What is the Saint Paul Art Collective?

How, when and why did it begin?

What does it do?

What does its future hold?

Why do we care?

The History

Lowertown Lofts and More

Now and Beyond

St Paul Art Center Designation Initiative

• SPAC and Artspace are working together to measure the interest and potential for establishing a dedicated community art space in the Lowertown neighborhood, as well as the possibility of creating an arts district designation for Lowertown

The St Paul Saints Connection

• Home Plates

• Game Day Art

Collaborations

• The Show• A non-profit showcasing artists with

disabilities

• Gather• An online gallery

connecting art with purchasers

Connections & Competitions

• MnExposure• Passing along information on

competitions and “Artist Calls”

• Cinco de Mayo • Button art competition

Conviviality

• Lowertown First Fridays

• On the first Friday of each month, artists’ spaces in St. Paul’s Lowertownneighborhood join forces to present an easily walkable assortment of arts events.

Why We Care

Art Enhances Life

• “We need new ideas, we need new ways of doing things and we need a whole new way of approaching each other with much more empathy and understanding. This means that the rest of society really needs to focus on the world of art and culture as a vital source for not only solutions, but also ways of finding solutions… and a whole knew concept of what a valuable life really means.” – Uffe Elbaek, former Danish Minister of Culture

• If you want to find more creativity, satisfaction, and happiness, the single best solution I know is adding more art to your life. Michael Hyatt, Online Mentor