Happy November!
We hope your fall season has been filled with outdoor adventures taking in the seasonal foliage while the weather is still cooperating. If you’re starting to gear up for the ‘giving season and are thinking about what to do with your kiddos while you’re at the grocery store, then Minni has just the thing for you!
Read MoreMinni is thrilled to have been a selected as a local Boston business to be featured in a segment titled, “Exploring family fun in Massachusetts for all ages”. The placement shares Minni’s mission to provide access to art and design classes for little artists in the Boston area, shows a recent Messmaker class, and includes an interview with our founder Kelly!
Thank you to the Chronicle for featuring Minni, and thinking of us as a top destination for family fun in Boston!
Read MoreCharlestown Public Library is partnering with Minni to expand access for Boston families to hands-on, design and art education throughout the Fall on select dates. We will be offering Minni Explorers classes as a pop-up at the Charlestown Public Library on select Fridays from 10:30am-11:15am.
Read MoreCalling all local artists to Wake Up the Night! CoDesign Collaborative is thrilled to partner with Minni to expand access for Boston families to hands-on, design-learning workshops through the city’s Wake Up the Night initiative!
Read MoreJoin us for the South End Sidewalk Sale! Fall is here and shops all over the neighborhood are making room for some new merchandise! Join us Sunday, 11am–4pm during the SoWa Market to browse select discounted items. Sale bins will be as low as $5!
Read MoreHappy August and (almost) Labor Day Weekend!
Like many of our Minni members, we are preparing for our kiddos to be back at school and (hopefully!) back to Minni too! Our Fall Semester starts on Monday, September 9th offering a full suite of classes for little artists age 18months–12 years old.
Read MoreCalling all little designers! Create your perfect sci-fi outfit and star in your own fashion show.
Minni and MIT MAD, invite you and your little artist(s) to join our FREE design workshop at the Cambridge Science Fair! Children (K–2) will be taken through the entire design process to create and model their very own sci-fi themed fashion wearable.
Read MoreHappy (almost!) Labor Day! Marking the unofficial end of summer, Labor Day is often a time to sneak in that last bit of summer adventures and take the long weekend to travel to somewhere new!
Read MoreHappy July to our Minni Community!
Summer is in full swing here at Minni, and we’ve been busy having a messy and creative Summer Program at our studios. We live by these words during our summer program, encouraging our little artist(s) to be a silly, honest, and always kind to one another!
Read MoreWe’re highlighting another adult friendly product this month, available in the Minni Shop for purchase - Geometry kitchen towels are where design and function meet!
Geometry has been one of Minni’s tried and true products in the shop as we have very brand values in supporting artists and our planet in equal measure.
Read MoreIn an effort to familiarize our community with our full team at Minni, we are starting a new blog series highlighting one team member and diving into what makes them unique. From their creative experience and background to their favorite Minni projects, we hope you will read through our ‘minni’ interview.
Read MoreHappy June to our Minni Community!
We’ve had an amazing month at the studio, finishing out the Spring Semester and hosting our first ever Student Art Showcase was such a wonderful experience for the students and their families! Students got to share all the amazing work they completed this past semester and show off just how much they blossomed artistically.
Read MoreThe Minni Shop doesn’t just have products for your little artist(s), we also have wonderful items for every age including adults!
One of our favorite adult brands is Dusen Dusen. New to the Minni Shop this year, Dusen Dusen is a Brooklyn-based textile and home goods line that includes bedding, throws, pillows, towels and clothing.
Read MoreHappy May and Memorial Day Weekend to our Minni community!
We hope you are all taking advantage of these beautiful, bright, and warm days we’ve been having, and that you are all spending some purposeful time together over the holiday weekend.
Just like purposeful family time, creativity requires purposeful time to nurture and grow. At Minni we work in purposeful playtime into all our classes and programs to develop your little artist(s) creativity, and encourage self exploration in art.
If you’re feeling similarly, come host your next party or a playdate in our creative space at Minni!
Read MoreMinni is excited to share that we will once again be participating in Duckling Day!
Hosted by The Friends of the Public Garden, in association with the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Duckling Day is a beloved tradition of more than 30 years, celebrating the classic children's book, "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey. Every year, hundreds of children parade through Boston’s most picturesque parks, dressed like characters from the story led by the Harvard Marching Band.
Read MoreAs a long time favorite at the Minni Shop, we wanted to share a bit more about what makes PlanToys one of our top choices for sustainable play.
At PlanToys, sustainability and child development are top priorities. Their wooden toys enhance both physical and cognitive development by focusing on child safety and age milestones during design and production.
Read MoreHappy April to our Minni community!
April showers bring May flowers…and they certainly have not disappointed! The rain has seemingly been endless but the blossoming trees, budding tulips and hyacinths have brought us back to life and made us ready to party.
If you’re feeling similarly, come host your next party or a playdate in our creative space at Minni!
Read MoreAt Minni we pride ourselves on steering clear of plastics, whenever possible, and consciously creating with natural and recycled materials. We often incorporate recycled materials into all our curriculum for our classes, vacation programs, and workshops. We also actively work to partner with like minded artists and brands who incorporate recycled materials or make sustainability efforts within their work.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to share that the Minni Shop carries our favorite robot creations The OffBits. You may have seen these S.T.E.M. forward bots previously at to one of our OffBits workshops, where we used mixed materials in addition to The OffBits kit to create innovative cars and robots.
But first, let us formally introduce you to The OffBits.
Read MoreHappy March to our Minni community! It has been a incredibly rainy and dreary month, but inside the Minni studio we’re staying hopeful that brighter days are around the corner. With that in mind, this month we needed a reminder that even with the rain outside we can have just as much fun indoors using our creativity.
After all, creativity is intelligence having fun!
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