First Classes at TCM
For years, we’ve been building our corner of the creative universe over at Articulture. And just a few blocks away, the folks at Twin Cities Maker have been building theirs - a world of laser cutters, 3D printers, sawdust and welding sparks.
If you’ve never been, TCM is a community-oriented playground for builders, tinkerers, and mad scientists. It's a place where people carve canoes one day and program robots the next, a place where ideas - no matter how wild - get plugged in and turned on. Very inspiring atmosphere.
And this fall, we’re bringing our art classes to their location at 3119 E. 26th Street.
We’re launching our very first classes in their space, and we’ve started with Fashion Design.
Fashion Design: Make Your Own Wearable Art
When: 7 Mondays, November 10 - December 22 | 6-9 PM
With the brilliant: Bethany Richards
The deal: $220 for all the skills, the fun, and the fabric. (Only 10 spots because we like to give everyone real attention).
This is where you can learn to actually make the clothes you imagine. Bethany will guide you from a bolt of fabric to a one-of-a-kind piece that actually fits you and your style, and you shall leave with a started project of your own personal design. All genders, all levels of daydreaming welcome.
👉 Grab your spot here: Registration
And because some traditions are too good to leave behind, we’re bringing a beloved favorite to the new space…
A Single-Session Workshop: Autumn Embroidery
When: Monday, November 17 | 6-9 PM
With the wonderful: Eva Adderley
The deal: Just $40 to learn a cozy, portable craft.
This is the perfect meeting point - the delicate, ancient art of the stitch, happening in a space built for modern creation. You’ll leave with a project started with flowers and leaves, perfect for the coming cozy nights.
👉 Snag a spot for embroidery here: Registration
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Committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.
Articulture empowers individuals and communities to create positive change through the visual arts.
We are dedicated to nurturing imaginations, sharing valuable and first-hand art knowledge and skills, and cultivating a more inclusive, accessible, intentional, compassionate, creative, free and connected world. We believe art is a holistic tool for personal and social change, and everyone is worthy of experiencing the power and healing of art.
By creating access to arts experiences for people of all backgrounds and skill levels in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding Twin Cities area, we want to ensure as many people as possible are given opportunities to find creative expression through the visual arts. Apart from offering classes to the general public at Twin Cities Maker’s site, we also focus on Outreach and Art Healing programs.
Current partnerships include: People Serving People Shelter, The Magnet 55+, and Minneapolis Public Schools (for after school programs).
Art programs for children and teens
For 25 years, Articulture provided high-quality, accessible arts education to over 135,000 children and teens in the Twin Cities.
From 2000 to 2025, we offered summer camps, weekend art classes, workshops, school release day camps, and a range of educational experiences in collaboration with other arts nonprofits in the area. We built our community by hiring more than 128 local professional artists to teach in small groups. Their open-ended projects, which connected art with science, history, and culture, were a source of joy and learning for thousands. Our collection of paper-based reviews is transcribed here for you to read.
We also supported the next generation of artists by offering internships to over 65 art college students and new graduates, and provided more than 450 scholarships to students who wished to take classes with us or join the camps, to ensure creative expression was available to all. We provided after school programs in Minneapolis public schools, and continue to engage in this practice to this day.
In 2025, we moved from our three-classroom location on East Franklin Avenue to a smaller, rented studio at the Twin Cities Maker space a few blocks away. This new space is for adults only and is not suitable for children's classes. Unfortunately, at this time, we are not offering classes or camps for kids, unless there is a conducive class space. We have cherished every young artist who walked through our doors in the Franklin studio — we will miss you.
Outreach projects and collaborations
For these 25 years, Articulture implemented outreach programs in collaboration with other community-serving organizations. We provided Art & Healing programs, as well as accessible arts education, to both children and over 28,000 adults. Now, we’re making that work our primary purpose.
We want to sincerely thank Touchstone Mental Health, Hope Community, People Incorporated, Our Savior’s Community Services, Wayside Recovery Center, Partnership Resources Inc, CommonBond Communities, Banyan Community Center, People Serving People Shelter, The Magnet 55+, and libraries in Minneapolis and St. Paul for the privilege of working together and the occurred impact.
Current partnerships:
People Serving People Shelter (art programming to teens at two sites)
Opportunity Partners (arts access and education to clients with developmental and physical disabilities)
Minneapolis Public Schools (after school programs in local elementary schools)
The Magnet 55+ (arts education and Art & Healing for elder learners)
Keystone Community Services (after school programming for marginalized youth)
Beechwood (Art & Healing for clients living with mental illnesses)
Banyan Community (after school programming for marginalized youth)
Twin Cities Maker (art classes for adults offered at their space)
Screenshot from Nicholas Longtin’s “Healing Seward” short documentary.
Public Art
We have communally created one public art glass mosaic sculpture and 3 large murals, released 21 Art Cars into the world, and were featured in “Healing Seward” documentary directed by Nicholas Longtin, “Every Day is a Parade” directed by Deacon Warner, in MPLSART, and on MPR.
Join our Board of Directors
Hey, would you like to come grow this with us?
In this transition time, as we aim to serve Minneapolis, Saint Paul and metro area communities on new levels, we invite you to contribute your ideas and time as to the possibilities of it happening. We are building this new chapter from the ground up, and want to do it as a community.
Becoming a board member gives you a seat at the table to help make a lasting impact and directly shape how art empowers people across our cities.
Art is power, and not just a creative power - a major power for healing, social justice, and communal experiences.
Click here to find out more.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.