Arts in the Park Program

Otter Creek Park 1-4PM

This is a brand new thing and we are so excited about it. Thanks to a grant from the Central Mn Arts Board, we are bringing Montiarts into our parks surrounding the downtown this summer. There will be 5 pop-up events in different parks. Erica Witzmann and Sadie Nielsen will be heading-up these events, with help from Yasmin Solares. Here is the schedule:

-June 27th, 1 to 4, at Otter Creek Park

-July 18th, 3 to 6, at East Bridge Park

-Aug 15th, 1 to 4, at Ellison Park

-Aug 29th, 3 to 6, 4th Street Park

-Sept 19th, 3 to 6, West Bridge Park

We’ll have some fun art projects anyone can participate in at each one, and thanks to our grant and one of our amazing artists who is bilingual, we will have a Spanish translator at each event!

New and COOL: We will have some basic level digial cameras to sign-out during the event for use at the events. We will be offering some very basic photographic instruction during a portion of each event, so anyone who would like to participate in the MontiArts Community Photography In Our Parks Show is able to. (Wow- that event name really rolls off the ol’ tougue. Will work on it.) That show will be in October at MonttiArts, date TBD.

Photography In Our Parks Inspo Pic By Erica Witzmann

These pop-up arts events are intended to bring our programming out into the neighborhoods and encourage folks who might not have been bold enough to come to MontiArts in person (yet!) to express/explore their creativity. MontiArts really is for everyone, and we want people to feel welcome to forge new connections in our community through the arts..