While there’s nothing wrong with Mother’s Day classics like breakfast in bed and a dried macaroni and glue art creation, a new event in Minneapolis may help families take their celebration of Mom to the next level.
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Art Fair is bringing together more than 150 local artists, ranging from painters and ceramicists to photographers and jewelry designers, for a two-day event on Mother’s Day weekend. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mother’s Day, May 12, visitors can take in the art, enjoy fare from popular food trucks, and even raise a toast to Mom at a beer and wine garden from Can Can Wonderland.
— Jill Hayes, | Event Director
“We’re hoping this will become an annual tradition for the community,” said Jill Hayes, event director and co-founder of Homespun Events, the group that also organizes the popular Minnehaha Falls Art Fair. “You can wake up and take Mom out to an iconic Minneapolis location to see some of the most talented artists in our community. Just being there together is a great gift, and maybe you’ll find a perfect something extra for Mom while you’re there.”
In addition to fine arts offerings, the Sculpture Garden Art Fair will celebrate spring with a botanical marketplace underneath the Cowles Conservatory. Visitors will find plants for sale along with floral arrangements and other artist-created gifts.
The announcement of this new art show came soon after organizers of the Uptown Art Fair announced that they were canceling this year’s event due to heavy road construction. Hayes said the plans for this new show had been in the works for months and were not associated with the Uptown Art Fair decision. She sees the Sculpture Garden Art Fair as an additional opportunity to gather and appreciate the creativity that makes Minnesota a great place to live.
“We have such a vibrant arts community in so many ways, whether it's theater or music or visual arts, and it’s important for people to come out and enjoy it,” she said. “We need to remember the significance of shopping local and supporting the work of these artists who add so much to our city.”
The Sculpture Garden Art Fair is a free event that Hayes hopes will become a Mother’s Day tradition in its own right, offering families a way to celebrate Mom and support the local community.
