Chroma Zone Mural and Art Festival
CLOSING WEEKEND: Bike & Bus Tours, WOW Mobile Metal Lab, painting demos & More!

• Create a Make+Take Metal Casting with the WOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show — Board this unique bus and pour metal to create your souvenir artifact! Choose a mold from the Cabinet of Curious Castings (bee, ice cream cone, sea monkey, teeth and more) pour metal into it, polish it, paint it and fashion it – a small sculpture, pendant, pin, keychain, cuff-links, pocket toy and what-have-you?!
• Watch live painting demos by Chroma Zone muralists Wes Winship, Martzia Thometz and more — sponsored by Montana Paint and Wet Paint.
• Bring your bike to join a guided bike tour with Move Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. — Register in advance to save your spot online HERE or join the tour day-of. Tour departs from the Red Lot on Prior Ave. Riders must be 18+, sign a waiver, and wear a helmet.
• Hop on the Can Can Mini Putt Putt Bus for special mural tours with artists and experts. Tours are 30-40 minutes, leave on the hour, and depart/return to the Red Lot at Prior Works. Sign up in advance using this LINK to secure your spot on these tours:
  • 3 p.m. – “Murals of 2022, A Behind-the-Scene Look” with Angela Casselton, CEZ director and producer of Chroma Zone. Tour will be given in ENGLISH.
  • 4 p.m. – “Supporting Emerging Artists” – with Theresa Sweetland of Forecast Public Art. Tour will be given in ENGLISH.
  • 5 p.m. – “A Latinx Perspective” with Claudia Valentino, muralist and founder of COPLA Murals. Claudia is bilingual and will give this tour in SPANISH.

Stay for the 2022 Chroma Zone Artist Talk at 6 p.m. and Closing Party from 7-9 pm, hosted by Can Can Wonderland. Visit with muralists and enjoy the whimsical food, drink and amusements of Can Can Wonderland, and tasty offerings at BlackStack Brewing.