20 Dec 2024

If you can’t make our first holiday market on December 7, don’t worry we’ve got a bigger and better one happening December 21! We’re opening up the entire event space to host even more vendors.

Enjoy beer poking by the fire, festive & fun brews, lots of vendors and a hot cocoa bar to get you in the holiday spirit!

And, to top things off, wear your festive or ugly holiday sweater for the chance to win a Forgotten Star gift card!

Check out our December 21 vendors:
– Hell and Studio
– Craft Beer Bottle Lamps
– Must Be Ruff
– Kelsey Anderson Art
– Looney Sisters Crafts
– Dolly’s Dreamhouse
– Human- handmade jewelry
– Kathy’s House of Signs
– Prose Permanent Jewelry
– Thread Finds Mpls
– Tooth Saint
– Trades of Hope
– Northern Home Candle Co.
– Northern Lights Design
– Worker B
– Cooper Greyson Candle
– Create Laser Arts
– Twisted Metal Frosting LLC
– Garden Witch Co
– Danielle Fernandez Ceramics
– dreamy pups
– Sunshine Collective By Lola
– The Hobby Cure

19 Dec 2024

Holiday Lane returns to the Northrup King Building! Cozy up with a hot chocolate or seasonal treat as you wander the halls, exploring hundreds of one-of-a-kind gifts and artwork from talented local artists and creators.

Studios will be decked out in holiday decor and sharing festive treats, while Blackberry Bakery brings fresh-baked goodies to add to the cheer. Find the perfect gift, discover new decor for your home, and support the local arts scene all under one roof!

The celebration kicks off on Small Business Saturday and runs every Saturday until December 21st. Join us from 10 am to 4 pm for four festive weekends of holiday magic!

ADA accessible . Free Parking . Passenger Elevator

14 Dec 2024

Get ready for a delightful holiday shopping experience at our Craft and Gift Show on December 14, 2024, at the Victoria Recreation Center (Gymnasium) in Victoria, MN. Open from 10 AM to 4 PM, this event is a perfect opportunity to discover unique, handcrafted gifts and treasures from the best local artisans. Whether you’re ticking off your holiday list or looking for something special for yourself, our show offers a festive and friendly atmosphere to shop, explore, and enjoy the season’s spirit.

The first 50 adult shoppers will receive a special swag bag filled with surprises!
Free Admission
Free Parking

14 Dec 2024

The 2024 Women’s Art Festival will take place on Saturday, December 14th, from 9:30 am – 4 pm, at the St. Mary’s University Center, 2540 Park Ave, in Minneapolis. This 32nd Annual event includes 70 local women artists selling their artwork including jewelry, fiber, photography, painting, pottery and more. There is plenty of free parking in nearby lots accessible from Oakland Ave, or on Park and Portland Avenues. Admission is free and all are welcome. Please come join us to support local artists, and for community, gifts, friends, and fun.

FFI: www.womensartfestival.com, https://www.facebook.com/womensartfestival, or NLSiegal@aol.com.

13 Dec 2024

ONE NIGHT EXHIBITION BY ROGUE CITIZEN ARTGANG
6 ARTISTS: BLASTER, DALSEN, GOAT HENKE, MG, LIZARDMAN, UGOTSOUL

All 6 artists have each created 40 one-hour paintings, in line with a 40-hour work week.
All art is name-your-price, minimum $23 – the average hourly wage considered a living wage in the US.

The federal minimum wage has not kept up with inflation and the cost of living since the 1960s. The current rate of $7.25 is a pathetic, untenable number that has not been increased in 15 years.

If a quick painting is worth more than $7.25 – more than $23 – everyone’s labor is worth more. And yet more than 40% of full-time American workers are not making a living wage. Employers steal up to $50 billion annually from workers in wage theft. Hard fought achievements of the labor movement in the 20th century are being aggressively attacked by corrupt politicians and courts backed by powerful corporations.

A sequel to Rogue Citizen’s “Minimum Wage” exhibition 10 years ago, this art show won’t do much to thwart escalating efforts to crush the working class, but it can remind us to rethink the value of our time, the importance of organized labor, and the system we’ve been raised to accept without question. And it’s over 240 works of art that are funny, weird, beautiful, ugly, and as affordable as they can be.

Viewing hours 4-8pm. Sale hours 8-10pm

13 Dec 2024

Get into the Holiday Spirit with Holiday Hoopla Weekend 🐻

Don’t miss out on this festive celebration—mark your calendar, bring your friends, and make some holiday memories at our Holiday Hoopla Weekend:

🎹Dueling Pianos (Fri 8PM-10PM)

🛍️Holiday Market (Sat 12PM-5PM)

🎄OMNI After Dark – Not-So Silent Night (Sat 7PM-11PM)

While you’re enjoying grooving, shopping, and dancing, sip on a variety of handcrafted drinks, including our exclusive Holiday Hoopla specialty cocktail and warm, spiced mulled wine, crafted just for the weekend. 🍸🍷

We hope to see you there!

07 Dec 2024

Back for the 21st year, it’s the Holiday Craft Fair, December 7-8, 2024, at Roseville City Hall. Spread out over two levels, more than 50 local crafters and artists will be selling their all-handmade wares, perfect for holiday giving. Items include soaps and balms; natural stone, fused glass, beaded and other fine jewelry; photography; pottery; knitted items; fine chocolates and delicious jams; pure maple syrup, fresh local honey, and so much more. In addition, there’s free coffee and cookies when you’re ready to take a little break from shopping.

Sale hours are 10-4pm on Saturday, 12-4pm on Sunday. There’s no admission charge and plenty of convenient, free parking. Roseville City Hall is located at 2660 Civic Center Drive, at the corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road C (across from the OVAL/Roseville Skating Center).

The Holiday Craft Fair is put on by volunteers from the Harriet Alexander Nature Center (HANC); all vendor fees go to HANC to support environmental education programs. For more information about the event, including a list of participating crafters, please go to cityofroseville.com/holidaycraftfair. For more information about the nature center, call 651-765-HANC (4262) or visit cityofroseville.com/HANC.

07 Dec 2024

Join us for a festive day at our Craft and Gift Show on December 7, 2024, at the Maplewood YMCA Community Center (Gymnasium) in Maplewood, MN. From 10 AM to 4 PM, explore a winter wonderland of creativity and craftsmanship. Our show features a wonderful selection of handcrafted items from local artisans, making it the perfect spot to find unique holiday gifts or to treat yourself. Experience the warmth of community and the joy of artisanal shopping at this special event!

The first 50 adult shoppers will receive a special swag bag filled with surprises!
Free Admission
Free Parking

07 Dec 2024

Highland Park Middle School Hosts Art at Hidden River is a Juried Holiday Art Fair of quality art and fine craft by artists from the upper Midwest. This event is sponsored by Saint Paul Public Schools Community Education in cooperation with Artists’ Circle, a non-profit art organization promoting fine crafts. This is the art fair’s twenty-eighth anniversary show. Free Event.
The sale features a wide selection including holiday ornaments, leather and fabric handbags, acrylic and oil paintings, photographs, silver, gold, and beaded jewelry, woven scarves, art dolls, blown glass, linocut prints, unique hand-dyed silk apparel, hand-carved wood, hand-woven rugs, original cards, functional and sculptural ceramics.

The Youth Art Fair, with local young artists, ages 8-18, returns for the 18th year.

This is one of the premier December art fairs in the metro area and provides artists, both juried and youth, with a well-known, accessible community facility (Highland Park Middle School) in which to market their original art works. This well-attended holiday event gives visitors an opportunity to meet and to purchase from local artists during Grand Meander (on nearby Grand Avenue) the special holiday promotion sponsored by the Grand Avenue Business Association.

07 Dec 2024

Step into the holiday spirit with the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society! At our 2nd Annual Festival of Trees, you’ll be able to stroll through a plethora of decorated trees all done by local businesses and nonprofits.

Check out who has the best tree this year and even participate in a raffle to add a little extra holiday cheer to your gift exchanges! This is free for community members to attend.

Festival of Trees Public Hours:

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 10 am – 4 pm
Thursdays: 3 pm – 8 pm
Fridays: 10 am – 4 pm
Saturdays: 10 am – 4 pm
Sundays: 12 pm – 3 pm

Special Open House Events will also be hosted in conjunction with Winterfest – December 7 & December 14!