Dec
7
to Dec 8

Winter Art Market at the Lofts

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Join us and our guest artists in community for music, holiday gifts and a vast rage of visual art, created by us for you!

When you shop locally and support art you can feel great about giving a one of a kind gift and nourishing your community.

The Winter Art Market at the Lofts is taking place on Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, December 8th 12p-5:00p both days.

The entrance to Lowertown Lofts Cooperative is in the alley connecting Wall and Wacouta, look for the banners marking to doorway! Our building is assessable for all.

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2023 Fall Art Crawl at LLAC!
Oct
6
to Oct 8

2023 Fall Art Crawl at LLAC!

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All three floors of the Co-op will be open to the public during the Art Crawl and will feature artwork and the opportunity to meet our artists. Our Co-op is home to over 30 working artists whose studios are also where we live. We include painters, photographers, printmakers, bookmakers, graphic artists, illustrators, ceramicists, a weaver, multimedia artists, performing artists, jewelry makers-- a host of artists that reflect a diverse range of creative media. Nearly all of our 30+ artists will be represented on our walls with many of our artists in person to sell their work directly. In addition, we will be featuring guest artists invited by our members and musical and dance performances by artists from the Co-op.

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Spring 2023 Art Crawl at LLAC!
Apr
28
to Apr 30

Spring 2023 Art Crawl at LLAC!

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Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative will be open to the public during the Spring 2023 Lowertown Art Crawl (April 28-30) and will feature an entire weekend of music, dance, jewelry, gifts, even artisan hot sauce, and of course, a vast and diverse range of visual art, all created by us for you!

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2022 Holiday Show-Off!
Dec
10
12:00 PM12:00

2022 Holiday Show-Off!

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Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative will present our Second Annual HOLIDAY SHOW-OFF! on Saturday, December 10th, 2022, 12n to 8pm. Join us in our building offers eight hours of music, jewelry, holiday gifts, even artisan hot sauce, and of course, a vast and diverse range of visual art, all created by us for you! For the first time since the pandemic began, we've invited very special guests from our community to join the celebration, especially invited by our members.

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Lowertown Art Crawl at LLAC!
Oct
7
to Oct 9

Lowertown Art Crawl at LLAC!

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Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative will be open to the public during the Lowertown Art Crawl Crawl and will feature an entire weekend of music, dance, jewelry, gifts, even artisan hot sauce, and of course, a vast and diverse range of visual art, all created by us for you! Musical performances will take place in the atrium on the Third Floor.

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Spring 2022 Art Crawl at LLAC!
May
13
to May 15

Spring 2022 Art Crawl at LLAC!

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Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative will be open during the Lowertown Arts District weekend of the Saint Paul Art Crawl, May 13-15, 2022. Our building offers an entire weekend of music, jewelry, gifts, even artisan hot sauce, and of course, a vast and diverse range of visual art, all created by us for you!

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Fall 2021 Art Crawl at LLAC
Oct
1
to Oct 3

Fall 2021 Art Crawl at LLAC

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Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative is planning to participate during the Lowertown Arts District weekend of the Saint Paul Art Crawl, October 1-3, 2021. Our events will be held indoors at our building following government, medical, and CDC guidelines, and will be organized to ensure the safety of our visitors and our member artists.

Due to the nature of the pandemic, these plans may be subject to change without notice. Keep watching this listing for updates.

Art Crawl Hours at LLAC

Friday, October 1, 5-10pm
Saturday, October 2, 10am-8pm
Sunday, October 3, 10am-5pm

Participating Artists

Third Floor Atrium

Ta-coumba T. Aiken - Paintings

Emma Fitzsimmons & Mariusz Kujawski, with Marc Jaros - Dance & Music Performance (Sat, Oct 2, 5pm and Sun, Oct 3, 1pm)

Marla Gamble - Paintings & Jewelry

Jacqueline Gran - Drawings & Sculptures

April Hanson and Marc Jaros - Singing Performance (Sat, Oct 2, 3pm)

Tim Jennen - Freeze Frame Drawings

Mags Scanlon - Paintings

Matt Vinge - Solo Classical & Freestyle Guitar (Fri & Sat, Oct 2 & 3,12n each day, 20-minute set)

Fourth Floor

Jen Bednarski & Daniel Asfour - Paintings

Liz Carlson & Dan Tomczak - Food Painting/Still Life & Artisan Hot Sauce by Studio 406 Provisions

Ben Krywosz - Stations of the Heart at Nautilus Music-Theater

Justin Terlecki - Paintings & Prints

Fifth Floor

Serena Mira Asta - Prints & Gilded Stones

Gina Dabrowski - Photographs

Wendy Fernstrum - Books & Prints

Mariusz Kujawski - Paintings

Joe Krumpelmann - Paintings & Stained Glass

Gaylord Schanilac - Prints

Tara Tieso - Paintings

Heidi Wagner - Wood Arts

For more information about the Saint Paul Art Crawl, which celebrates 30 years in 2021, and all the artists and events happening across the city from September through December, visit the official website organized by the Saint Paul Art Collective.

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Recent paintings from Marla Gamble's Minnesota portfolio
Apr
26
3:00 PM15:00

Recent paintings from Marla Gamble's Minnesota portfolio

I am a painter: oil, acrylic and watercolor. Landscapes, skies, Aurora Borealis and dawn over the Mississippi River. But my sketching medium is watercolor. It travels with me, visits 'up north', goes to the lake and loves my friends' wonderful gardens. 

This special online event is in coordination with the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl.

Watch the Facebook live stream

More about Marla 

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Julie Ann Stevens' Hallelujah Quartet
Apr
26
2:00 PM14:00

Julie Ann Stevens' Hallelujah Quartet

Julie Ann Stevens invites you to enter into the space of anticipating and celebrating new life with her collection Halleluiah Quartet. Julie will give brief reflections on the four paintings in the collection and conclude by reading Mary Oliver’s poem “Halleluiah.”

This special online event is in coordination with the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl.

Watch the Facebook live stream

More about Julie Ann 

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Tour of the Land of Artist Books with Wendy Fernstrum
Apr
26
1:00 PM13:00

Tour of the Land of Artist Books with Wendy Fernstrum

Wendy will show artist books made by herself and artists in Minnesota and beyond, including Fred Hagstrom, Karen Hanmer, Vesna Kittelson, Sara Langworthy, Paula McCartney, Regula Russelle, Gaylord Schanilec, Todd Thyberg and Jody Williams.

This special online event is in coordination with the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl.

Watch the Facebook live stream

More about Wendy 

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Interview with Ben Krywosz, Nautilus Music Theater
Apr
25
4:00 PM16:00

Interview with Ben Krywosz, Nautilus Music Theater

Join us for this informal interview with LLAC Member/owner Ben Krywosz, who serves as Artistic Director of Lowertown’s Nautilus Music-Theater. Ben will discuss his work with writers, composers, and singer-actors, making new operas, musicals, and other ways of telling stories through music. Ben also serves as president of Lowertown Lofts Artists Cooperative, and will discuss life in the Lofts and offer a brief tour of his living quarters.

This special online event is in coordination with the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl.

Watch the Facebook live stream

Watch a video slideshow about Nautilus and find out more about Ben

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Virtual Art Tour of Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative
Apr
25
to Apr 26

Virtual Art Tour of Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative

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LLAC member/owner Patrick Clancy made this Virtual Tour of our Building for the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl, April 24-26, 2020. Even though you can’t visit us in person during this pandemic, you can see that our members have kept our spirit alive, filling our building with recent art. Enjoy!

Take the Tour!

More about Clancy

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Interview with Tim Jennen and Miriam-Rachel Oxenhandler Newman
Apr
24
7:00 PM19:00

Interview with Tim Jennen and Miriam-Rachel Oxenhandler Newman

Join us for an informal interview with LLAC Member/owner Tim Jennen and his creative partner Miriam-Rachel Oxenhandler Newman. They'll discuss their work-in-progress graphic novel THE SAGA OF HARVEY AND SHIFRA, the epic story of two Jewish cows from New Jersey who move to Wisconsin, and the challenges of working together remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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More about Tim

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Marla Gamble's new chalk pastels from her New Mexico travels
Apr
24
6:00 PM18:00

Marla Gamble's new chalk pastels from her New Mexico travels

Thinking to channel Georgia O'Keefe, LLAC member/owner Marla Gamble traveled with a California artist and a water colorist from Hon Fluer, France to Albuquerque, Sant Fe, Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch and Taos, New Mexico. During this online event Marla will show and talk about her new chalk pastels from her travels to New Mexico.

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More about Marla 

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You can still see everything: Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl at LLAC!
Apr
24
to May 31

You can still see everything: Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl at LLAC!

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Even though the weekend of the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl is over, you can still watch ALL the interviews and special features on our Blog page, forever!

Thank you, everyone, who participated and all who viewed our Facebook interviews and special posts!


You’re invited! Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative is opening its virtual doors to the public during the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl. See the distinct art – created in a wide variety of media – that the LLAC artists have been working on while sheltering in place. We’ll be live-streaming and posting updates regularly throughout the three days. 

For more than 30 years artists have been working and living in these studios, responding to life’s challenges by making art. In fact, the co-op itself began in response to a difficult situation: lack of affordable studios. Urban redevelopment had forced over 100 artist out of their downtown studios after bringing vitality to an otherwise moribund area. 

Art sustains. Help sustain artists by engaging with our work and, if you’re able, making a purchase. 

All online events during our virtual Art Crawl will be announced on this Events page and all events, videos and special features will be posted as available on our Blog page, so you can watch them whenever you want. You can also visit each of our resident artists’ pages on this site to see more work and learn more about them.

This special online event is in coordination with the Saint Paul Virtual Art Crawl.

Watch Videos and Special Features

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Saint Paul Art Crawl
Oct
11
to Oct 13

Saint Paul Art Crawl

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All floors of the Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative will be open during the Saint Paul Art Crawl in October.

The hours of the Saint Paul Art Crawl are: October 11, 12, 13, 2019 • Friday 6–10 PM, Saturday 12–8 PM, Sunday 12–5 PM

Information about all participating artists and events in Lowertown during the Art Crawl can be found at www.saintpaulartcrawl.org.

FULL ART CRAWL SCHEDULE AT THE CO-OP!

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Artist Talk with Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts
Jul
16
7:00 PM19:00

Artist Talk with Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts

This Artist Talk during the TWO/TOO exhibition at the Bloomington Center for the Arts will feature LLAC co-op member/owner Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow. The exhibition is curated by Artistry Theater and Visual Arts and presented in the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

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Marc Jaros conducts Duruflé's MESSE "CUM JUBILO" at Saint Agnes
Jun
23
10:00 AM10:00

Marc Jaros conducts Duruflé's MESSE "CUM JUBILO" at Saint Agnes

Co-op member/owner Marc Jaros will conduct Maurice Duruflé's Messe “Cum Jubilo”, during the Corpus Christi celebration at the Church of Saint Agnes. This High Mass, completed by Duruflé in 1966 and based on the Gregorian chant Mass IX “Cum Jubilo”, is written for baritone solo, baritone chorus, orchestra and organ. It will be sung by the men of The Twin Cities Catholic Chorale, with Adam Gedde and Jon Nordstrom, soloists.

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Opening Reception: TWO/TOO Exhibition with Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow
Jun
21
6:00 PM18:00

Opening Reception: TWO/TOO Exhibition with Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow

Opening reception of the TWO/TOO exhibition at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, featuring work by LLAC co-op member/owner Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow. The exhibition is curated by Artistry Theater and Visual Arts and presented in the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

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TWO/TOO: Works by Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow
Jun
21
to Aug 2

TWO/TOO: Works by Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow

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TWO/TOO features the work of LLAC co-op member/owner Ta-coumba Aiken and Leslie Barlow, two award winning artists from different generations. These artists explore and express life and identity in its richness, complexity, harmony and discord. In both art practice and advocacy, Aiken and Barlow are immersed in, driven by, and respond to the communities that surround them. In addition to a stunning survey of artwork, this exhibition will feature an interactive component designed by the exhibiting artists for the community to experience.

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Ta-coumba Aiken & Seitu Jones: Shadow Spirits at the Crossroad
Jun
20
5:00 PM17:00

Ta-coumba Aiken & Seitu Jones: Shadow Spirits at the Crossroad

Public Unveiling: 5 pm Free • Celebratory and Artist Remarks: 6 pm • Artwork Tours: 6:30, 7, and 7:30 pm

Join us at the celebration of the newest addition to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden: Shadow Spirits at the Crossroads, a new commission by Twin Cities–based artists Seitu Jones and LLAC member/owner Ta-coumba Aiken. A continuation of a project created for Nicollet Mall in 1992, Shadow Spirits consists of seven sculptures commemorating important figures in Minnesota history. Together, the artists traced the shadows of more than 40 local community members and then worked with the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council to select the silhouettes that will appear in the Garden.

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Opening Reception: Gaylord Schanilec's Exhibit at the Groveland Gallery
Jun
8
2:00 PM14:00

Opening Reception: Gaylord Schanilec's Exhibit at the Groveland Gallery

LLAC co-op member/owner  Gaylord Schanilec will be present at the opening reception for his exhibit  Excerpts from My Mighty Journey and Other Ephemera on Saturday, June 8 from 2-5 pm at the Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis. The opening reception and exhibition runs concurrently with Crosby Farm Park: Autumn by Joyce Lyon. Both shows continue through July 20, 2019.

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Gaylord Schanilec: Excerpts from My Mighty Journey and Other Ephemera
Jun
8
to Jul 20

Gaylord Schanilec: Excerpts from My Mighty Journey and Other Ephemera

My Mighty Journey is the story of St. Anthony Falls, the only major waterfall on the Mississippi River, and the changes it witnessed over twelve thousand years. Written by John Coy and illustrated by LLAC co-op member/owner  Gaylord Schanilec, the narrative is written from the perspective of the falls. It recounts the people who lived nearby, the ways they lived, and how the area around the waterfall changed drastically over the past two centuries. Selected illustrations from My Mighty Journey will be on exhibit as well selections from Schanilec’s two most recent artist’s books: A Little Book of Birds and A Little Book of Flowers.

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Saturday Only! A Recital of Songs of the Heart
Apr
27
3:30 PM15:30

Saturday Only! A Recital of Songs of the Heart

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Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm during the Crawl, come and listen to Co-op members April J. Hanson (mezzo-soprano) and Marc Jaros (accompanist) for a special recital Songs of the Heart on the third floor of our building.

For details on other artists and events during the Art Crawl at Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative, check out our blog.

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