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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