Art to Change the World

HQ Cleaning
2026-07-26 12:00 UTC

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

Creative Practice Round Table Discussion: WIP Salon @ HQ
2026-08-19 16:00 - 17:30
ACW Salons. @ HQ—
Creative Practice Round Table Discussion: WIP

August 19th, 2026, 4:00pm – 5:30pm

In this session, we will share works in progress. Come prepared to show or tell
about something you are currently working on — what you are doing and why
(maybe you don’t know why—that will be fun to talk about too!). If you do not
have a current project, you can share about a recent one, or just listen for
inspiration.

RSVP to Megan — megan@meganmoore.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

Home-Building Salon @ HQ
2026-09-05 16:00 - 18:00
ACW HQ (699 LOWRY AVENUE NE), SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2026, 4-6PM

This Salon is part of my intern project happening in Spring 2027 called “Home-Building”,
a community based making event revolving around the idea and aesthetics of home,
place, and memory, culminating in a large scale installation constructed out of canvases
and panels in an outside and accessible area.
This salon will involve painting, drawing, or collaging on small, pre-cut canvases/panels
to be made into a model on provided bases. You will be responding visually to phrases,
questions, and anecdotes about the idea of home. It will act as a trial run for the larger
scale event and as a way to learn and improve upon my concept. The models will be
photographed downstairs and can either be taken home or I will keep them and use
them in conjunction with the final installation. All materials provided.For questions, additional information, or to RSVP, email me at phverdoorn@gmail.com
or look for updates on my Instagram (@verdooorn).

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

Nature Printing Salon @ HQ
2026-09-26 13:00 - 15:00
Nature Printing Salon @ HQ
699 Lowry Ave NE
September 26, 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

“Join interdisciplinary artist Becca David as we go outside to incorporate nature into our artistic practice. No pre-requisite or art experience required.
Nature Printing was one of the earliest forms of documenting and preserving nature, used by early botanists to record details of place and growth habits. Prints could be used for study long past the point of decay.
Today, we are able to use processes that are safer for the environment to provide an introduction to this process. This allows people of all backgrounds and abilities to engage with nature and experience the world with in a positive and playful way.”
You’re welcome to bring a favorite leaf or plant specimen smaller than 5″ x 7″ however, all materials are included!
RSVP at justopiamoonstudios@gmail.com
