Art Shanty Projects On-Ice Program 

Minneapolis-St. Paul

2018 Artists + The Thwing

Event Information

Bde Unma/Lake Harriet

4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55409

Access the shanty village from the Lake Harriet Bandshell area; There is a ramp to get visitors from shore onto the ice. We welcome folks with limited mobility and have wheelchair-friendly kicksleds to escort individuals to the village.

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About

Art Shanty Projects is a four-weekend winter art festival on a frozen lake in the Twin Cities. Artists create temporary structures and interactive, engaging art experiences and performances, turning a barren, frozen lake into a vibrant, colorful winter village.

We’re returning to Bdé Umán / Lake Harriet! Each winter Art Shanty Projects hosts an immersive art program on a frozen lake in Minneapolis.

Artists embrace the challenges and opportunities of winter and the ephemeral nature of a frozen winter landscape to create a temporary vibrant and colorful public art community. We welcome visitors to experience interactive and engaging art and performances around DIY shanties (temporary structures on ice).

Our on-ice program happens each year for four weekends in January & February, though occasionally we have to take a year off due to things like pandemics. Since 2004, artists have been building shanties and creating interactive experiences for winter adventurers, sharing joy through the extreme winter sport of artmaking.

Be kind to one another!

Keep safe & warm!
We encourage you to wear a mask!
We hope to see you there!

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Dates

  • Saturday, January 25, 202510 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Sunday, January 26, 202510 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 01, 202510 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Sunday, February 02, 202510 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 08, 202510 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Sunday, February 09, 202510 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rates

Suggested donation $10-20. No one turned away.

  
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