Gallery Aurora LPS

11/10/2025

Save the Date - It's almost time for Art Attack 2025! Our community comes together and opens up their workspaces for our fall studio tour - with almost 150 studios participating, that's over 400 local Minnesota artists under one roof, working in every medium imaginable.

Oil paintings, watercolors, encaustic works, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts, glass and metal works - meet our artists and learn all about their creative process! With demos, workshops, live art, and food trucks, it's our favorite event of the year and are so excited to share it all with you. It's the Northrup King Building's largest open studio event - Don't miss it!

Art Attack! 2025
Friday | Nov 14 | 5-9pm
Saturday | Nov 15 | 12-8pm
Sunday | Nov 16 | 12-5p,

Free parking, elevator, ADA accessible.

05/11/2025

The BIG WEEKEND is almost here! Come celebrate 30 years of Art-A-Whirl® at the historic Northrup King Building in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Visit us at Gallery Aurora 179 and see new works from all of our artists! Then explore 4 floors of artist & maker studios, take part in activities and watch creators at work. Food trucks, treats, music and more all weekend long. And see our friends at other artist locations through out the district. It’s time to Whirl!!!

08/17/2024

IT'S SUMMER SIZZLE TIME! Come see our talented artists in Gallery Aurora 179 and over 300 other artists at the Northrup King Building!
Summer Sizzle, August 17, 10am - 6pm
Free Parking . Passenger Elevator
ADA accessible

08/13/2024

T H I S - S A T U R D A Y ! Come make a day of it at the all new Summer Sizzle at the Northrup King Building this Saturday. Come by the Gallery Aurora & Lens Prose Studio 179 to see new works by Brian Billadeau, Cynthia Fleury, John A Olson, Sanjukta Mitra, William Drew, Risa Tritabaugh, Lake Paintings, Tom Fletcher Moons, Dan Weinand, Gallery Equus eposé, and more! There will be ice cream treats from 9-YUM-YUM Ice Cream Ambulance, PF Cafe serving up a special Summer Sizzle menu, and Blackberry Bakery with scrumptious goodies. Plus, lots of breweries, distilleries and restaurants within just a couple of blocks to round out a fun day in the best arts district in the US – Northeast Minneapolis Arts District!!!! https://www.facebook.com/events/810208084421478

07/13/2024

Rain or heat, we have art that’s sweet!!! Open today noon to 4 😊

It's Open Studio Saturday! Art made right here, in the Midwest. Find the artists, creatives, and small businesses in the NKB this Saturday, 12 - 4pm. Four floors to discover.

Open Studio Saturdays, 12 - 4pm
First Thursday, August 1, 5 - 9pm
Summer Sizzle, August 17, 10am - 6pm
Free Parking . Passenger Elevator
ADA accessible

12/13/2023

Welcome to the new Gallery Aurora LPS in the historic Artspace Northrup King Building, studio 179, located in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District!