699 Lowry - Movie night with Tony

A Dark Room – Movie Night! New member Tony has a love of films and will be hosting a couple of movie nights at Headquarters. These will be from 7-9:30pm in the living room area using our large projector screen. Dates are May 10th, June 14th, July 12th, and August 9th. S......More

A Dark Room – Movie Night! New member Tony has a love of films and will be hosting a couple of movie nights at Headquarters. These will be from 7-9:30pm in the living room area using our large projector screen. Dates are May 10th, June 14th, July 12th, and August 9th. Snacks provided! Contact Tony at [email protected].

Art-A-Whirl 2025

Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5. F......More

Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5. First stop is the Flux Arts Building where ACW Headquarters is located. We have free available parking! The Flux is at 2505 Howard St. NE and Art to Change the World can be found at 699 Lowry Ave NE. Here you’ll have the chance to make sculptures, Shrinky Dinks, Gelli prints, collages, and polymer clay creations. Next visit the Solar Arts Building at 711 15th Ave NE for all sorts of food, music, and art. Come up to the second floor to see the studios and ACW’s Fox Den Gallery. Fill out a Bingo sheet for a small prize bag from our members or make beads in the gallery. Don’t forget to stop by the California Building (2205 California St NE), Northrup King Building (1500 Jackson St NE), Casket Arts Carraige House (1720 Madison St NE), or Quincy Hall (1325 Quincy St NE). These are some of the other places you can find Art to Change the World members. Learn more: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/art-a-whirl-2/ Participating ArtistsFlux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 1st Floor Josh Blanc – Workshop/Store Layl McDill – Studio/Gallery Flux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 2nd Floor Barbara Bridges – Office Kelly Frankenberg – Studio Bryce Mason – Intern Gallery Liisa Lê – Common Area Solar Arts Building – Fox Den Gallery Frances Bates – Curator/Vendor Laura Burlis – Vendor Debra Ripp – Guest Vendor Solar Arts Building – Creative Cove Becca David Solar Arts Building – Studios Catherine Palmer – #205 Natalie McGuire – #205 Rose Cooper – #206 Lin Boemer – #206 Lucienne Schroepfer – #215 California Building Candy Kuehn – #212 Craig Harris – #212 Northrup King Building Paul Kellett – #210 Sam St. John – #404 Carriage House Anna Karena – #200 Quincy Hall Leo Fortune

Art-A-Whirl 2025

Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5. F......More

Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5. First stop is the Flux Arts Building where ACW Headquarters is located. We have free available parking! The Flux is at 2505 Howard St. NE and Art to Change the World can be found at 699 Lowry Ave NE. Here you’ll have the chance to make sculptures, Shrinky Dinks, Gelli prints, collages, and polymer clay creations. Next visit the Solar Arts Building at 711 15th Ave NE for all sorts of food, music, and art. Come up to the second floor to see the studios and ACW’s Fox Den Gallery. Fill out a Bingo sheet for a small prize bag from our members or make beads in the gallery. Don’t forget to stop by the California Building (2205 California St NE), Northrup King Building (1500 Jackson St NE), Casket Arts Carraige House (1720 Madison St NE), or Quincy Hall (1325 Quincy St NE). These are some of the other places you can find Art to Change the World members. Learn more: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/art-a-whirl-2/ Participating ArtistsFlux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 1st Floor Josh Blanc – Workshop/Store Layl McDill – Studio/Gallery Flux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 2nd Floor Barbara Bridges – Office Kelly Frankenberg – Studio Bryce Mason – Intern Gallery Liisa Lê – Common Area Solar Arts Building – Fox Den Gallery Frances Bates – Curator/Vendor Laura Burlis – Vendor Debra Ripp – Guest Vendor Solar Arts Building – Creative Cove Becca David Solar Arts Building – Studios Catherine Palmer – #205 Natalie McGuire – #205 Rose Cooper – #206 Lin Boemer – #206 Lucienne Schroepfer – #215 California Building Candy Kuehn – #212 Craig Harris – #212 Northrup King Building Paul Kellett – #210 Sam St. John – #404 Carriage House Anna Karena – #200 Quincy Hall Leo Fortune

Art-A-Whirl 2025

Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5. F......More

Art to Change the World would like to invite you to check out the art and activities of our members during Northeast Minneapolis’ biggest event Art-A-Whirl. This weekend filled with art will be happening May 16-18, 2025. Hours: Friday 5-10, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 12-5. First stop is the Flux Arts Building where ACW Headquarters is located. We have free available parking! The Flux is at 2505 Howard St. NE and Art to Change the World can be found at 699 Lowry Ave NE. Here you’ll have the chance to make sculptures, Shrinky Dinks, Gelli prints, collages, and polymer clay creations. Next visit the Solar Arts Building at 711 15th Ave NE for all sorts of food, music, and art. Come up to the second floor to see the studios and ACW’s Fox Den Gallery. Fill out a Bingo sheet for a small prize bag from our members or make beads in the gallery. Don’t forget to stop by the California Building (2205 California St NE), Northrup King Building (1500 Jackson St NE), Casket Arts Carraige House (1720 Madison St NE), or Quincy Hall (1325 Quincy St NE). These are some of the other places you can find Art to Change the World members. Learn more: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/art-a-whirl-2/ Participating ArtistsFlux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 1st Floor Josh Blanc – Workshop/Store Layl McDill – Studio/Gallery Flux Arts Building/ACW Headquarters – 2nd Floor Barbara Bridges – Office Kelly Frankenberg – Studio Bryce Mason – Intern Gallery Liisa Lê – Common Area Solar Arts Building – Fox Den Gallery Frances Bates – Curator/Vendor Laura Burlis – Vendor Debra Ripp – Guest Vendor Solar Arts Building – Creative Cove Becca David Solar Arts Building – Studios Catherine Palmer – #205 Natalie McGuire – #205 Rose Cooper – #206 Lin Boemer – #206 Lucienne Schroepfer – #215 California Building Candy Kuehn – #212 Craig Harris – #212 Northrup King Building Paul Kellett – #210 Sam St. John – #404 Carriage House Anna Karena – #200 Quincy Hall Leo Fortune

699 Lowry - Voice Explorations workshop

This event will involve exploring and possibly discovering participants’ “authentic” (rather than “acquired”) voices, in both speech and singing.  Six (minimum) to ten (maximum) participants will experiment in using physical-vocal exercises that help efficiently coordin......More

This event will involve exploring and possibly discovering participants’ “authentic” (rather than “acquired”) voices, in both speech and singing.  Six (minimum) to ten (maximum) participants will experiment in using physical-vocal exercises that help efficiently coordinate the principal voice-producing systems of cognition, respiration, phonation, resonation, registration, articulation, and expression. A couple of simple upbeat songs will be used for group singing, and it should be a positive learning experience for all participants – at least for the instructor! Available for 6-10 participants. Email Leo to register ([email protected]). Clif Ware has always been artistically inclined. As a 5-year old, he eagerly drew WWII battle scenes. A few years later he took a year of private lessons in watercolor, followed by an art class in 9th grade. But, when reaching the 10th grade, his choral director-mentor discovered his tenor voice, and that was the beginning of his vocal-music career. Drawing and painting reappeared at times in temporary stints, including his taking art and pottery classes as a college student, and more recently, an acrylics painting class in 2012. Earlier, in 1985, he designed a new family home, with landscaping, that was built in New Brighton, MN. Clif’s vocal music career spanned 47 years, including 2 years as music-and-youth director in a Methodist Church, 1 year as choral music director, and 43 years of university teaching, the final 37 at the U of MN-TC School of Music. During the early years he also earned graduate degrees, including a D.M. degree in voice performance from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Throughout his career he performed extensively as tenor soloist, in recital, opera (55 roles), and oratorio. After retirement, he and his wife, Bettye, a professional pianist, formed a 50s band named The Silvertones, and performed several summer concerts in Salo Park. As a writer, he’s authored four books—Adventures in Singing (4/e 2008), Basics of Vocal Pedagogy (1998), The Singer’s Life: Goals and Roles (2005), The Aging Challenge: Making the Most of Life After 50 (2009). He has also given numerous professional presentations nationally and internationally at professional meetings and educational institutions. During early retirement, Clif and Bettye, also composed 36 songs, including Eco Songs, with 13 songs on various aspects of environmental sustainability. Their music collaboration—Bettye as pianist, Clif as instructor—continues with teaching quarterly 5-week Voice Exploration classes at the St. Anthony Village, MN Community Center. In 2013 Clif and Bettye co-founded Citizens for Sustainability in St. Anthony Village, where they reside. Since 2013, Clif has published a sustainability e-newsletter, currently on hiatus while he focuses on other writing projects related to sustainability. He and Bettye are interested in promoting the role of arts as a force for moving society toward a more sustainable future, by emphasizing the systemic role of humans as an integral part of Nature, from which all sustenance flows and upon which all life depends. Dr. Ware’s website (https://clifware.wixsite.com/clifware) is devoted to singing and teaching, integral thought and mind-body connections, and sustainability concerns.

First Saturdays at Flux

Join Layl McDill for First Saturdays of the month at the Flux Arts Building. Her studio/gallery space will be open from 1-5pm and we would like volunteers to be upstairs at ACW Headquarters. June 7th is looking for a volunteer still. Learn More: https://www.arttochanget......More

Join Layl McDill for First Saturdays of the month at the Flux Arts Building. Her studio/gallery space will be open from 1-5pm and we would like volunteers to be upstairs at ACW Headquarters. June 7th is looking for a volunteer still. Learn More: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/first-saturdays-at-the-acw-headquarters/ Address: 699 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

699 Lowry - Moments in our lives art class Part 1

Art Classes with Nadine [email protected] JUNE 10 6:30-8:30pmClass #1 – Collage/Mixed Media Class “At Best Mentally & Physically/At Worst Mentally & Physically”A collage/mixed media class where participants depict on one half of their creation when they were e......More

Art Classes with Nadine [email protected] JUNE 10 6:30-8:30pmClass #1 – Collage/Mixed Media Class “At Best Mentally & Physically/At Worst Mentally & Physically”A collage/mixed media class where participants depict on one half of their creation when they were experiencing unhappy or bad times and on the other half of their creation they depict when they have felt their happiest healthiest or their strongest self. JULY 15 6:30-8:30pmClass #2 – Painting/Drawing Class “Happiest Day of Your Life”A painting or drawing class where participants create a picture of the happiest day of their life. Participants will draw or paint what they recall as their happiest moment. They can also use these mediums to depict how they feel/felt on their happiest day using colors and or other images in a more abstract way.

699 Lowry - Movie night with Tony

A Dark Room – Movie Night! New member Tony has a love of films and will be hosting a couple of movie nights at Headquarters. These will be from 7-9:30pm in the living room area using our large projector screen. Dates are May 10th, June 14th, July 12th, and August 9th. S......More

A Dark Room – Movie Night! New member Tony has a love of films and will be hosting a couple of movie nights at Headquarters. These will be from 7-9:30pm in the living room area using our large projector screen. Dates are May 10th, June 14th, July 12th, and August 9th. Snacks provided! Contact Tony at [email protected].

699 Lowry - Pour Painting Activity!

Join Katie and Frances at Headquarters for a fluid art activity. Create your very own sparkly and colorful pour paintings!