ENVIRONMENTAL ART WORKSHOPS

About eARTh Lab

eARTh Lab workshops use art to develop skills, promote personal growth, and to encourage a new generation of active citizens. Each workshop engages teaching artists, education interns, and wonderful volunteers in sessions that are open to youths of all ages. Free snacks are provided as well.

WORKSHOPS FOR SUMMER 2026 

All workshops are free and open to the public

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 – Zen Water Marks: Drawing with Impermanence & Tracing Light: Shadows in Nature (Native Ink from Minnesota Plants) with Teaching Artist Mayme Dosnker

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 – We are Part of the Watershed with Teaching Artist Esther Ouray

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 – The body of the Earth: Movement as Ecosystem with Teaching Artist Charlotte Tauer (Mama Rose)

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 – Summer Dragonfly with Teaching Artist Phuoc Tran

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 – The Alchemy of Weaving with Teaching Artist Pam Reyes

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, July 21, 2026, – Thank You Sun with Teaching Artist Gita Ghei 

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, July 28, 2026, – Graffiti Hand Style: Hip Hop’s Calligraphy with Teaching Artist SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE

1:30-4 PM

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 – Painting Patterns with Cheese and Earth with Teaching Artist Elisabeth Heying

1:30-4 PM

Rain Date: August 11, 2026 

1:30-4 PM

Workshop activities may be subject to change

SIGN UP

eARTh Lab is a drop in program. Registration is only required if you have ten or more in your group. Call or text 651.290.0921 or email madeline@publicartstpaul.org to sign up.

ADDRESS

Western Sculpture Park

387 Marion St,

St Paul, MN 55103

PARKING

Street parking is available on W Fuller Ave and N Farrington St.

200 years ago, the area that is now Western Sculpture Park was an encampment for fur traders traveling in ox carts from Canada across Minnesota. As homes, businesses, and infrastructure developed the area drew a diverse population of residents – European immigrants, African-American families moving westward from downtown Saint Paul, and today, new immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Central America.

18 years ago, Public Art Saint Paul responded to the initiative of neighborhood residents and artists who sought to transform an underdeveloped and neglected public park into a lively civic gathering space.

Their dream for a safe, beautiful space for children to play neighbors to congregate has become a reality in the Western Sculpture Park we see today.

Since the re-designed Western Sculpture Park opened in 1998, Education has been a core part of Public Art Saint Paul’s programming. In 2009 the program entered a new phase with the commission of the Spider Mobile Art Lab by Christopher Lutter-Gardella. The Spider is a result of an effort by PASP with the Summit University Planning Council and a host of community partners in 2006 to assess the conditions of the residential area around the park and recommend strategic steps to promote safety in neighborhood. The effort resulted in recommendations to increase access to educational services, improve the beauty and amenity of streetscapes and open spaces, foster economic development, and weave art into everyday life. We have retired the Spider Mobile as it is no longer functional. Needless to stay, the workshops have been renamed eARTh Lab and continues!

eARTh Lab comes to Western Sculpture Park for a series of free, drop-in environmental artmaking workshops for youth that use earth-friendly supplies and processes. Each workshop engages teaching artists, education interns, and wonderful volunteers from the community. Free snacks are provided as well.

eARTh Lab workshops use art to develop skills, promote personal growth, and encourage a new generation of active citizens. Each free session is structured as a self-contained activity so there is no registration or ongoing attendance commitment.

In 2011, the National Recreation and Parks Association Congress recognized Western Sculpture Park as a national model of public/private partnership in art education and community building.

Our Education Assistants and amazing volunteers from throughout the community assist in all aspects of workshop production. They possess skill in artmaking, enjoy working with young people, and have interest in environmental issues.

If you are interested in being a summer assistant or volunteering please email pasp@publicartstpaul.org

The Western Sculpture Park Sculpture Exhibition and Environmental Art Workshops are made possible through Public Art Saint Paul’s partnership with Saint Paul Parks and Recreation, the Saint Paul Sewer Utility, and the Capitol Region Watershed District.

Our Generous Supporters

Ecolab

Capitol Region Watershed District

Christine Podas-Larson

Generous Individuals

The voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

McKnight Foundation

The Saint Paul Foundation

R. Bigelow Foundation