Art Lab
Every second Saturday of the month, the Gallery Navarre Artists Guild hosts 2 "Saturdays in the Art Lab," the first from 9am - 12 and the second from 5:30-8:30pm.
Each Creative Session is designed and guided by a local artist, professional educator, and a peer creative with a 3:1 participant/adult guide ratio and includes:
> A fun and engaging "learning and exploration" segment focusing on Lake Minnetonka which centers on Gallery Navarre's monthly theme&/or Lake Minnetonka history, events & explorations.
> A Gallery Walk for participants to share their work with parents/guardians/special persons for the last 20 minutes of each Session.
> A take-home "investigation guide."
> A unique piece created by each participant to keep.
Registration Cost: $45/session for Creative Sessions with traditional artistic materials, $50/session for Creative Sessions with LEGOs.
We accept cash, credit, and Venmo
Upcoming Creative Sessions
🛥️ May 11, 2024
> Theme: Transportation On and Around Lake Minnetonka
Lake Minnetonka was once the home to six streetcar boats that helped visitors and residents alike navigate the Lake. Join us as we learn about the streetcar boats and their routes. We will create our own artistic maps of the Lake using our own art and replicas of historic postcards, then code Ozobot robots (with color or block coding) to follow the path of the Streetcar boats and visit the historic locations along the way. Participants will bring home their maps, investigation guides, videos capturing the coding the completed for their Ozobots, and a reprint of an early Streetcar Boat schedule and route map.
Details coming soon for the following dates:
🚤 June 8, 2024
> Theme: Fun & Games
Join us as we combine images of historic postcards, Lake Minnetonka maps, and our own designes to create unique pop-up art greeting cards! Great gifts for parents, grandparents, friends and more.
⛵️ July 13, 2024
> Theme: Bridges of Lake Minnetonka
☀️ August 10, 2024
Theme> Remember When? (Lake Minnetonka history)
Watch for special summer opportunities July 9-11 & August 6-8
Past Sessions
🍂 November 11, 2023 (9-noon & 5:30-8:30)
> Theme: Our Great Lake Minnetonka
> Description: How big is Lake Minnetonka? How many street car boats used to serve the Lake? Join is as we have fun exploring fun facts about Lake Minnetonka. By incorporating watercolors and charts of Lake Minnetonka, participants create a rich, mixed-media piece of art
🏠 December 9, 2023 (9-noon & 5:30-8:30)
> Theme: Home for the Holidays
> Description: How can we remember and celebrate special places and times? Join us as we explore special views of Lake Minnetonka, then use light-hearted illustrated maps of Lake Minnetonka to create "bag books" that can be fantastic gifts that capture special memories and keepsakes.
❄️ January 13, 2024 - postponed due to weather/heat
❤️ February 10, 2024
> Theme: Winter Wonderland!
> Description: Let's celebrate the ice and snow! Embark on a creative journey inspired by the magic of Lake Minnetonka's winter activities in our Winter Wonderland Art Class! After exploring ice fishing and the frozen lake through images and storytelling, our young artists will dive into creating mixed media masterpieces, crafting their own unique visions of the icy landscape using paints, art markers, Lake Minnetonka images, maps and more, taking home their stunning creations as souvenirs of our wintry adventure.
☘️ March 9, 2024
> Theme: Water, Water Everywhere!
> Description: Water, our most precious resource! Join us for Saturday in the Art Lab, as we get ready for ice-out! We will learn about the buoys and navigational lighting on Lake Minnetonka and then we will build our own LEGO representations of scenes around the Lake, including buoys, bridges, boats and more. Participants will take home their new knowledge of water navigation, safety, and LEGO creations.
☔️ April 13, 2024
> Theme: Wild for Wildlife
With ice-out our migratory birds return and fishing opener is just around the corner! Join us as we learn about the wildlife native to Lake Minnetonka, then create mixed-media pieces celebrating our favorite fish and wildlife!