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Fun "Arty Party" for kids ages 2 to 7 and their parents ... Thurs, June 4, 2009 from 6-8 pm ...

Upcoming Events ...

"A Day with Monet"

... Eden Prairie Art Center & Kinderberry Hill invite you to "A Day with Monet", a benefit for the Eden Prairie Art Center.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 ~ 6-8 pm

Kinderberry Hill Eden Prairie

 10160 Hennepin Town Rd,

Eden Prairie

Minimum $10 per child donation

Fun "Arty Party" for kids ages 2 to 7 and their parents. Create a Sensational Summer Still Life. Trained teachers will guide kids as they paint a beautiful stretched canvas masterpiece to take home. Choose a style - kids under 3 will paint a Monet still life, children 3 years and above can choose impressionism or pointillism. Enjoy complimentary pizza provided by Umbria plus beverages and cookies.

Register online by clicking here:

... or call 952-345-8012 or come and pay at the door!

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Make A Donation ...

The Friends of the Eden Prairie Art Center is committed to raising the funds required to open the EP Art Center in early 2009.

Please consider contributing to this effort and help bring the arts to our community.

Click on the Donate button to find out how you can make a cash donation.

 

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Or ... put your cash donation towards a specific item or items from our "Wish List".

 

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Thank you for your support!

Our Goal: $77,000

...to purchase equipment & supplies for art center programs such as glass, jewelry, pottery, painting and drawing.

 

Welcome to our Website!

 

The Friends of the Eden Prairie Art Center is a group of EP citizens who came together with a common goal of securing funding that will give life to a new Art Center in Eden Prairie.

At a city meeting in April 2008, the EP City Council officially accepted a gift of a 5,400-square-foot building from the family of the late Roger Sampson, an Eden Prairie resident who built the building as a place to create art.

Before the building can be opened to the public a small number of renovations must be done, the building must be equipped with art supplies and office equipment, and new community arts programs must be developed.

The EP Art Center, located at 7650 Equitable Drive, is scheduled to open in early 2009.

When completed, it will be a place for fostering creativity in the community for many years to come!

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How Can You Help?

 

There are many ways you can help!

Several exciting community events are being planned. We need help organizing and staffing these events and we can always use donations of silent auction items and event prizes. And, of course, we need you to attend!

Cash donations are especially needed. Help us achieve our goal of $77,000 to purchase equipment & supplies for art center programs such as glass, jewelry, pottery, painting and drawing by donating online today:

 

 

...or go to our Donations web page for information on how to mail in your cash donation.

We also need help spreading the word that The Eden Prairie Art Center is coming! Tell your friends and neighbors. Hopefully they can help in some way too!

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In The News

 

Mar 4, 2009: EP News

Art Center to open in April

By April 4, the first classes will be starting up in the Eden Prairie Art Center. The 5,400-square-foot facility will offer painting and drawing classes for children and adults starting in April, according to Art Center Coordinator Lindsey Scott. A grand opening is scheduled for May 26. Pottery classes will likely be offered by summer ...

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Jan 23, 2009: EP News

Bead Art

All last week, Friends of the Eden Prairie Art Center, in partnership with Aurora Jewelers, held jewelry-making sessions. Participants could pick out a number of different beads and receive guidance from a jeweler on how to make a necklace, bracelet or earrings ...

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Jan 7, 2009: EP News

Sampson family makes $35,000 donation to Art Center

The idea of an Eden Prairie Art Center became a reality last year thanks to a generous gift from the Sampson family. This year started out with another generous gift from that same family – $35,000 to help open that new Art Center ...

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Dec 4, 2008: EP News

Art Center opening may be in city’s hands

The wait-and-see approach taken by the City Council for Art Center funding has so far not netted the needed $83,000 for upgrades to the interior of the new facility ...

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