MAY! From May Day to Memorial Day we have some really great offerings for you! We are hosting our first Gallery Show! We have a Hot Moms Makers Market on Mother’s Day and we have many great classes! Shibori with Heather Nuber Meg Erke’s “Women and Water” show opening Kids Yoga series with Sunlit Souls Watercolor Happy Hour with Meg Erke Stacked Rings with Dunn Good Studios Collages Pet Portraits with Hannah Frick Macrame Plant Hangers Spring Flow and Cultivating Joy with Megan Moore and Geriann Fedorowicz Hope to see you all at the Toolbox this Spring!

“Women and Water” explores swimming as a tool for building strength, joy, collective effervescence, and resilience. Meg uses gouache and watercolor to create layered paintings and stop-motion animations exploring the ideas of transformation and permanence. Viewers are invited to engage with and reshape the narrative through a magnetic panel, painted swimmers, aquatic plants and creatures, creating their composition. Join us for an opening party on May 3rd from 6-9pm Open Gallery Hours Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-6:30 Stop motion demos: May 17th, 12-3pm

The Toolbox Collective 🧰 was recently featured in VoyageMinnesota! It was fun to share our story and see our goody faces in a publication . The link 🔗 to the article is in our profile. Ill list it here too if youd like to check it out! Thank you all for being here, none of this would be possible without the community that supports us! https://voyageminnesota.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-with-rachel-dunn-of-the-toolbox-collective

And in a blink of an eye its April. March Recap ⚒️Jim started a new full time gig 🤩 🎨I started projects with all the kids at school for our Annual Art Show 🖼️ 🪱enjoyed the full worm moon and sketching at the lake 🛁 helped a friend lay out some tile ⚡️watched an EPIC lightning storm 🌈 made many rainbow breakfasts 🌺had drinks at Lynette, anyone watching white lotus? That’s what my drink was called.🌻Marge and ET got dressed up for spring. We briefly discussed throwing our current business plan out the window and creating something called “Marge’s Universe” it could happen. 🤪We also completely upended our studios so that we could make room for TWO more studios and hopefully by May two more artist renters. 🧑‍🎨 and I almost forgot! We got new garage doors! Woohoo. The 🧰 is lookin’ cute! We’re just two people 👫 doing people things, working hard and trying to have fun at the same time. Be good to each other, Look for the light in the world, We can do it together 💫🌞

This class is happening *now* and sold out before I could even post it! But I like to show off all the offerings at the Toolbox 🧰! We hope Rare Press will be back again soon with another fun block printing class!! Keep your eyes peeled 🍌 for that one!

Come learn the magic and alchemy of torch 🔥fired enamels! In this fun introduction to enamels, you’ll learn some basic techniques and create your own unique wearable artwork. Grab a friend and come channel your inner badass!!✨ Find the link to sign up on our website!

Join instructor Cara Corey for a beginning crochet class, where you will learn how to construct a sturdy basket with leather handles. Perfect little basket for just about anything! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crochet-a-rope-basket-tickets-1286289248769 Link is also on our website ( in our bio)

Mindful Drawing Happy Hour! Unwind after work and enjoy this mindful drawing class. No experience needed just a willingness to let your mind wander while drawing! Relaxation and inspiration are the goals for this course. We will go through several different drawing exercises together. Bonus takeaways: increased hand/eye coordination and sparked creativity.

Our next Makers Market is Sunday April 13th, mark your calendars. We will be there rain 🌧️or shine 🌞 but if it is nice we will have even more vendors outside!! Hope to see you there!

Join Knit & Gather and Harvested Hues. Bring your own craft to work on and get in the spring crafting mood, all are welcome! We will be debuting our new free craft library at the Toolbox so donations of like-new craft supplies are welcome. Suggested donation, $5 so we can keep having these crafting events! Saturday, April 12th, 1 - 4 pm.