Thorp Building

Thorp Building is open Art-A-Whirl weekend on Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Thorp Building is considered mobility accessible.

Ramp

Restroom

At this Site

Artistic Indulgence Custom Framing

Brian Curski Photography (Curskipics)

Hunkabunk – Cool Stuff Made Outta Junk

Yocomwoodworks LLC

Legend

Online sales available

Art-A-Whirl: open at least one day

Pickup available

Delivery available

Art-A-Whirl Activities

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

Collaborative Figurative Landscape Painting

Cost: Free

Friday - May 19 · Saturday - May 20 · Sunday - May 21

Toni Gallo is offering space to participate in a collective creative expression. This is your opportunity to add your own unique, artistic expression to a Collaborative Figurative Landscape Painting. You will learn about the artist’s own process, practices and underlying inspiration while contributing as a collective on a large scale painting.

Have your own unique experience while sharing it with others simultaneously. Witness what this collective, creative expression manifests on canvas.

Absolutely no experience necessary!

Thorp Building – #4
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

612-327-6681 Send Email Visit Website

Art Demo

Family-friendly

Indoor

Music

Performance

Exploring the Bond Between Painting and Music

Cost: Free

Sunday - May 21
2pm

Milinda Nitti, a member of The White House, will lead a musical performance while a painting demo takes place.

“The joy we feel from hearing sounds is closely related to the joy felt when making sounds themselves. When performing and listening to music, we are renewing, transforming, and creating together – performer and audience. We all have internal subconscious rhythms – our heartbeat and our breath. Experience a temporary shift in perspective as we embrace the bond between painting and music, and honor the subtle calmness and depth that can be found in this space.” ~ Milinda

Thorp Building – Studio 175
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

312-217-2823 Send Email Visit Website

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

Guided Meditation

Cost: Free

Sunday - May 21
10:45am

Sunday arrive at 10:45am to settle in for a short guided meditation practice beginning promptly at 11am and finishing by 11:30am.

Meditation offers an expansive state similar to the experience of creativity. This fluid space strengthens your intuitive voice by its evaporating effects on distraction. Give yourself the gift of a heightened state of awareness + a settling into your natural state of being as you set out to enjoy all that Art-A-Whirl offers. Absolutely no experience required!

Thorp Building – Studio 4
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

612-327-6681 Send Email Visit Website

Art Demo

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

Wheelchair Accessible

Lighting the Way: A Beeswax Candle-Making Experience

Cost: $15—$30

Friday - May 19
6—8pm

Sara from Slow Burn will lead an interactive beeswax candle-making experience during the grand opening of Kickstart Art-A-Whirl on Friday, hosted by The White House Artist Collective. With Sara’s expert guidance and all the necessary materials provided, you’ll have the opportunity to create your own beautiful taper candles to take home and enjoy. Please note that payment will be accepted on-site and on a first-come, first-served basis.

Styles to choose from and costs:

Pair of classic tapers, approximate size 7” length – $15
Pair of twin flame twisted tapers, approximate size 7” length – $30

Thorp Building – Studio 153
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

312-217-2823 Send Email Visit Website

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

MAKE IT Challenge 2023 – Use Less, Share More

Cost: Free

Saturday - May 20
12—8pm

Share, celebrate & connect with a community of Makers, DIY’ers and Artisans – Join the MAKE-IT Challenge!

This year we’re challenging our community to go green and MAKE IT sustainably – whether by design (using reclaimed or repurposed materials for their build) and/or function (making an item that encourages reuse or sharing within one’s home or community). Celebrate reuse and creativity within a variety of artforms – including woodworking, metalworking, textiles, and mixed media. Enter a piece of your own for a chance to win prizes, or come and view the 2023 MAKE IT Challenge entries, vote for your favorite builds, and glean inspiration for your next DIY at our Gallery Exhibit & Challenge Showcase.

Entries will be on display to the public in Dock 1 of the Thorp Building during Art-A-Whirl, from 10AM-4PM on Saturday, May 20th. Want to learn more about the build story behind the pieces, meet the makers, and see what build wins? Get your ticket for our Maker Social & Awards Showcase from 4—6PM. (Light Appetizers and Beverages will be served.)

MAKE IT activities are hosted annually by the Minnesota Tool Library.

Thorp Building – Studio 126
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

Send Email Visit Website

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

Paint Your Own Etegami Postcard

Cost: Free

Friday - May 19 · Saturday - May 20 · Sunday - May 21

We supply the paint, paper and brushes—you supply the imagination.

Etegami, it translates as picture letter, started in Japan in the 1960s as a response to the formality and perfection of traditional calligraphy. It is spontaneous, quick and imperfect. There is no pencil drawing to start, you dive in with a loaded brush. Color outside of the lines, add a written message and you have your postcard.

Thorp Building – Studio 27
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

651-955-2676 Send Email

Art Demo

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

Wheelchair Accessible

Toy Photography!

Cost: Free

Friday - May 19 · Saturday - May 20 · Sunday - May 21

Whether your child is 5 or 55, they’re welcome to create and photograph their own scene using dioramas and action figures provided by Father’s Figures. Feel free to bring your favorite toys from home as well! Get tips and tricks from a veteran toy photographer to bring your ideas to life.

Thorp Building – Close to door #153
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

Send Email Visit Website

Family-friendly

Indoor

Interactive Activity

Other

Watercolor Portraits

Cost: $25-45

Sunday - May 21
12—2pm

Swing by Mercury Mosaics Design Studio for a 10 minute watercolor portrait of you and/or your loved one!

Thorp Building – 900 18th Ave N
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

612-860-4229 Send Email Visit Website

Art Demo

Family-friendly

Indoor

Wheelchair Accessible

Woodcut Printmaking Demonstration

Cost: Free

Sunday - May 21
1pm, until edition is printed

Watch Emily Gray Koehler print an edition of a single-layer woodcut with two colors printed simultaneously. Learn about Emily’s process, ask questions and engage with the artist while she works. Demo begins on Sunday, May 21 at 1:00pm and will continue until the edition is printed.

Thorp Building – Studio 137
1618 Northeast Central Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Map & Directions

231-590-2274 Send Email Visit Website

Thorp Building

Art-A-Whirl

Alyse Emanuel

Amy’s Heartfelt Art

Artistic Indulgence Custom Framing

Brian Curski Photography (Curskipics)

Cheryl Rufer Art

Claire Lewis

Dakota Mae Design

Dashfire

Dawn Paper Creative

EcoPetites

Emily Gray Koehler

Erica Koina

Fair Anita

Father’s Figures

GATO MALO

Genevieve Desotelle

Good Deed Glass

Hilary Winkworth

Historic Thorp Building

Holly Streekstra

Hunkabunk – Cool Stuff Made Outta Junk

Joel Jannetto

Kat Corrigan

Kiki Lueck

Kyle Tam

Lara Cornell

LB Originals

Madison Gondreau

Mercury Mosaics

Michael Birawer

Minnesota Tool Library

Nora Miller

Rebecca Thvedt

Shanna Allyn

Shawn McNulty

Sophie Hansen

Stacie Kammerling

Tattersall Distilling

The White House

Third Eye Girl

Tom Stoffregen

Toni Gallo Art

Wild Wolf Clothing Co.

Yana Frank Design

Yocomwoodworks LLC

Collaborative Figurative Landscape Painting

Exploring the Bond Between Painting and Music

Guided Meditation

Lighting the Way: A Beeswax Candle-Making Experience

MAKE IT Challenge 2023 – Use Less, Share More

Paint Your Own Etegami Postcard

Toy Photography!

Watercolor Portraits

Woodcut Printmaking Demonstration