Saturday Sep. 21, 2024 & Sunday Sept. 22, 2024 11:00am-4:00pm
LoLa Glassblowing Demonstrations starting at 12:00pm and 2:00pm
Gallery & Studio Rental Hours: 11am-6pm
Join us at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts as we participate in the 2024 League of Longfellow Artists Art Crawl! Our gallery and exhibition space will be open for shopping, along with glassblowing demonstrations in the hotshop. This is a great opportunity to watch professional glass artists work together to create their artwork, and gain some insight into the process. Free and open to the public! This is a hands-off experience. Seating is provided.
The LoLa Art Crawl is a friendly neighborhood art tour among the bungalows, gardens, and small indie businesses of the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis. LoLa artists and makers show and sell their work at homes and businesses throughout the neighborhood, with many sites hosting two or more artists together. All sites, both indoors and outside, are open to the public at no cost to visitors.
The LoLa Art Crawl is held on the third weekend in September. A directory and map is available on this website and in print at businesses and other spots throughout the neighborhood in the weeks leading up to the crawl.
Participating artists live and/or work in Longfellow, are past LoLa participants, or are guests of neighborhood artists. If you are an artist who lives or works in the Longfellow neighborhood and would like to be notified when registration opens for the next art crawl, please email LongfellowArtists@gmail.com.
Travel & Parking: We are located on the corner next to Solcana Fitness and across the street from the Growing Lots Urban Farm. Our entrance is facing E 22nd St, beside a garage door and a small parking lot that is free to use. Additional free parking is available on the surrounding streets. One block to Hwy 55/Hiawatha Ave. Two blocks to entrance to I-94. Two blocks to Franklin LRT Station
Metro Transit: Nearest bus stops are #56504 (22nd St E & Cedar Ave S) and #16444 (Minnehaha Ave S & 22nd St E), both on Route 9. Nearest light rail station is on Franklin Avenue (Blue Line). Both stops are within a five minute walk from the studio.
Accessibility:
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Wheelchair-accessible restroom
A limited amount of wheelchair-accessible parking spaces are available in the lot in front of our entrance.
Please note that the glassblowing space (or 'hotshop') has very strong ventilation system which is used to manage the heat, so the environment may be somewhat noisy.