Powderhorn Art Fair

The 24th Annual Powderhorn Art Fair is coming up Saturday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 9,  from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Ave. S.
Powderhorn Art Fair, one of the finest juried regional art fairs in the country, celebrates artistic expression and community engagement.
Set in a pastoral, 66-acre city park, Powderhorn Art Fair features 184 regional and national artists of varied disciplines, as well as a Community Showcase and Group Exhibitors from the Powderhorn area.
Powderhorn Art Fair is a collaboration between the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
World Music Stage
Saturday, Aug. 8, (on the southwest shore of the lake)
11 a.m. • Corason en la Mano • Sephardic Jewish Music
12 p.m. • Dreamland Faces • Modern nostalgia
1 p.m. • Axoltl • Mexican Song
2 p.m. • Paddy O’Brien • Irish Accordion
3 p.m. • Dan Rein • Iranian & Kurdish Music
4 p.m. • Tom Klein • Irish Uileann Pipes
Around the Park
Saturday, Aug. 8
2 p.m. • Ofrecemos paseos en Español • Art Fair Tours in Spanish
11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. • Open Eye Figure Theatre • Tucker’s Robot Puppet Shows
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Powderhorn Theatre Arts • Murder She Screamed (Not A Musical) by Anya Naylor
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Making Cake Puppets with Patty Gille
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • ArtiCulture • Hands-on art for kids
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • Hosmer Library Book Walk • Walk along and follow the pages of a storybook
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center • Fire Arts demonstrations
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • Powderhorn Empty Bowls • Potter’s wheel demonstrations
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • StevenBe • Spinning & weaving demonstrations
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • Powderhorn Park Pottery Program
World Music Stage
Sunday, Aug. 9, (on the southwest shore of the lake)
11 a.m. • Tom Klein • Irish Uileann Pipes
12 p.m. • Dreamland Faces • Modern nostalgia
1 p.m. • Axoltl • Mexican Song
2 p.m. • Paddy O’Brien • Irish Accordion
3 p.m. • Dan Rein • Iranian & Kurdish Music
4 p.m. • Corason en la Mano • Sephardic Jewish Music
Around the Park
Sunday, Aug. 9
11 a.m. • Ofrecemos paseos en Español • Art Fair Tours in Spanish
11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. • Open Eye Figure Theatre • Katie Tomatie Puppet Shows
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • ArtiCulture • Hands-on art for kids
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Hosmer Library Book Walk • Walk along and follow the pages of a storybook
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Polymer Clay Guild of Minnesota • Polymer Clay demonstrations
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center • Fire Arts demonstrations
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Powderhorn Empty Bowls • Potter’s wheel demonstrations
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • StevenBe • Spinning & weaving demonstrations
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Powderhorn Park Pottery Program • pottery display & sale
The Powderhorn Arts Fair needs you to volunteer!
So much fun! Volunteer shifts are easy and flexible.  Be a part of this amazing community and regional event—come for an hour or all day. Each volunteer will get a free event volunteer T-shirt to wear and keep, snacks, and great worthwhile fun.  Volunteer yourself, or make it a group volunteer project; bring your coworkers, congregation, block club or family!  Volunteers are needed Friday, Aug. 7, for set-up and traffic control.  Times are flexible.  Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 8 & 9, for the Art Fair, including booth-sitters, traffic control, artists’ lounge hosts, art-hop greeters, and info/T-shirt table helpers.  Early, late and mid-day shifts are available and flexible to meet your schedule and interests.  Sunday afternoon/evening Aug. 8 for event tear-down and traffic control.  For more info call 612-767-3515, ext. 4.