Art-A-Whirl

The little-studio-tour-that-could has transformed the landscape of Northeast Minneapolis. In its first ten years, it has helped to spawn an arts organization, legislation designed to fight gentrification, and a thriving arts district mixed in among all those Polish churches and pubs. Despite all of that, Art-A-Whirl has maintained its scrappy, scatterbrained appeal, even in the face of hefty sponsorships and professional event planners. With hundreds of participating artists, the tenth anniversary of Art-A-Whirl promises to be the most dense and delightfully chaotic studio tour yet. For the highest concentration of galleries and studios, try the massive California and Northrop King Buildings. www.art-a-whirl.org