Maker Space @ Haven Housing - Henna With Madalina Kellner
2022-11-02 17:30 - 19:30 UTC
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which specially include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants will be experimenting with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking. Lessons will be offered once a week.
Haven Housing is located at: 1803 N Bryant Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
At the session on November 2, Madalina Kellner will instruct making Henna Art.
Read about the artists: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/13771-2/

Northeast Minneapolis Fall Open Studios
2022-11-04 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-05 12:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-06 12:00 - 17:00
Attend the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association’s Fall Open Studios on these dates:
Friday, Nov. 4th – 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 5th, Noon-8 PM
Sunday, November 6th, Noon-5 PM
LOCATION
Solar Arts Building, 711 15th Ave NE, 2nd Floor

BATS Group Art Show
2022-11-04 17:00 - 22:00, 2022-11-05 12:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-06 12:00 - 17:00
The Glitter Renaissance Group is going to be hosting an art show in the Fox Den at Solar Arts Building. It will be the first weekend in November during the Fall Open Studios event. We came up with the acronym BATS or Brilliant Artists Transforming Society to show that no matter what style of art you create it can make a difference in the world. You will get to see a variety of art from paintings to sculptures to illustrations. Come join the BATS for a weekend of fun!

Solar Arts Building at 711 15 th Ave NE
November 4th (5-10), 5th (12-8), and 6th (12-5)

Artists of the show:
Alkemy Frost
Collin Nelson
Frances Bates
Madalina Kelner
Rose Cooper

Natural Henna Pop Up Booth
2022-11-04 17:00 - 22:00
Solar Arts Building at 711 15 th Ave NE

Open Casket Speakeasy Benefit
2022-11-04 17:00 - 22:00
Speakeasy to Benefit NE Mpls Arts District
When studios in Northeast Minneapolis open for the weekend of November 4-5-6, visitors can purchase cocktails at the basement Speakeasy at Casket Arts building, 681 17th Ave. NE during Open Casket. Speakeasy is open 5-10 pm on Friday, Nov. 4, 2-8 pm on Saturday, Nov. 5, and noon-4 pm on Sunday, Nov. 6. Speakeasy profits go to support Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. ACW members Margo Ashmore, Josh Blanc, and others are on the Arts District board, with a mission “to catalyze the innovative spirit of artists through generative community development.” Dedicated to making the geography look more and more like an arts district, increasing the number of artists and arts organizations in the area, and offering artist opportunities such as airport exhibits and the Northeast Calendar. Voted #1 Best Arts District by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Find out more during Open Casket!
Thank you,
Margo Ashmore
Volunteer Board Member
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
My cell phone: 612-867-4874
northeastminneapolisartsdistrict.org

Open Casket Speakeasy Benefit
2022-11-05 14:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-06 12:00 - 16:00
Speakeasy to Benefit NE Mpls Arts District
When studios in Northeast Minneapolis open for the weekend of November 4-5-6, visitors can purchase cocktails at the basement Speakeasy at Casket Arts building, 681 17th Ave. NE during Open Casket. Speakeasy is open 5-10 pm on Friday, Nov. 4, 2-8 pm on Saturday, Nov. 5, and noon-4 pm on Sunday, Nov. 6. Speakeasy profits go to support Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. ACW members Margo Ashmore, Josh Blanc, and others are on the Arts District board, with a mission “to catalyze the innovative spirit of artists through generative community development.” Dedicated to making the geography look more and more like an arts district, increasing the number of artists and arts organizations in the area, and offering artist opportunities such as airport exhibits and the Northeast Calendar. Voted #1 Best Arts District by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Find out more during Open Casket!
Thank you,
Margo Ashmore
Volunteer Board Member
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
My cell phone: 612-867-4874

Cling! Layl McDill @ Art Works
2022-11-06 05:00 - 18:30
Cling!
An image of Layl’s piece “Overloaded with Beginnings and Ends” will be blown up and added to the Artworks gallery walls as “wallpaper”. This will be a very interesting exhibit!
The opening Reception is November 6, 2022, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
November 1- January 20th
Art Works
3795 Pilot Knob
Eagan, MN 55122
https://www.awe.mn/events/gallery/?mc_cid=1b5ecd8fbf&mc_eid=daad009e2f

Maker Space @ YMCA: Dyeing T Shirts with Candy Kuehn
2022-11-08 17:00 - 19:00
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which specially include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants will be experimenting with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking. Lessons will be offered once a week.
Join us on November 8 at the YMCA, 5:00-7:00
ADDRESS: EMMA B HOWE Northeast YMCA 2304 NE Jackson St, Minneapolis, MN 55418
Candy Kuehn will share how to use squeezey bottle procieon dyes on T-shirts.
Read about the artists: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/13771-2/
Learn more about Restoring Waters: The Emma Norton Project

Maker Space @ Haven Housing - Identity Collage With Frances Bates
2022-11-09 17:30 - 19:30
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which specially include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants will be experimenting with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking. Lessons will be offered once a week.
Haven Housing is located at: 1803 N Bryant Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
At the session on November 9, Frances Bates will instruct making an Identity Collage.
Read about the artists: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/13771-2/

(Re) Cover - Shalee Cole
2022-11-10 20:00, 2022-11-11 20:00, 2022-11-12 20:00
(Re) Cover – A Creative New Work by Shalee Cole
Title: (re) cover: The Campaign
Media: Theatre and a Tabletop Role Playing Game
Written and Performed by: Shalee Cole
Directed by: Lauren Edson
In Collaboration with: The Right Here Showcase
Meadowbrook Guild Bounty Board:
Typically Meadowbrook is a safe and attractive community full of loving families and giggling children. But as of a week ago, a scourge, believed to be magical in nature, has suddenly appeared in our neighborhood. Passersby are reporting radiated debris covering blighted plant life and a revolting stench. Without witnesses or evidence of an inciting event, We cannot say how the scourge appeared in sleepy Meadowbrook. The Guild has researched recent and historical records of the area, but believe magic is affecting the community’s memory, as no one can place what was there before. We fear that the scourge will spread and could cause complete decimation.
Seeking: Two seasoned surveyors with experience investigating unusual and necrotic events.
Mission: Enter the scourge, identify the cause, and report expert recommendations to the guild for immediate action.
(re)cover: The Campaign is a performative role-playing story. Created by Shalee Mae Cole and determined by two new guests every night before a live audience
Join us at the Tek Box at the Cowles Center, 528 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 on November 10-12 at 8:00 pm and November 13 at 7:00 pm
Get Your Tickets Here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-7th-annual-right-here-showcase-tickets-423485365127

Opening Night - MWMO Sculpture @ Homewood Studios
2022-11-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN, 55411
One River’s Trash is the Same River’s Treasure -Unveiling

Title: Mississippi River Pearl 2022
Dimensions : 4’ W X 5’ W x 6’ T
Media: Mixed Media- Mississippi River Trash and objects with a previous history
An Art to Change the World Collaboration: Project Manager Barbara Bridges and group members Frances Bates, Amáda Márquez Simula, Greg Volker, Margo Ashmore, Annie Merrell, Neil Granlund, Katherine Boyce, Alexis Schramel, and Kelly Frankenberg.
Join us at Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411 on November 11 from 5:00-8:00 https://homewoodstudios.com
The creation of Pearl was funded by a Mississippi Watershed Management Organization Stewardship Fund Program grant and the project led ten people to meet, collect trash along the Mississippi and participate in an immersive curriculum unit which was collaboratively developed by Barbara and the participants themselves – including a scientist, journalist, mayor, teachers, and artists!
All participants created this elegant artwork using the found river debris and other hand-constructed and found objects. With one of the goals being to educate people about the plastics we find on our waterways, they repurposed objects with a history to create a new narrative. Paper was made by Alexis from the debris collected. The quilted seat was commissioned from ACW quiltmaker, Lucy Schroepfer out of fabric found along the river. John Olson, from River Keepers, helped us forage on the west side of the river in his electric pontoon. The project participants met eight times in September and October.
Open all 21 drawers! Take a memento and research card or two. Sit on the throne, meditate and snap a photo. Post on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok using #ArtToChangeTheWorld and #MississippiRiverPearl. Send us that photo! Leave us your impressions in the survey drawer for a chance to win an ACW t-shirt.
Read about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mississippi-watershed-management-organization-project
Mill City Times features MWMO water project and ACW Director, Barbara Bridges.
http://millcitytimes.com/news/changemaker-barbara-bridges-founder-and-director-art-to-chan.html?fbclid=IwAR2Z7Ije-bDPUC6U_D4OBLdECZ9Ht-FS-tO16nr-dHlMNj8mXzAafAHNWMQ
See the TikTok Video created by Amáda Márquez Simula
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkHn3xzA82m/
Read More about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mississippi-management-and-watershed-project

Re (Cover) - Shalee Cole
2022-11-13 19:00

Maker Space @ YMCA: Project and Artist TBA
2022-11-15 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-22 17:00 - 19:00
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which specially include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants will be experimenting with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking. Lessons will be offered once a week.
Join us on November 15 at the YMCA, 5:00-7:00
ADDRESS: EMMA B HOWE Northeast YMCA 2304 NE Jackson St, Minneapolis, MN 55418
The artist and project is TBA.
Read about the potential artists: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/13771-2/
Learn more about Restoring Waters: The Emma Norton Project

Interference Art Presents: Seed the Dream Legacy Space
2022-11-15 19:00 - 21:00
Interference Arts presents
“Seed the Legacy Dream Space”
by Craig Harris & Candy Kuehn, in collaboration with Kym Longhi & Jim Peitzman
Do you wonder about the Past?
Do you Dream about the Future?
Are you Curious about how our lives create what follows?
The Legacy Dream Space is a multimedia environment and exhibition, designed to explore our past and present and to collaborate to create a legacy for future generations. It is a multi-dimensional story space that incorporates music, performance, art exhibition, and a multimedia installation, to create an environment conducive to experiencing stories and engaging in their unfolding. The story spaces are rich in visual, aural, and thematic content, and evolve through community engagement.
We are preparing this work for exhibition at Owatonna Art Center in the fall of 2023, and are hosting a series of opportunities to explore, capture new content, and integrate community input into future instances of the work.
Join us on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, to Seed the Legacy Dream Space:

to experience;
to participate;
to create what follows.

Where:
The Annex
512 E 24th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404
When:
November 15, 2022
7:00 PM
RSVP to info@arttochangetheworld.org
Capacity limited to 15.
Read More about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/seed-the-legacy-dream-space

Give to ACW on Give to the Max Day
2022-11-17 08:00 - 17:00
Donate to ACW this Give To The Max Day (Nov. 17th)!
If we do not pay artists, there will be no artists. This Give to the Max Day (GTMD), we need YOUR support to help fund our projects and the people who make them come to life. We are trying to fundraise at least $2,000 through our GTMD fundraiser. Your contribution will help us pay artists, make artistry more accessible throughout Minnesota, fuel positive social change, and so much more.

A primer on GTMD, for those who might be unfamiliar: GTMD is Minnesota’s annual giving holiday. It is a grassroots giving event that helps Minnesota non-profits (such as ACW) fundraise and continue to pursue/expand their mission in their communities.
Organizations can set up fundraiser pages on GiveMN.org, which is tallying GTMD donations starting from November 1st until midnight on the 17th – and is distributing over $100,000 in prize grants to organizations that are fundraising for GTMD! To emphasize, prize grants will be distributed for early donations as well, so you are welcome to donate early, starting on November 1st! In any case, be sure to bookmark the link on the red Donate button above and set a reminder to donate between November 1st – 17th!
After you make your contribution, you can choose the project(s) that you want to help fund with your donation by commenting at the bottom of our fundraiser page in the Comments section, or by emailing info@arttochangetheworld.org.
If you would prefer to donate via check, please do so by sending it to Art To Change The World, 2323 Monroe St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. If you want your donation to go to a specific person or project, please indicate it on the memo line.
The following donors have collectively agreed to split the total raised as a match for GTMD – please consider joining them. To join our matching donor list, contact us at info@arttochangetheworld.org. You are most likely committing to $300 – $400 – according to how much we raise.

Craig Harris
Kelly Frankenberg
Barbara Bridges
Layl McDill
Pat Rogers

Lastly, consider doing a “holiday charity exchange” with friends and family for Give to the Max Day this year! You can support causes that are meaningful to them by agreeing to donate to one another’s fundraisers. Here’s what Layl McDill has to say about it:
“In 2020, I wanted to engage my friends and family in ACW’s Give to the Max Day fundraiser, so I posted to them that I would donate to their charity if they donated to ACW. It was a fun way to spread the love of the organizations that are meaningful in my friends’ and family’s lives and ACW received donations from people outside the organization. My family even decided to do this ‘charity exchange’ instead of giving gifts that year.
Watch for your chance to donate to ACW on Give to the Max day on November 17th and consider how you can invite your friends and family to donate too – maybe you can come up with a creative way that works for you!”
We hope you can help us reach our $2,000 goal this Give to the Max Day – be sure to follow us on social media to keep up with our fundraising campaign communications as GTMD approaches!

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Tiny Roberts Art Auction @ Lakewood Cemetery
2022-11-20 14:30 - 16:30
ACW member Rebecca Froehlich is organizing an art auction to benefit making Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary more accessible. Bid on tiny Roberts (nature-themed) art and support a great cause!
Join us on:
Sunday, November 20th, 2022
2:30-4:30 PM
In person @ Lakewood Cemetery (Minneapolis, MN)
OR Online via Bidding Owl
All proceeds benefit Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary’s terrace project.
Questions? Contact: tinyrobertsauction@gmail.com
Want to donate art? We’re looking for art of all kinds, depicting the nature in Roberts Bird Sanctuary (including ferns, wildflowers, plants, mammals, and birds of all kinds) – contact the same email to arrange a pickup date!
Want to support the cause but don’t want to bid? Donate to the terrace project GoFundMe here.

Maker Space @ Haven Housing - Artist & Project TBA
2022-11-23 17:30 - 19:30
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which specially include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants will be experimenting with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking. Lessons will be offered once a week.
Haven Housing is located at: 1803 N Bryant Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
At the session on November 16, the artist and project are both TBA.
Read about the potential artists: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/13771-2/

Maker Space @ Haven Housing - Project & Artist TBA
2022-11-23 17:30 - 19:30
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which specially include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants will be experimenting with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking. Lessons will be offered once a week.
Haven Housing is located at: 1803 N Bryant Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
At the session on November 23, the artist and project are both TBA.
Read about the potential artists: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/13771-2/

Don Luce & Ruth Talen Erickson @ Homewood Studios - Opening Reception
2022-12-02 17:00 - 20:00
December Gallery Show
Homewood Studios 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Don Luce & Ruth Talen Erickson: Painting & Pottery
December 2-23
Opening Reception – Friday, December 2 from 5 pm to 8 pm
Gallery Talk – Tuesday, December 13 beginning at 7 pm
Our final show of 2022 has long been in the works. Ruth Erickson is a long-time friend of Homewood Studios. Planning for this show began well before Covid put everything on pause, and we thank both Ruth and Don for their patience. From our point of view, and we anticipate from that of studio viewers as well, the wait will be worth it.
About his work, Don writes: I strive to stimulate people’s curiosity of nature, deepen their understanding of how nature works and inspire a commitment to protect the natural world. I use painting and drawing to reveal the ecological processes that underlie the landscape and to capture the sense of energy and excitement I feel while exploring nature.

And about her work, Ruth writes:
The Japanese concept of “Mengei -the appreciation of the handmade in everyday life”, has guided my work for over 50 years as a potter. What matters to me when expressing my love of clay is the hope that my pottery is part of your daily life and brings you joy and beauty.

Noble Truths Studio Visit - Layl McDill
2022-12-06 08:00 - 17:00
Noble Truths Studio Visit Artists for 2022-2023
Layl McDill December 6, 2022

Noble Truths Studio Tour December 6th at 6:00
Her studio is located at 2505 Howard St NE
Step into the wonderland of Layl’s studio in the Flux Arts Building. She shares her space with her husband Josh Blanc as part of Clay Squared to Infinity.
Layl’s creates polymer clay sculptures that focus on wonderment and storytelling and Josh makes handmade tiles. She will give a tour of both her studio and her husband’s. As an extra bonus Layl will perform one of her stories which she recently told on the Moth Stage at a Story Slam. And you won’t be able to resist playing with some polymer clay scraps so feel free to play away!– Layl McDill grew up in Gillette, Wyoming where she began creating at a very young age. Layl received her BFA in Illustration from the Columbus College of Art Design but she found it more exciting to make sculptural work and sell it through galleries and art fairs.
Layl lives in Minneapolis and is co-owner of Clay Squared to Infinity, a tile and art studio and showroom in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. She has exhibited her work around the country at art centers, museums, and art fairs. Her work is about wonderment and story primarily polymer clay using the millefiori technique.
“A long time ago in a kitchen in Wichita, Texas a young mother mixed up another batch of homemade play dough. She made all the colors for her freckle-faced daughter and when her daughter rolled and squished this salty substance something magical happened- she began to turn into an artist.”
And THAT is my origin story. Stories help us make sense of our world and help us connect with others. My polymer clay sculptures are filled with the sensation of story. When people engage with my work I am often asked “What is this from?” because my work seems like it’s derived from fables or myths. But soon they realize the stories are all fresh and just a little off-kilter.
Read More: http://laylmcdill.com
Social Media:
Www.laylmcdill.com
www.claysquared.com
https://www.facebook.com/layl.mcdill
https://www.instagram.com/laylmcdill
https://www.tiktok.com/@laylmcdill
Twitter: @ https://twitter.com/laylm
https://www.etsy.com/shop/laylmcdill
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/laylmcdill
Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/layl-mcdill http://laylmcdill.com
Contact Layl at layl@claysquared.com, or 612-781-6409

Noble Truths Studio Visit - Mary Meuwissen
2022-12-12 17:00 - 19:00
Noble Truths Studio Visit Artists for 2022-2023
Mary S. Meuwissen December 12, 2022

Mary S. Meuwissen is a visual artist influenced by strong color, loose marks and geometric shapes.
Her background is in Art Education, with emphasis in art history and watercolor.
Mary spent many years in the corporate world in sales. Her passion to paint returned full force in 2013 after being introduced to oil/cold wax medium. Mary
continues to learn and refine her process with this wonderful medium.
Mary currently resides in both Minneapolis, MN and Marana, AZ.
Her work has been shown in Chicago at the Bridgeport Art Center, Art2LifeJuried International Exhibition (Virtual), Bridgewater Lofts in Minneapolis, MNStone Arch Lofts in Minneapolis, MN, ‘Foot in the Door’ at Minneapolis Instituteof Art, a solo show at the Minneapolis Women’s Club and Petroglyphs in Tucson. Her art is also in private collections throughout the United States.
Her studio is located at 1500 Jackson NE, Studio 226
Social Media
www.marymeuwissen.com
https://www.instagram.com/marymeuwissen/
Contact Mary at: msmeuw@gmail.com or 612 747 2587

Don Luce & Ruth Talen Erickson - Gallery Talk at Homewood Studios
2022-12-13 19:00
