Guide to the Saint Paul Art Crawl
The Saint Paul Art Crawl is one of the Capital City’s most beloved events. Here’s what you need to know about this incredible showcase of art that sprawls across the city.
About the Art Crawl
The Saint Paul Art Crawl returns this spring, making it the longest-running art crawl in the United States spanning across all corners of Saint Paul. Celebrate over 300 local artists representing 10 districts in St. Paul and enjoy local food, live music and dance in a collection of different venues - galleries, shared spaces and artists' lofts.
This casual, family-friendly event is fun at your own pace—a can’t miss for anyone who wants to buy art, enjoy a unique experience, and have fun supporting the arts in the community while exploring the city and its creative individuals.
History of the Event
The crawl dates back to 1977 when founding artists of the St. Paul Art Collective held their first group exhibition at Union Depot. The Collective continued to hold organized events in the downtown area in the following years before coordinating the first multi-building, open studio event in Lowertown in 1991. Four of the five founding buildings—262 Studios, Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative, Tilsner Artists’ Cooperative and Northern Warehouse Artists’ Cooperative—still participate in the crawl today. In the mid-2000s, the crawl expanded out of Lowertown to also include a variety of other Saint Paul neighborhoods.
