Our popular poetry series continues! Come celebrate autumn at our cozy ArtScraps store with an evening of art, poetry, and light refreshments. Patrick Cabello Hansel curates the ArtStart poetry series. His titles include The Devouring Land, Quitting Time and his latest Breathing in Minneapolis, which deals with the challenges that the city faced during 2020-2021. He has published poems and prose in over 90 journals and won awards from the Loft Literary Center and MN State Arts Board. All readings are free, but registration is required. Deadline to register: Day of event

Loop Earrings: Intro to Beading - Led by Alicia De La Cruz, a Minneapolis-based Ojibwe artist enrolled in the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. In this workshop, participants will learn how to make a beginner-friendly beading project from start to finish. Participants can choose from loop earrings or a loop necklace.

Fairmount Avenue United Methodist Church 1523 Fairmount Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Deadline: Sept. 26, 2026

For teens and adults.

Tuition: $49 + $5 materials fee.

With Sara Dovre Wudali

Fairmount Avenue United Methodist Church 1523 Fairmount Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Tuesdays 6-8 pm

This 4-part series is designed as a creative sampler. Participants will cross back and forth across the imaginary boundaries between art and poetry. While the series is designed to build creative muscle when taken as a whole, we also welcome sign-ups for individual classes for those whose schedules demand more flexibility.

Oct. 6 • Collage: Using found words and images, infuse an ordinary object with your unique heart and intelligence to turn it into an extraordinary artifact.

Tuition: $39 per class or $135 for all 4 (use discount code POETRY26 when registering)

Deadline: The week before each class

See all classes in this series here

Wooly Wonders: Día de los Muertos Skulls

Work with artist Gustavo Boada to learn the techniques and materials used in dry needle felting. Then  create your own wooly wonder: a  calavera with flowers- or other symbol you choose-  in the style of Day of the Dead.

ArtStart's ArtScraps

Saturday, October 10, 10:30 am-12:30 pm 

Adults and Teens

Tuition: $49 + $5 materials fee

Our popular poetry series continues! Come celebrate autumn at our cozy ArtScraps store with an evening of art, poetry, and light refreshments. Patrick Cabello Hansel curates the ArtStart poetry series. His titles include The Devouring Land, Quitting Time and his latest Breathing in Minneapolis, which deals with the challenges that the city faced during 2020-2021. He has published poems and prose in over 90 journals and won awards from the Loft Literary Center and MN State Arts Board. All readings are free, but registration is required. Deadline to register: Day of event

With Sara Dovre Wudali

Fairmount Avenue United Methodist Church 1523 Fairmount Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Tuesdays 6-8 pm

This 4-part series is designed as a creative sampler. Participants will cross back and forth across the imaginary boundaries between art and poetry. While the series is designed to build creative muscle when taken as a whole, we also welcome sign-ups for individual classes for those whose schedules demand more flexibility.

Oct. 13 • Erasure Poetry: Learn about and practice erasure poetry, a form of found poetry in which a poet finds their own unique poem within an existing text.

Tuition: $39 per class or $135 for all 4 (use discount code POETRY26 when registering)

Deadline: The week before each class

See all classes in this series here 

ArtStart’s Fall Camp: Diwali, Festival of Lights

Diwali is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the lamps that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects them from spiritual darkness. 

In this magical two-day camp, learn about the vibrant traditions now celebrated around the world during Diwali, from creating special decorations and eating sweets, to lighting candles and creating colorful sand art for entryways. 

9-10:30: Rangoli is a traditional Indian folk art where people draw colorful designs on the ground. It is meant to bring good luck and welcome guests during festivals like Diwali. Work with artist Swetha Avula to create your own beautiful rangoli design on a wooden disc using acrylic paint, mirrors, and tea lights.

10:45-12:15: In India, Diwali happens during the new moon phase, when things are darkest. So people create and hang colorful Akash Kandil, which means sky lanterns.  Fashion your own unique lantern with artist Tara Fahey to brighten up the cool autumn nights! 

Prospect Park United Methodist Church

22 Orlin Avenue SE, Mpls, MN 55414

(Right over the border from St. Paul, just off University near 280!)

October 15 & 16, 2026 

Ages 6-12

9 am -12:15 pm

Join us for a watercolor celebration of fall leaves using varieties of leaves and painting techniques; some you may know and some you may not have tried! We will use layering, glazing, illustrating and printing. Methods will be simple and painters can use them as they are inspired. Color theory strategies will help you show off your compositions and play with many design and texture options.

For teens & adults.

Fairmount Avenue United Methodist Church 1523 Fairmount Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Saturday, October 17th, 10:30 am -12:30 pm

Deadline to register: October 10th

Tuition: $54