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Free parking is available onsite in two adjacent parking lots. Attendants will be available to direct you to the best spot.

There is also plentiful, inexpensive metered parking available in the surrounding area. Consider downloading the free MPLS Parking app to make meter payment quick and easy!

“I have been so blessed with opportunities to collaborate in the creation of these treasures,” photographer Todd Wildenauer says. However he can give those blessings back to the community, he will. Read more about his art and his relationship to Art 4 Shelter.

“This event has come to represent so much of what Simpson is,” Simpson Board Member and Art 4 Shelter Committee Chair Audra Williams says. “When we share art with one another, we’re sharing beauty; we’re celebrating our community’s identity and ideas. And thanks to the talented artists who show up year after year, we’re sharing shelter, too.”

Our Art 4 Shelter press release is available online!

Congratulations to all our online auction winners!

If you want to pick up your item in person, simply join us at Art 4 Shelter’s Family Day (Saturday, May 14, 10 am to 1 pm) at Glass House. We’ll have a table set up!

If you have more questions about the auction, email Caroline at cdonnelly@simpsonhousing.org.

All month, Black Sheep Coal Fired Pizza will be donating 20 percent of its profits to Simpson Housing Services’ shelter and housing programs. That means giving back to your community can be as easy as pie. (Pizza pie, that is!)

Learn more and donate!

This year’s fun-filled Art 4 Shelter lineup includes 5 different events:  

•  First Look Luncheon: Friday, May 13 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm* 
•  Free Benefit Art Sale: Friday, May 13 | 6 pm – 9 pm 
•  Online Auction: Friday, May 13 | 11:30 am – 9 pm 
•  Family Day: Saturday, May 14 | 10 am – 1 pm 
• Virtual Art Sale: June 1 at 6 pm – June 5 at noon 

*Ticketed event; all other events are free and open to the public! 

BIG NEWS! There’s still time to submit to Art 4 Shelter! Due to popular demand, we’re pushing our submission deadline to APRIL 30 so everyone gets a chance to contribute. Check out the submission form and submit your original artwork today!

Organizations like Simpson – and the communities they operate in — unequivocally rely on regular volunteers like Julie. That was true before the pandemic, but the critical need of volunteers (and the value of those volunteer hours) has only increased as it’s gotten tougher to get together.

• Friday, May 13, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
• Glass House, 145 Holden St. N., Minneapolis