18:30 - 20:30

First Saturdays at Flux
2025-05-03 13:00 - 17:00
Join Layl McDill for First Saturdays of the month at the Flux Arts Building. Her studio/gallery space will be open from 1-5pm and we would like volunteers to be upstairs at ACW Headquarters.
May 3rd will have Barbara Bridges running ACW.
Learn More: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/first-saturdays-at-the-acw-headquarters/
Address: 699 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

699 Lowry - Art Hanging Day
2025-05-10 11:00 - 16:00
Katie and Frances will be at Headquarters starting at 11am to hang artwork in the front hallway and maybe some in the back hallway. If you want your art on display during Art-A-Whirl make sure it’s at ACW by then.

699 Lowry - Movie night with Tony
2025-05-10 19:00 - 21:30
A Dark Room – Movie Night!
New member Tony has a love of films and will be hosting a couple of movie nights at Headquarters. These will be from 7-9:30pm in the living room area using our large projector screen. Snacks provided!
Contact Tony at agooart@gmail.com.

699 Lowry - ACW Storage Room open hours
2025-05-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-29 10:00 - 12:00
Stop by ACW Headquarters to pick up any supplies you may need for teaching classes or any other ACW projects and programs. Coordinator Liisa Lê will be there organizing and can let members into the space. This will be happening on Thursdays as long as Liisa is available. Currently we have the below dates scheduled.

May 15th – 10am to 12pm
May 22nd – 10am to 12pm
May 29th – 10am to 12pm

Art-A-Whirl 2025
2025-05-16 17:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-17 12:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-18 12:00 - 17:00
Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5.
First stop is the Flux Arts Building where ACW Headquarters is located. We have free available parking! The Flux is at 2505 Howard St. NE and Art to Change the World can be found at 699 Lowry Ave NE. Here you’ll have the chance to make sculptures, Shrinky Dinks, Gelli prints, collages, and polymer clay creations.
Next visit the Solar Arts Building at 711 15th Ave NE for all sorts of food, music, and art. Come up to the second floor to see the studios and ACW’s Fox Den Gallery. Fill out a Bingo sheet for a small prize bag from our members or make beads in the gallery.
Don’t forget to stop by the California Building (2205 California St NE), Northrup King Building (1500 Jackson St NE), Casket Arts Carriage House (1720 Madison St NE), or Quincy Hall (1325 Quincy St NE). These are some of the other places you can find Art to Change the World members.
Learn more: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/art-a-whirl-2/
Participating Artists
Flux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 1st Floor
Josh Blanc – Workshop/Store
Layl McDill – Studio/Gallery
Flux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 2nd Floor
Barbara Bridges – Office
Kelly Frankenberg – Studio
Bryce Mason – Intern Gallery
Liisa Lê – Common Area
Solar Arts Building – Fox Den Gallery
Frances Bates – Curator/Vendor
Laura Burlis – Vendor
Debra Ripp – Guest Vendor
Solar Arts Building – Creative Cove
Becca David
Solar Arts Building – Studios
Catherine Palmer – #205
Natalie McGuire – #205
Rose Cooper – #206
Lin Boemer – #206
Lucienne Schroepfer – #215
California Building
Candy Kuehn – #212
Craig Harris – #212
Northrup King Building
Paul Kellett – #210
Sam St. John – #404
Carriage House
Anna Karena – #200
Quincy Hall
Leo Fortune

699 Lowry - Voice Explorations workshop
2025-05-31 10:00 - 12:00
This event will involve exploring and possibly discovering participants’ “authentic” (rather than “acquired”) voices, in both speech and singing. Six (minimum) to ten (maximum) participants will experiment in using physical-vocal exercises that help efficiently coordinate the principal voice-producing systems of cognition, respiration, phonation, resonation, registration, articulation, and expression. A couple of simple upbeat songs will be used for group singing, and it should be a positive learning experience for all participants – at least for the instructor!
Available for 6-10 participants. Email Leo to register (the.leo.fortune@gmail.com).
Clif Ware has always been artistically inclined. As a 5-year old, he eagerly drew WWII battle scenes. A few years later he took a year of private lessons in watercolor, followed by an art class in 9th grade. But, when reaching the 10th grade, his choral director-mentor discovered his tenor voice, and that was the beginning of his vocal-music career. Drawing and painting reappeared at times in temporary stints, including his taking art and pottery classes as a college student, and more recently, an acrylics painting class in 2012. Earlier, in 1985, he designed a new family home, with landscaping, that was built in New Brighton, MN.
Clif’s vocal music career spanned 47 years, including 2 years as music-and-youth director in a Methodist Church, 1 year as choral music director, and 43 years of university teaching, the final 37 at the U of MN-TC School of Music. During the early years he also earned graduate degrees, including a D.M. degree in voice performance from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Throughout his career he performed extensively as tenor soloist, in recital, opera (55 roles), and oratorio. After retirement, he and his wife, Bettye, a professional pianist, formed a 50s band named The Silvertones, and performed several summer concerts in Salo Park.
As a writer, he’s authored four books—Adventures in Singing (4/e 2008), Basics of Vocal Pedagogy (1998), The Singer’s Life: Goals and Roles (2005), The Aging Challenge: Making the Most of Life After 50 (2009). He has also given numerous professional presentations nationally and internationally at professional meetings and educational institutions.
During early retirement, Clif and Bettye, also composed 36 songs, including Eco Songs, with 13 songs on various aspects of environmental sustainability. Their music collaboration—Bettye as pianist, Clif as instructor—continues with teaching quarterly 5-week Voice Exploration classes at the St. Anthony Village, MN Community Center.
In 2013 Clif and Bettye co-founded Citizens for Sustainability in St. Anthony Village, where they reside. Since 2013, Clif has published a sustainability e-newsletter, currently on hiatus while he focuses on other writing projects related to sustainability.
He and Bettye are interested in promoting the role of arts as a force for moving society toward a more sustainable future, by emphasizing the systemic role of humans as an integral part of Nature, from which all sustenance flows and upon which all life depends.
Dr. Ware’s website (https://clifware.wixsite.com/clifware) is devoted to singing and teaching, integral thought and mind-body connections, and sustainability concerns.
