Artist Studios

The Toolbox Collective is made up of seven individual artist studios and one shared work space.

Current

Toolbox

Artists

  • Dunn Good Studios does custom metal work and jewelry. At Dunn Good we have a passion for craftsmanship, attention to detail, and design. We create one-of-a-kind pieces perfect for any home. All of our products can be scaled in size for custom orders. Or let us design something brand new, just for you.

    https://www.dunngoodstudios.com/

  • Jen Evans is the artist behind Hazel Street Textiles. Her work draws on historical quilting design, the midwest landscape, and autobiographical influence to create textile wall art, home goods, and prints.

    hazel-street.com

  • Meg is a 2D mixed-media artist and painter living in Minneapolis. She is the creator of Minnealphabet: An Outdoorsy Homage to Minneapolis and the illustrator of “Outdoorsy: A Coloring Book Celebrating Our Connection to the Natural World”.  She is the Co-creator of the award-winning River to River Greenway Mural in West St. Paul and the recipient of a 2023 individual artist Residency at the Tofte Lake Center. Meg’s work is inspired by the natural world (most often the woods, water, and trees of the Midwest).

    Find out more at www.meg-erke.com

  • Carolyn Williams-Noren writes poems and essays. Recent subjects include parenting, food and cooking, unchurched spiritual life, and her childhood living close to the oil industry in Alaska. Every two weeks (-ish), she makes and sends by email a free, hand-drawn, handwritten recipe/memoir comic called "This is good."

    Find out more at williams-noren.com.

  • Mary Stein (she/her) is a fiction writer whose work has appeared in Water~Stone, Caketrain, The Brooklyn Rail, and Tin House online, among other publications. Her writing has been supported by awards from the Jerome Foundation, Loft Literary Center, and Minnesota State Arts Board. Initially devoted to short fiction, Mary is now working on a novel exploring queer motherhood. She teaches with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and lives in South Minneapolis with her partner, kiddo, and their dog.

  • Textile Artist- Bags, cozies, stuffies, pillows, pouches, wristlets, rfid wallets, décor items, jewelry, and journals made from repurposed and other fun materials

    Venmo @Kristi-Bergland

  • Peter Stein is a Minneapolis photographer and poet. Peter sees both poetry and photography as a way to explore various angles of the complex world in which we live. He has a particular fondness for the abstract and the absurd. His photography has been featured in the Saint Paul Almanac, Praxis Gallery, and as a part of the Red Wing Arts Poets and Artist Collaboration. His poetry has appeared in The Talking Stick, Martin Lake Journal, Nice Cage, and The Road By Heart: Poems of Fatherhood anthology. His first collection of poems, AUTO-BIO, was published in 2011 through Amber Skye Publishing. He is currently on the board of the League of Minnesota Poets. He has performed at numerous reading series and events around the Twin Cities, most recently for Bosso Poetry at the 331 Club.

  • LADY G is a queer ritual leather witch bringing community connection through craft & classes. Learn to carve, tool, paint, sew, lace, condition, bevel, burnish & charm your wears in community. 

Studio

Wait List

  • Each artist will have a semi-private space that is 10x13ft. Studios come with shelves, 1 or 2 plywood walls and 1 peg board wall with shelves. You may furnish your studio how you please!

  • Wifi and all utilities are included! Hooray! You will also receive your own unique door code. This allows you 24 hour access to your space.

  • As a renter you can have one free room rental per month to teach a class. You may also participate in our monthly Makers Markets (June-December) for free.

  • Rent for the spaces range between $350- $375/month. We also require that you have liability insurance. If you have more questions about this please feel free to ask!

Our studios are currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please fill out our Google Form.

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