Art Shanties on Medicine Lake Through Feb 14
Erica says: This is totally the kind of thing I’m into and it’s so quintessentially Minnesotan, yet in its five previous years of existence I still haven’t been. This year, I swear!
Located on frozen Medicine Lake in Plymouth, MN, The Art Shanty Projects present a six-week exhibition of architecture, performance, science, art, video, literature, karaoke and even a little bit of ice fishing.
ASP is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 4pm, through February 14. View the full schedule: artshantyprojects.org/calendar
The acclaimed Art Shanty Projects is back on the ice for a fabulous sixth year. During the months of January and February, over 60 artists from Minnesota and around the country will head out to Medicine Lake to create a village of Art Shanties (Ice Fishing Shanty + Art Gallery/Studio).
Artist projects this year include a karaoke shanty, a performance theater, a structure full of bicycle-powered fixtures, a knitting shanty, a French-language Quebecois outpost, a post office, a submarine, an oversized game of dice, multiple museums and research laboratories with varying degrees of tongue-in-cheekiness, and much more.
Visitors can park at the East Beach parking lot at Medicine Lake. The Art Car Taxi Shanty provides transportation from the shore to the middle of the lake, where visitors can meet the artists, explore the shanties and experience this unique interpretation of a true piece of Minnesota winter culture.
Presented by the Soap Factory this activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by The McKnight Foundation and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature.
