About ArtStart
Founded in 1988, ArtStart inspires artistic creativity and illuminates the connections among people, ideas and the environment through quality arts education for artists, children, families and communities.
Arts education
Artist residencies in schools, camps, classes and workshops all year.
ArtScraps
A creative reuse store that keeps thousands of pounds of discards out of the waste stream every year.
Community
Hands-on art at festivals, the annual Block Party and free poetry nights.
Leadership
Anne Sawyer, Executive Director: a puppeteer, author and arts educator who worked for many years as an ArtStart teaching artist, with deep roots in the Twin Cities arts community.