Metal Casting with Sand Molds for Beginners
2022-07-12 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Casket Arts Factory Building, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
The ancient art of sand casting can be used to create objects or art with bronze or aluminum. Design and create your door/drawer handle, light switch/door-bell plate, wall hook or other ideas with plasticine clay, found objects, or a wood/foam pattern. Choose bronze or aluminum to pour your mold, and learn how to clean and treat your casting. $5.00 per pound of finished metal will be assessed at class.
Tuesdays 6-8pm/July 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28

Chroma Zone Mural and Art Festival Closing Weekend
2022-10-01 15:00 - 18:00 | Prior Works Building, Red Lot 755 Prior Avenue North, St. Paul, 55104
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.

New Moon Manifestation with Molten Metal
2022-10-25 18:00 - 20:30 | Casket Arts Sculpture Quad Parking Lot, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
New Moon in Scorpio –Take on emotional and financial investments + time for self-mastery and self-empowerment by tackling things that undermine us and that take away our power!
The New Moon is a time to cleanse, renew, and rewire to bring in the new – life patterns, visions and luck! This metal casting transformational ritual conveys an act in which we join the metaphysical with the physical and call spirit into our material lives with the creation of a personal cast metal sculpture, amulet, pendant, pin, necklace, bolo tie, what-have-you. Cast your New Moon vision into metal and memorialize your transformation.
In this all hands-on, creative and exciting class you will carve an original design (or choose from a selection of symbols and imagery) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and colored inks are optional. Hand-stamp a word of intention and mount your sculpture on metal/wood/stone base, affix jewelry hardware or put it in your pocket. No experience necessary.
Create, snack + sip (refreshments, wine/beer and non-alcoholic beverages), converse and learn how to cast metal!

Open Casket Weekend - Cast a Casket and More!
2022-11-04 18:00 - 22:00 | Casket Arts Sculpture Quad Parking Lot, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
CASKET ARTS PRESENTS OPEN CASKET
THE PREMIER OPEN STUDIO EVENT OF THE YEAR
November 4 – 6, 2022 Friday 5-10pm • Saturday 10am – 6pm • Sunday 12-5pm
See below for performance and workshop schedules.
CASKET ARTS FACTORY + SCULPTURE QUAD
Friday 6-10pm
Metal Pour Workshop – Light Up the Night!
Sand Mold Direct Carve Cast Aluminum Caskets
Learn how to carve imagery, designs, words into a sand mold of a casket form. Choose from imagery and ideas here or create your own (molds are 4″x11″ approx). Then, learn how to pour aluminum from a crucible furnace into the mold, file/grind/polish your casting and colored inks are optional. Ages 9 + up. 8 participant limit. $40.00 per mold.
NE Sculpture Gallery Factory
Opening reception for Jane Powers, Future Seeps into Now.
Bonfire, food truck, music by local punk band Surly Grrls and a fire performance by Singed Nipples.
Saturday 10am-6pm
Cabinet of Curious Castings – Casting Away the Day……
Get on the bus and choose a mold or two – butterfly, teeth, chrysalis, sea monkey – to create your small sculpture, necklace, pin, pendant, bolo tie, etc. Lead-free pewter into small silicone molds. All ages. 15-30 minutes. $10-20.00.
NE Sculpture Gallery Factory
Opening reception for Jane Powers, Future Seeps into Now.
Music, food truck and bonfire.
CASKET ARTS BUILDING + THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
November 4 – 6, 2022 Friday 5-10pm • Saturday 10am – 6pm • Sunday 12-5pm
Join us for a weekend of art, craft, food, and fun, as our talented tenant artists invite you into their studios to see all of their amazing work. You’ll find paintings, prints, jewelry, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, photography, woodworking, furniture, gifts, and more. Take in some art and maybe even take some home with you! This event is free and family-friendly.
681 17th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Full Moon Cast Metal Manifestation
2022-11-08 18:00 - 20:30 | Casket Arts Sculpture Quad Parking Lot, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
The Total Lunar Eclipse in Taurus conjunct Uranus + North Node of the Moon propels us toward the future at the speed of light – it will create opportunities for us to let go of old attachments, identities, and outdated ways of being and get in touch with our inherent resourcefulness and creativity.
In this all hands-on, creative and exciting class you will carve an original design (or choose from a selection of symbols and imagery) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and colored inks are optional. Mount your sculpture on metal/wood/stone base, affix jewelry hardware or put it in your pocket. No experience necessary.
Create, snack + sip (refreshments, wine/beer and non-alcoholic beverages), converse and learn how to cast metal!

New Moon Manifest with Molten Metal
2023-01-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Casket Arts Factory Building, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Proceed gently and ease the pressure with yourself during the Aquarius New Moon and post-retrograde Mercury and Mars phase under the dark night. Fresh energy is here with the Aquarius New Moon! Now is a gentle time to clear cobwebs and experience clarity – while – you plant seeds, set intentions, and consider all you would like to draw close to you.
The New Moon is a time to cleanse, renew, and rewire to bring in the new – life patterns, visions and luck! This metal casting transformational ritual conveys an act in which we join the metaphysical with the physical and call spirit into our material lives with the creation of a personal cast metal sculpture, amulet, pendant, pin, necklace, bolo tie, what-have-you. Cast your New Moon vision into metal and memorialize your transformation.
In this all hands-on, creative and exciting class you will carve an original design (or choose from a selection of symbols and imagery) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and colored inks are optional. Hand-stamp a word of intention and mount your sculpture on metal/wood/stone base, affix jewelry hardware or put it in your pocket. No experience necessary.
Create, snack + sip (refreshments, wine/beer and non-alcoholic beverages), converse and learn how to cast metal!
***This class will take place INSIDE the Casket Arts Factory Building (same building as the NE Sculpture Gallery Factory).
The WOW bus is on winter break and will return in April!

Valentine's Make + Take
2023-02-11 10:00 - 18:00 | Casket Arts Factory Building, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Create and cast metal WITH and/or FOR your special self, partner, friend, group of friends, family, pet or who-have-you!?
Come with an open heart and leave with a box of contained love of metal castings and chocolates. Choose 2 molds, pour lead-free pewter into your souvenir artifacts to make it a small sculpture, pocket toy, pendant, pet tag, bolo tie, ornament, necklace, bracelet, earrings, pin, magnet…
All ages will discover the “just right” casting to secretly gift another or to gift oneself!
Register ahead for a guaranteed spot or just show up!
This fun, creative and informal Open Studio Valentine’s Casting will take place in the Casket Arts Factory Building.
1720 Madison Street NE, Minneapolis, 55413 (same building as the NE Sculpture Gallery Factory)
Snacks, treats and beverages provided.

New Moon Molten Metal Manifestation
2023-02-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Casket Arts Factory Building, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Time to awaken your fantasy and wildest imaginings with the Pisces New Moon! The spiritual veil is thin under these moonbeams and is one of the best days of the year to tap into divine inspiration. Get quiet and listen to your inner self to receive the guidance. And, now is your time to start a creative or artistic venture.

The New Moon is a time to cleanse, renew, and rewire to bring in the new – life patterns, visions and luck! This metal casting transformational ritual conveys an act in which we join the metaphysical with the physical and call spirit into our material lives with the creation of a personal cast metal sculpture, amulet, pendant, pin, necklace, bolo tie, what-have-you. Cast your New Moon vision into metal and memorialize your transformation.
In this all hands-on, creative and exciting class you will carve an original design (or choose from a selection of symbols and imagery) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and colored inks are optional. Hand-stamp a word of intention and mount your sculpture on metal/wood/stone base, affix jewelry hardware or put it in your pocket. No experience necessary.
Create, snack + sip (refreshments, wine/beer and non-alcoholic beverages), converse and learn how to cast metal!
***This class will take place INSIDE the Casket Arts Factory Building (same building as the NE Sculpture Gallery Factory).
The WOW bus is on winter break and will return in April!

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New Moon Manifest with Molten Metal
2023-03-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Casket Arts Factory INDOORS, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
The New Moon is a time to cleanse, renew, and rewire to bring in the new – life patterns, visions and luck! This metal casting transformational ritual conveys an act in which we join the metaphysical with the physical and call spirit into our material lives with the creation of a personal cast metal sculpture, amulet, pendant, pin, necklace, bolo tie, what-have-you. Cast your New Moon vision into metal and memorialize your transformation.

In this all hands-on, creative and exciting class you will carve an original design (or choose from a selection of symbols and imagery) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and colored inks are optional. Hand-stamp a word of intention and mount your sculpture on metal/wood/stone base, affix jewelry hardware or put it in your pocket. No experience necessary.
Create, snack + sip (refreshments, wine/beer and non-alcoholic beverages), converse and learn how to cast metal!
***This class will take place INSIDE the Casket Arts Factory Building (same building as the NE Sculpture Gallery Factory).
The WOW bus is on winter break and will return in April!
NEW MOON IN ARIES:
Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and thus a New Moon in Aries is especially ripe with opportunity for new beginnings. Consider acting on a constructive impulse, follow a hunch or take a risk. This New Moon follows the Equinox and the start of the astrological new year, amplifying its energy! This is a power New Moon for new beginnings and manifestation work. Use this magical energy to call in what you desire and wish to create for yourself moving forward. The energies are highly magnetic, so stay open to receiving.

The Bakken Museum |Discovery Days: Women in Science
2023-03-25 11:00 - 16:00 | Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, 55416, United States
Get inspired by women using science, technology, and the humanities to make the world a better place. Visit The Bakken Museum for a family-focused event featuring hands-on activity tables, interactive experiments, and demonstrations by community partners.
We will have a table inside of the Bakken Museum pouring lead-free pewter into rubber molds and talking about extremophiles!
What do extremophiles and metal-casting have in common? Heat! Learn about the cast metal process and pour metal into a rubber mold to create your own space or deep-sea extremophile casting.
Purchase tickets HERE and see you THERE!

Every Collar has a Story - Come and Cast Yours! RBG Cast Metal Collar Workshop
2023-04-23 13:00 - 15:30 | Art and Rec Uptown, 3001 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
In this hands-on, creative and exciting class, you will carve a design (choose from a selection of RBG patterns) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and affix jewelry hardware or choose a base for your small sculpture. No experience necessary.

The Great Mother's Day (eve!) Weiner Toss
2023-05-13 13:00 - 16:00 | California Building Street Farm, 72 22nd Ave NE, Minneapolis, 55418
An exciting WOW partnership!

Join us for a fun-filled day of flying hot dogs, cast metal hot dogs, mom medallion and trophy making, plant sale, and a world record breaking attempt! All are welcome to this celebration of mothers, other-mothers or mothering-type. Let’s make this Mother’s Day (eve!) unforgettable.

This Hot Dog High Fly is brought to you by Alyssa Baguss, Sara Hanson, Mary Johnson, Andrew MacGuffie and Mary Jane Mansfield.

$1.00 tickets available Midway style for make + take activities, food and beverages.
1-4 PM All Ages
Dog friendly, of course.

Next to the California Building in Northeast Minneapolis
California Street Farm
72 22nd Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

Grand Old Day Summer Kickoff
2023-06-04 09:00 - 17:00 | Grand Old Days Art Corridor, 1561 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, 55105
The bus is back in action! Join us for the Kickoff to Summer celebration at Grand Old Day – the largest free festival in the Midwest where family, friends, and fun come together!
Choose a mold from the Cabinet of Curious Castings – old time favorites and some new freshies – and pour metal to create your own pendant, pin, bolo tie and what-have-you? $10-20. Ages 5+
9-6pm
1561 Grand Avenue in St. Paul
(parking lot east of Snelling Ave)
By Bar Cart Lounge/Dunn Bros.
Arts and Nonprofit Corridor
Hamline to Snelling
Sponsored by the University of St. Thomas
Enrich your Grand Old Day while you wonder through the beer gardens and the Family Fun Zone, see local artists, artisans, makers and performers. Learn more about non-profits serving the community.
Grand Old Day schedule of activities
8:30 am Two-Mile Fun Run
9:30 am Parade (begins at Dale Street and ends at Fairview)
11 am – 6 pm Car Show (Hamline/Grand)
11 am – 6 pm Music at these stages!
Grand Stage, curated and sponsored by The Current (all ages)
Emmett’s & Saji Ya Stage
Red Rabbit Stage
Iron Ranger
Pride Family Stage
Youth Stage (all ages)
2 pm Weiner Dog Races @ Macalester

NEW MOON MANIFEST WITH MOLTEN METAL
2023-07-16 15:00 - 18:00 | Casket Arts Building, 681 17th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
The New Moon is a time to cleanse, renew, and rewire to bring in the new – life patterns, visions and luck! This metal casting transformational ritual conveys an act in which we join the metaphysical with the physical and call spirit into our material lives with the creation of a personal cast metal sculpture, amulet, pendant, pin, necklace, bolo tie, what-have-you. Cast your New Moon vision into metal and memorialize your transformation.

In this all hands-on, creative and exciting class you will carve an original design (or choose from a selection of symbols and imagery) into a cuttlefish bone to create negative space. That space is filled with lead-free pewter to create your original metal casting. You pour the metal into your mold, do finishing work with hand files and colored inks are optional. Mount your sculpture on metal/wood/stone base, affix jewelry hardware, or put it in your pocket. No experience necessary. Ages 10+.
The WOW bus will be located in the Casket Arts Parking Lot. Near NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, 1720 NE Madison Street, Minneapolis, 55413 – Behind/North of the Casket Arts Building.
Since the Cancer New Moon (on Monday the 17th) is stationed in its home sign of Cancer, this lunar moment will prompt us to get acquainted with our emotions, pull inwards, and honor our own capabilities. It is time to channel some self-love energy and turn it into feelings of bravery, confidence, and inner-strength.

Baseball Memorabilia in Metal and Movies in the Park
2023-07-17 18:00 - 20:30 | NE Park, 1530 Johnson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Join us in celebration of summer fun in the field and the Twins World Record win Game 6!
Get on the bus and pour some metal to create your own souvenir artifact, join in the recreation fun in the athletic field and get your popcorn for the 9 o’clock outdoor projection of the Twins Game. Ages 5+. No experience necessary. No cost/complimentary activity at your local Park and Recreation Center.

Loring Park Art Festival
2023-07-29 10:00 - 18:00 | Loring Park, 1382 Willow Street, Minneapolis, 55403
Enjoy a beautiful day in the park.
Get on the bus and create your Souvenir Artifact – small sculpture, pendant, pin, bolo tie and more.
Choose from a selection of castings (found, sculpted, natural or 3d printed objects) and pour lead-free pewter into the mold. Attach a small base, wearable hardware or keep it as a small sculpture/pocket toy. Ages 5+. No experience necessary. $10-20.00.
The squirrels of the park are honored to be sharing their featured food as a Souvenir Artifact cast in metal!
An urban oasis of art and culture.
You are invited to Loring Park for one of the best weekends of the summer! Each year, 140 artists are selected to share their work intents throughout the park. Fine artists and craftspeople come from all over the United States to share their wares with you. The jury strives to present a rich variety of styles and art forms, including jewelry, printmaking, glass, fiber, photography, clay, painting, drawing, sculpture, wood working, mixed media. There is sure to be something of interest for everyone!
Use these links below to get to and around the park, learn about artists in advance, find the schedule for performing arts and children’s activities and drool over the amazing food truck options.

Plan your stroll, and find your favorite artists ahead of time with the list of 2023 juried Artists. The list for 2022 Artists will be updated in April following the jury selection.
First time to Loring Park? Consult our maps and our guide to transportation and parking.
Come hungry! You’ll see why when you check out the tasty food our culinary partners are cooking up.
Visit the Fulton Beer Garden for a summery brew.

Powderhorn Art Fair
2023-08-05 10:00 - 17:00 | Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Get on the bus and create your Souvenir Artifact –
a small sculpture, pendant, pin, bolo tie and more……
Choose from a selection of castings (found, sculpted, natural or 3d printed objects) and pour lead-free pewter into the mold. Attach a small base, wearable hardware or keep it as a small sculpture/pocket toy. Ages 5+. No experience necessary. $10-20.00.

The Powderhorn Art Fair will celebrate its 32nd anniversary in August 2023. Don’t miss your chance to shop with over 150 artist exhibitors from across the USA representing 20 mediums. The Powderhorn Art Fair offers a vibrant selection of high-quality artwork with pieces for every kind of buyer. Find the next piece for your collection, and enjoy food, drinks, entertainment, and activities for all ages.

Nicollet xChange
2023-08-08 11:30 - 13:30 | 800 Nicollet Mall, 800 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, 55406
The WOW will be downtown on a Tuesday!? We are thrilled to learn more about and create with the daytime downtown community! Thank you to the Downtown Improvement District for all of the work that you do and for having us for this event and the Downtown Minneapolis Street Festival on Sunday, August 13 from 10-6pm.
Enjoy Tuesdays on Nicollet with the Nicollet xChange festivities. Don’t miss out on Street Eats vendors and food trucks, giveaways, music, the Nicollet xChange, a marketplace, games, activities and more. The Nicollet xChange will feature fashion, home good, sporting goods, media and books.
Nicollet xChange is a sustainability marketplace focusing on relationships that are formed trading both tangible and intangible possessions.

Street Eats/food trucks
Giveaways
Swap xChange (fashion, art/prints, home goods, sporting and leisure, media, books)
Music
And more

NEPNA Fest
2023-08-29 17:30 - 19:30 | NE Park and Rec Center, 1530 Johnson Street NE, Minneapolis, 55418
Northeast Park Neighborhood Association invites you to celebrate Northeast Minneapolis!
The WOW brings an opportunity to pour metal to create your own Souvenir Artifact – a small sculpture or pendant. No experience necessary. Ages 5+.
Free food, live music, information tables from local community organizations, fun activities, and more! Bring your family, bring your neighbors, and join us at Northeast Park.
ABOUT NORTHEAST PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Northeast Park Neighborhood Association (NEPNA) is a nonprofit corporation governed by a volunteer board of directors. It is recognized by the City of Minneapolis as the official neighborhood organization for the Northeast Park neighborhood. Anyone who lives, works or owns property in Northeast Park is eligible to volunteer, support, and become a voting member of NEPNA.

Open Casket Fun Filled Fall Weekend
2023-11-10 17:00 - 22:00 | Casket Arts Sculpture Quad Parking Lot, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Three Buildings (and the Sculpture Quad outdoor maker/fun space) open for you, your friends and family this fun-filled Fall weekend!
Hot Metal (and cool castings), Hot Dog Cannon (and fries), Hot Cider (and rum), Hot Popcorn (and butter) and Hot Fire (and warmth)!
Friday, November 10th 5-10pm
Saturday, November 11th 10am-8pm
Sunday, November 12th 12-5pm
Lotsa arts, crafts, artists, food, drink, music and interactive activities inside, but….
CHECK OUT THE SCULPTURE QUAD (the parking lot with action)
WOW MOBILE METAL LAB
Friday 5-10pm, Saturday 10am-8pm and Sunday 12-5pm
Cabinet of Curious Castings
Get on the bus, choose a mold or two and pour metal. Cast your own Souvenir Artifact – found objects, natural elements and 3d printed designs – to create your small sculpture, necklace, pin, pendant, ornament, bolo tie, etc. Lead-free pewter into small silicone molds. All ages. 15-30 minutes. $10-20.00. No pre-registration required.
HOT DOG CANNON IS BACK – this time with fries!
Andrew MacGuffie’s (IN) Famous Cannon and Hot Potato Fryer
Friday 5-10pm
This is a blast-off! Your hot dog is wrapped cozy in foil, put in the cannon for you to catch out field! You choose your catching tool – hands, mitt, net, helmet, picnic basket or what-have-you!? Condiments available post-award-winning-catch! And, grab your fries! $5-8.00
WOW MOBILE METAL LAB
Saturday 1pm-4pm
LAST OUTDOOR METAL POUR OF THE YEAR!
Crucible Metal Pour Workshop: Sand Mold Direct Carve Aluminum Caskets
Learn how to carve imagery, designs, words into a sand mold of a casket form. Choose from imagery and ideas here or create your own (molds are 4″x11″ approx). Then, learn how to pour aluminum from a crucible furnace into the mold, file/grind/polish your casting and colored inks are optional. Ages 9 + up. 8 participant limit. $50.00 per mold. Pre-registration required, purchase tickets here.
All weekend at Casket Art Main Building:
Food: Gastro Truck, Potter’s Pasties, Groveland Chocolatiers, and Corner Coffee
Speakeasy in the basement mixing craft cocktails, sponsored by 45th Parallel, Stray Dog, and Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
Music on 4th floor in Casket Main Building

Open Casket Holiday Market
2023-12-09 11:00 - 17:00 | Casket Arts Factory Building, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Families and friends that pour metal together, have more fun!
Make + Take and Holiday Market
Create your own cast metal gifts or choose from an array of cast metal treasures for purchase.
Cast a small sculpture, ornament, amulet, wine stopper, pendant, bolo tie, cuff links or what-have-you? $15.00/all ages.
I’m pulling out all of the molds for this one! RBG collars, the Owl from the Chinese Bronzes exhibit at MIA, cuttlebone castings and more.
Sculpture, wearables and good fortune trinkets, baubles and curios for sale from my personal collection and of course, the WOW collection.
Hot beverages, eats and treats for you!
This event will take place inside of the Casket Arts Factory building (my studio space), not the WOW bus.
The Factory building is located north of the Casket Arts Main building and west of the Carriage House.
Look for the big Paul Bunyan on the building waving his axe.
The WOW thanks you for your support and love.

Cast Your Metal RBG Dissent Collar Workshop
2024-03-30 01:00 - 16:00 | Casket Arts Factory Building, 1720 Northeast Madison Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Every collar has a story……come and cast yours.
International Women’s Month has us honoring and celebrating many women from around the globe. In this workshop, we are remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her history breaking accomplishments here, in the US, and internationally.
Create your design (or choose one from the collection), carve into a cuttlebone mold and pour lead-free pewter to make your dissent collar sculpture, necklace, brooch, bolo tie, hat pin or what-have-you?! Ages 10+. No experience necessary. This workshop will be in the Casket Arts Factory (not on the WOW bus).
“You know, the standard robe is made for a man because it has a place for the shirt to show, and the tie,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg said. “So Sandra Day O’Connor and I thought it would be appropriate if we included as part of our robe something typical of a woman. So I have many, many collars.” RBG began to be selective with her collar choice for the day as to convey a subtle meaning, and, as we like to think, about her political communication with her jabot choices.

Casting our Biofacts
2024-08-24 10:00 - 16:00 | Westwood Hills Nature Center, 8300 West Franklin Avenue, St. Louis Park, 55426
Casting Our Biofacts
Cast metal artifacts (small sculpture, wearables, pocket toys)
from Westwood Hills Nature Center
Experience the ecology of the park through the cast metal process.
Visitors of Westwood Hills Nature Center and learners from Project SOAR (a community education program for adults with disabilities) are invited to participate in workshops with artist, Sara Hanson/WOW Mobile Metal Lab (retired MTC city bus turned workshop on wheels) and Nature Center naturalists to collect natural elements from the park, create molds and metal castings for a Souvenir Artifact Make + Take that will be offered to a larger audience during the St. Louis Park Art Fair, Saturday, September 4, 10-5pm.
MONDAY, August 19
6-7:30pm Project SOAR walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
TUESDAY, August 20
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
WEDNESDAY, August 21
10-11:30am Visitor walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
*look for an early morning live interview with Sara on the WOW bus featured on WCCO/CBS Minnesota stream at 6:15am/6:40am and later at 9am, noon and 4pm.
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
THURSDAY, August 22
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
6-7:30pm Visitor walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
FRIDAY, August 23
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
SATURDAY, August 24
10-4pm Make + Take Event
Hop on the WOW bus and choose a mold, pour pewter, do minimal finishing work to create your own small sculpture, wearable or pocket toy.
3:30-5pm Project SOAR walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
SATURDAY, September 7
10-4pm St. Louis Park Art Fair
St Louis Park Rec Center
Souvenir Artifact Make + Take
Participants are invited to choose one of the molds that was made during the workshops to cast on the WOW to create their own small sculpture, wearable or pocket toy. Project SOAR participants will be docents to invite fair-goers, share the process and guide them through the process.
Sara Hanson is the 2023 recipient of the Arts and Culture grant made possible from The St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts. All participation is free and open to the public. Ages 5+ for cast metal Make + Take.
Westwood Hills Nature Center
www.stlouisparkmn.gov/government/departments-divisions/parks-rec/westwood-hills-nature-center
Project SOAR
www.projectsoarmn.org
WOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show
www.wowmobilemetallab.com
St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts and St. Louis Park Art Fair
www.slpfota.org
Sara Hanson is a Minneapolis-based public artist, cast metal maker and educator. Her artistic practice includes public sculptures/projects (Bio Scenic Travel Machines), operating the WOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show and teaching/collaborating within communities to create cast metal public sculpture. She creates and brings accessible opportunities for individuals and communities to participate in or interact with an art project or creative process that invites personal expression/collective vision and the opportunity to share it with a larger audience.

Cast Your Metal Nano-Machine Structure
2025-06-04 16:00 - 19:00 | Horace Austin Park, 600 Main Street North, Austin, MN, 55912, United States
Today is the day to cast and create your own Nano-Machine! Pour metal into molds and design your own protein structure casting – that could enable you, others, living organisms (bacteria, plants, animals) – to do anything. Imagine and wonder, if you could create a protein – a building block for a cell , a structure to provide a specific biological function – what would you design your protein to do? I’m excited to share my interactive sculpture project that I’m creating for the Hormel Cancer Research Institute, information about their CryoEm microscope, and PROTEINS – the fundamental building blocks of all life on earth, at the atomic level! Thank you to the Hormel Institute, Austin Area Arts and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Good Neighbor Days
2025-06-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Howard Lake Public Library
Good Neighbor Days!
We’re excited to bring the WOW to Howard Lake, MN for this fun-filled weekend full of music, food, games, and community for their Good Neighbor Days. Check out the days events on City of Howard Lake link below.
Science and art walk hand-in-hand as we transform your vision into a tangible creation. Choose from a variety of molds created from natural elements, 3D prints and found objects to cast your own small sculpture or wearable. For ages 5 and up. This is a public event that is free of charge. This program was made possible with Arts & Cultural Heritage Funds from Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment.

Summer Art Intensive
2025-08-11 10:00 - 2025-08-14 15:00 | Edina Art Center, 4701 West 64th Street, Edina, MN, 55435, United States
The WOW is partnering with the Edina Art Center for a four day comprehensive metal casting youth camp (ages 12-17).
The WOW team takes each artist through the entire process of casting metal – from safety gear to surface treatments – and demonstrates just how accessible this ancient process can be. It’s hands-on, interactive, exciting, empowering and collaborative work. This is a fun class to experience two methods of sculpting (additive, subtractive), three methods of mold-making (rubber, cuttle-bone, resin-bonded sand) and two metals (pewter, aluminum).
August 11 – 14, 10am-3pm.
Register below on the Event Website link.
Scholarships Available through the Connect Card Program
