The St. Paul nonprofit ArtStart is hosting a community block party Saturday, Sept. 27, to celebrate the purchase of its building in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. The building has been home to its ArtScraps Creative Reuse Materials and Idea Center for 32 years.
“We can’t wait to fill the street with joy, creativity and connection,” said ArtStart executive director Anne Sawyer.
The family-friendly celebration is free and will be from 3-6 p.m. at the ArtScraps store, located at 1459 St. Clair Ave., St. Paul. Highlights include a performance from Hijinks Stilts at 3:45 p.m., music by Brazilian percussion band Batucada do Norte at 4 p.m., on-demand poems from the Poetry Bus, food trucks and art-making activities.
ArtStart collects donations of recycled materials and art supplies and sells them back to the public at low prices at its ArtScraps center. The organization also offers youth art camps, workshops in libraries and artist residencies in schools across the Twin Cities.
Over the summer, ArtStart asked the community to help raise $10,000 for the purchase of its ArtScrap center building. The nonprofit has now raised more than $12,500.
“We’re really happy to have the building, because it helps us keep doing what we’re doing,” Sawyer said.
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