Art to Change the World

Scrap Weaving Salon @ HQ
2026-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Monday, July 6, 2026, from 7 – 9 pm at ACW HQ
Would you like to learn how to weave a small bag with recycled materials?
The scraps that normally end up in a landfill will be used to make beautiful useful bags. I will teach you the basics of weaving and provide everything you need to make these bags. If you have your own yarn scraps you wish to use, feel free to bring them along. Please RSVP for the event so I know how many weaving boards and other supplies to bring.
Please contact Denise Lau with any questions and to RSVP at MNdreamArt@gmail.com

Myth, Magic, and Making Salon @ HQ
2026-07-11 15:00 - 17:00

ASL for Small Business Owners in the Art World Salon @ HQ
2026-07-20 19:00 - 21:00
Come learn basic ASL skills and small talk conversation on Monday, July 20, 2026, from 7 – 9 pm at ACW HQ.
The Twin Cities are a Deaf Hub because the states that touch us have very limited resources for the Deaf community. If you haven’t already, you will encounter Deaf customers looking at your art/crafts. Knowing the basics on how to interact with them and learning some basic small talk conversation will help you make sales or at least help our Deaf neighbors feel seen and appreciated.
This class will teach you how to appropriately interact with the Deaf community, teach you basic conversation, fingerspelling, numbers, and the vocabulary for making sales. There will be props and role playing for learning tools along with paper handouts to study later. No videotaping or pets allowed. All needed materials will be provided. Active participation is required!
Please contact Denise Lau with any questions and to RSVP at MNdreamArt@gmail.com so I know how many handouts to make and how many props to bring. Thank you!

ACW Summer Party
2026-07-28 17:00
Join us July 28th at 5:00 for the summer party. Layl McDill and Josh Blanc have a wood fired pizza oven in their backyard and every year we host the ACW Summer Party. All ACW members are invited and encouraged to bring pizza toppings or side dishes to share. Everyone gets to make their own pizza! We get very creative with the toppings!
Music will start at 6:00 by Vicki Dischler
If you are interested in volunteering this year reach out to Layl–
we need help setting up starting at 4:00 and help cleaning up.
Please RSVP so we know how much dough to make: layl@claysquared.com

Bird Making Workshop for "Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene"
2026-08-08 18:00 - 20:30
August 8, Saturday, @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm
at ACW Headquarters, 699 Lowry Ave NE
Create small bird sculptures with fabric and other materials to be part of a community project to make nearly 11,000 bird sculptures. This project is to raise awareness about bird collisions and how to prevent them. All the bird sculptures will be sent to Chicago where it they will be part of exhibitions in the coming years.
RSVP for the event at layl@claysquared.com

Aging as An Art Form: Notes From the Far Side of Youth Exhibition and Reading at Open Book
2026-09-03 18:00
Mark your Calendars!
Exhibition and Reading at Open Book on September 3 starting at 6:00pm https://www.openbookmn.org 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis
Exhibition, Food, Beverages, Music, Reading. FREE!
AAAA empowers and gives purpose and community to a group of 6-10 author/artists. They embraced and celebrated their lived experiences both in the past and as they look toward the future.
They met and wrote from January- June 2026. The essays are meant to honor and celebrate the comedy of the human condition by drawing on the participants’ experiences with the elderly – themselves or others. These are general works that will include strategies for coping and may serve as inspiration to others.
Authors: Holly Tappen, Karen McDonald, Kelly Frankenberg, Linda Fox, Craig Harris, Liisa Le, Barbara Bridges, Freya Hanson, Pat Rogers, Publication Advisor: Bree Bridges
Contact: info@arttochangetheworld.org

Trauma Informed Training
2026-09-17 18:00 - 20:00
