Safe Storage: Making Boxes and Mounts for Collections
Location: MN — Twin Cities Metro
City: Minneapolis / Ely / Welch, MN
Type: Training / Education
Categories:
Visual Arts
Deadline: 06/22/2025
No entry fee required
Open to artists statewide
This 2-day workshop will introduce a variety of stable and inert materials for use in collection storage and display. We will discuss storage enclosures and their benefits for physical protection as well as environmental buffering, air quality, air circulation, and common sources of pollution in storage areas. Working from a provided template, you will learn basic box-making skills by creating your own tool storage box, and then expand on those skills to create a custom box and support for either an example collection item from the host site, or an item you bring with you. All materials will be provided and you will leave with a starter set of box-making tools.
The workshop will be held at three different locations!
May 20 – 21 at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, MN
June 10 – 11 at Prairie Island Indian Community in Welch, MN
June 23 – 24 at Listening Point Foundation in Ely, MN
Fee: $400 Register Here
Fee for Minnesota Residents: FREE Register Here
Thanks to funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.