Welcome...
The Casket Arts Community is comprised of three beautifully renovated old factory buildings in Northeast Minneapolis, plus the NE Sculpture Gallery and outdoor sculpture park. The three historic structures – the Casket Arts Building, the Carriage House, and the Factory – had been the Northwestern Casket Company from 1882 until converted to art studios in 2006.
Over 150 artists and art-based businesses inhabit the Casket Arts Community. Most of the tenants run working studios and open their work spaces for building events and by appointment.
Open Casket November 8-10!
Friday 5-10 pm; Saturday Noon-8 pm; Sunday Noon – 5 pm
Join us for our autumn campus-wide event, “Open Casket” at the Casket Arts Building, The Carriage House, and The Factory. This Open Studios weekend features 100+ local artists and makers, live music, food trucks, and custom cocktails in our annual basement Speakeasy!
Open Casket will be a shopping and art exhibition experience like no other. The artists of Casket Arts can’t wait to show and sell exciting new work in:
Painting • Sculpture • Jewelry • Printmaking • Textiles • Ceramics • Photography • Homewares • Installation Art • and more.
The entire Casket Arts campus will be crackling with activity, from the Lower Level to the fourth floor in the main building, throughout the three-story Carriage House out back and into NE Sculpture Gallery in the Factory building next door. Expect food trucks, live music on fourth floor lobby Friday Night and Saturday, and of course open studios filled with works from the best artists in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District– voted America’s Best Arts District in 2022 and 2023 in USA Today Readers’ Surveys.
New this year: 45th Parallel Distillery will be serving new Prohibition-Era Speakeasy Cocktails on Friday 5:00-10:00 pm and Saturday 5:00-8:00 pm, with beer and Bloody Mary’s served during other times, raising funds for the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Other sponsors include Stray Dog restaurant and Bar and Central Avenue Liquors.