Avivo ArtWorks is

a program within Avivo’s Community Support Program (CSP), which supports artists living with mental illness as they create art, build community, and reduce stigma. ArtWorks programming is founded on the principles of arts access, recovery, and social justice.

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View fullsize ArtWorks has been gearing up for our biggest show of the year, Art-A-Whirl on May 17th-19th. In the lead up, we’ll be sharing works and previews of workshops you can attend that weekend. Gary R. Melquist will be teaching us “How to Draw
View fullsize T.L. Reeves led today’s Textile Thursday group and taught us how to make “God’s Eyes”.
View fullsize Process and results of our acrylic pour workshop yesterday. Watching the paint drip, break, and combine was totally mesmerizing 🤯
View fullsize Avivo CSP member Emily has been working on her bird for a few months now and it's finally finished! 🕊🐦
View fullsize Our underwater life clay wall continues to grow every week! Check out the new additions.
View fullsize ArtWorks’ in-house gardening enthusiast, Laura, setting up our new compost bin for the upcoming gardening season!
View fullsize Yeehaw! Come check out our artists’ new exhibition on the bottom floor of the Franklin Library in Minneapolis from now until May. The piece featured on the flier is “Niagara Falls” by Gary R. Melquist.
View fullsize We are happy to announce the new website for the Avivo ArtWorks program, avivoartworks.org! Here, you can find: general information about Avivo and the community support program, details about where to see our artists’ work, and how to contac
View fullsize Today’s featured artworks were made by Felix Hogren in our clay studio. The piece on the left is called Two Toned Tower and the piece on the right is called The Playground
View fullsize This week’s featured Avivo Community Support Program artist is Jennie Biegler! The first painting is called “Looking Up,” and the second, which Jennie just recently finished in studio is called “Abstract Untitled.”