Guide to the Saint Paul Art Crawl

The Saint Paul Art Crawl returns this Fall (October 4-6), making it the longest-running art crawl in the United States spanning across all corners of Saint Paul. Celebrate over 300 local artists representing 10 districts in St. Paul and enjoy local food, live music and dance in a collection of different venues - galleries, shared spaces and artists' lofts.

This casual, family-friendly event is fun at your own pace—a can’t miss for anyone who wants to buy art, enjoy a unique experience, and have fun supporting the arts in the community while exploring the city and its creative individuals.

Check out the Art Crawl website for more information about the artists and other details on this bi-annual event.

History of the Event

The crawl dates back to 1977 when founding artists of the St. Paul Art Collective held their first group exhibition at Union Depot. The Collective continued to hold organized events in the downtown area in the following years before coordinating the first multi-building, open studio event in Lowertown in 1991. Four of the five founding buildings—262 Studios, Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative, Tilsner Artists’ Cooperative and Northern Warehouse Artists’ Cooperative—still participate in the crawl today. In the mid-2000s, the crawl expanded out of Lowertown to also include a variety of other Saint Paul neighborhoods.

Where

Gallery spaces, music venues, shared spaces, and artists' lofts across 10 historic Saint Paul neighborhoods will be showcased in the lineup.

Check out this interactive map to discover all of the artistic locations to visit this weekend.

Cathedral Hill

Virginia Street Church // 170 Viginia Street

The Milligan Studio // 459 Selby Avenue

Como

Chelsea Heights Elementary // 1557 Huron Street

Art On the Porch // 1410 Pascal Street North

KNOX International Building // 1536 West Minnehaha

Little Mekong Cultural District

XIA Gallery & Cafe // 422 University Avenue West

Lowertown

Calendula Gallery // 275 East 4th Street, Suite 110

Erta Ale Ethiopian // 308 Prince Street

Studio 444 // 450 Wacouta Street

Lost Fox // 213 East 4th Street

Lowertown Underground Artists // 308 Prince Street

Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative // 255 Kellogg Blvd, East

Northern Light Art Studio // 218 7th Street East

Northern Warehouse Artist Lofts // 308 Prince Street

Union Depot // 214 4th Street East

Tilsner Artist Lofts // 300 Broadway Street

Minnesota Museum of American Art // 350 Robert Street North

Master Frames // 262 4th Street East, Suite 102

The Warrior's Garden Hemp & Wellness // 282 6th Street East, Suite 102

Owl's Eye Art // 340 Sibley Ave, Unit 103

Merriam Park

Spatial Effects Gallery // 1759 Selby Avenue

Succotash // 1589 Selby Avenue

Payne-Phalen

ArT @ 967 Payne // 967 Payne Avenue

Raymond Station

Dow Art Gallery & Framing // 2242 University Avenue West

Midway Triangle Building // 2500 University Avenue West

Little Brick Box // 80-9 Carleton Street, Suite 3

Midway Clay // 1708 University Avenue West

Summit-Grand

Grand Hand // 619 Grand Avenue

825 Arts // 825 University Avenue W.

West Side

F-O-K Studios // 106 Water Street

Backstory Coffee Roasters // 432 Wabasha Street South

West 7th

Friedli Gallery // 943 7th Street West

Great River Gallery // 1163 7th Street West

The Schmidt Artist Lofts // 900 7th Street West, Door 1

Gambit Brewing Co. // 141 4th Street East, Suite LL2