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Events
FIRST FRIDAY EVENTS

On the first Friday evening of the month, Studio Bricolage offers creative and adventurous adults the chance to try different activities. One month it could be a project related to electricity, another month weird and wacky contraptions.

First Friday Events are generally held from 7-10 PM at Leonardo's Basement.The entrance is on 43rd Street, near the alley; under Anodyne Coffeehouse. Map

The cost is usually $10 at the door. Food and beverages included.

We invite you to bring your creativity -- and your friends! Feel free to just show up. No pre-registration required. No experience necessary.


COMING IN JULY: MIXOLOGY! The Art &Science of Drink

Learn how to make special cocktails at home for you and your friends.

This very special event will be held on a weeknight at a special location. It will be specially priced, but trust us, it will be worth the cost. Check back soon for more information.



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Classes and Workshops

June 9, 16, 23, 30 Keeping the Smoke in: Basic Electronics for Makers

Fee:$80 for four (4) two hour sessions. Optional take home materials fee $20.
With platforms like the Arduino and resources like Make: Magazine, it's never been easier to get started in electronics. Having an understanding of the basics can make your projects go smoother and save you from costly mistakes that can easily let the magic smoke out of your expensive new Arduino board

July 9, 16 Arduinos for Artists

$90 for two sessions. Materials fee: $50 if you have your own Arduino. $80 if you don’t. Amount payable to instructor during first class.
Arduinos are small, palm-size computers (“microcontrollers” in geek speak) that you can program to make your art come alive. They can control the movement, sound or sight of your art and sense and react to almost anything, including you. This can add a new dimension to your work that travels beyond the fourth dimension, constrained only by your imagination!

Past Event

June 5 "NO PRESSURE, AIR PRESSURE"

We built a giant, round air hockey game, used compressed air to blow up thin rubber goods and explored pneumatic tool use. We also created incredible paintings by blowing paint through straw and we made blow guns and shot targets.



May 1 LAWN ART

We created spectacular lawn art, including wind turbines, chimes, mobiles, Tibetan flags, bird feeders and totems.
Look at the pictures from the lawn





April 3 PAPER BUILDING
In April, local artists Margaret Pezalla and Westy Copeland as well as other Makers showed how to make beautiful paper art. We made paper automata, built mathematical structures, cut with the laser, weaved beautiful paterns, created amazing colorful surfaces and "sewed" kraft paper suit jackets, vests and hats.  It was an amazing "flatland" evening.Slideshow of amazing paper work.



March 14   Make:Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Studio Bricolage had a fantastic presence with the Paint Pendulum and the Dryer Orchestra. The folks at Make:TV partnering with the Science Museum kicked off what is hopedto be an annual event. Take a look at a slide show.
March 6  Second Annual Rube Goldberg Machine Building Event  Take a look at the slideshow, and check back to see this years video. 
Take a look at last years video of the First Annual Rube Goldberg video.
February 8   First annual Ice Sculpture Potluck at Lake of the Isles
Thanks for coming!
It was held on the East side of Lake of the Isles by the ice skating rink
People made and played with ice and brought it to sculpt with. It was free and it was fun! We have instructions for making ice here.
January 2   High Voltage an evening in 20,000 volts! 
- Building Jacobs Ladders
- Lighting up wood and drawing with electricity!
- Making Fluorescent Sculptures
"Uber Tuber"  Making fries fly!
A crew from TPT's new television show MAKE:television filmed the amazing spud into french fries invention. Watch the video.

Take a look at all of our past events

Want to help?

We're using this website to organize our programs and schedule events and classes/workshops.
In addition to resources, blogs, building instructions and a calendar, this is the place to propose classes or offer to teach one. 
Call us at 612-824-4394 if:
• You'd like to learn how to do something (solder, make clothes or jewelry, work with wood, build electronic circuits, craft junk sculptures or anything else)
• You’d like to teach a small group of people a skill or how to build a project.