Art-a-Whirl Crawl with M.A. Rosko

MINNEAPOLIS - It’s billed as one of the biggest open-studio art crawls of its kind in the nation — “Art-a-Whirl.”

With some 500 artists flinging their studio doors open to you, the adoring public, we’re inclined to believe them.

Art-a-Whirl takes over Northeast Minneapolis Friday, May 14th through Sunday, May 16th.

There are many ways to experience Art-a-Whirl. You can check out the major buildings stuffed with studios, like Northrup King, the California Building and Thorp Building.

You can go to “stand-alone” studios like bronze sculptor Nick Legeros’ Blue Ribbon Bronze, at 84 14th Ave. NE. If you’re lucky, you’ll see Nick work on his bigger-than-life-sized sculpture of Sid Hartman, which will appear in downtown Minneapolis someday soon. www.nikosculpture.com

Then again, some studios aren’t studios. Blaze your own Art-a-Whirl trail by checking out the art at “Foiled Again” salon, at 2807 Johnson St. NE. There, Faith Farrell is exhibiting her pop-artish work called “Clip & Redeem.” Faith says she’s fascinated by retro coupons and consumer products, and how our need to cut a deal never goes out of style. www.faithfarrell.com

Find out more about artists, trolley transportation between studios and more at: www.nemaa.org

ALSO:

Saturday May 15th Art-a-Whirl with ArtCars at Red Stag Restaurant, 509 1st Avenue NE. Minneapolis
1-3pm ArtCar workshop with Josie Winship. Come and help Josie make her ArtCar a reality!
3pm-4pm ArtCar and ArtBike Cruise around North East’s Art-a-Whirl