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2026 Art Shanty Projects
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2026 Art Shanty Projects
- 2026 Artist Projects
- Program Archives
Get Involved!
Support Us
- Become a Contributor
- 2026 Contributors
About Us
Contact
Donate Now!

2026 Art Shanty Projects
- 2026 Artist Projects
- Program Archives
Get Involved!
Support Us
- Become a Contributor
- 2026 Contributors
About Us
Contact
Donate Now!

2026 ARTIST PROJECTS

A shanty and a crowd are seen blurred in the background through a neon yellow piece of acrylic with a round peephole in the center

2026 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
2026 ARTISTS + PERFORMERS

2026 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
2026 ARTISTS + PERFORMERS

2026 ARTIST PROJECTS

A person in a DIY bike contraption gets ready to race on a frozen lake while onlookers cheer and take photos

B-ICICLE RACES

A boxy shanty on a frozen lake painted in bright colors to look like a giant cat face

CAT WORLD

A group of people square dancing on a frozen lake

COLLECTIVE JOY SQUARE DANCE!

A group of peopel sing around a fire pit on a snowy frozen lake

COMMUNITY SINGING ON ICE

a timber frame structure at night, with a fire burning in the back of it

DISINTESHANTY

A mythical illustration of a figure wearing a flowing cape while cross country skiing against a snowy, starry background

FOLKTALES AROUND THE FIRE

A bundled up person hangs a hat on a clothesline full of winterwear outside.

FREE STORE SHANTY

Scene from a yoga class on the frozen lake. People are in a warrior pose.

FRO-GAHHH: YOGA FOR THE PLANET AND THE PEOPLE

A klezmer band plays on an outdoor shanty stage while visitors dance joyfully on the frozen lake

KLEZMER ON ICE

a person wears a pink swimsuit over a snowsuit on the frozen lake.

LADIES OF THE LOST CONTINENT

MADSON AIDS MEMORIAL SHANTY

A drawing of a cube shaped shanty with green tentacles coming off the top and a chainlink fence yard. A medusa medallion-like portrait is on the side of the shanty alongside the word 'medusa'

MEDUSA (CLUB MED)

a drawing of a yurt-shaped shanty

MEMORY MUSEUM

a photo of a stage with magenta beams, translucent walls and black flags flying above

PERFORMANCE STAGE

an abstract drawing of a phenology wheel

PHENOLOGY WHEEL

Adults wearing winged costumes and antenna raise their arms in a dance on a frozen lake

POLLINATOR FRENZY

A choir sings outside on a stage on a frozen lake with shadows of the audience across the snowy ground

PRAIRIE FIRE CHOIR

a colorful quilt installation with places to lounge built into the soft structure

QUILT SHANTY

Drawings of fish imposed on a black and white image of an urban section of the Mississippi River

SACRED WATER SHARED FUTURE SHANTY

A closerup of zooplankton as seen through a microscope

SCIENCE SATURDAY: LAKES ARE ALIVE!

A rendering of a yellow submarine shanty

SUB BDé UMáŋ

Performers play taiko drums at an outdoor frozen lake stage with a crowd of onlookers in silhouette

TAIKO ON ICE!

a diagram of soil layers and components

TEMPORARILY NOT SOIL

Four people pose holding traditional wooden lacrosse sticks

THAKÁPSIČAPI

a rendering of a shanty shaped like a beaver lodge with a title "The Beaver Shanty" in rainbow colored letters

THE BEAVER SHANTY

A performer wearing a red shirt and orange tinted sunglasses holds their backpack straps while looking up

THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE BELONGS TO US ALL

A playful image of a disco ball wearing a wig on a frozen lake.

THE SYNC HOLE

a spreadsheet on a black background and lettering in various fonts that reads 'the Table of Everything'

THE TABLE OF EVERYTHING

a rendering of a colorful shanty with triangular mosaic color panels for walls and roof

VIBRANCE RESEARCH STATION

a chart of various weather patterns

WEATHER OR NOT STATION

a view of three people at the welcome shanty looking in merch displays

WELCOME SHANTY

A witch stands in twilight at a raging bonfire. A candy coated gingerbread shanty is in the distance

WICKED WINTER

A bundled up person stands at an easel and paints a portrait of a shanty in the distance.

WINTER PLEIN AIR PAINTING

A drawing of a white canvas tent shanty with a stovepipe and colorful pennant flag banners

WORLD OF STORIES

CONTACT INFO:

Art Shanty Projects
PO Box 18684, Minneapolis, MN 55418
612-567-6844

Sponsorship & General inquiries: info@artshantyprojects.org

Artist, Programming & Press inquiries: program@artshantyprojects.org

With support from:

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department.