Who we are:

We are artists, tinkerers, sailors, scientists, architects, psychoanalysts, entrepreneurs, poets, writers, marketers, entomologists, bee keepers, chefs, gardeners, storytellers, etc. Our roster | Our network of advisors

What we do:

We gather creative people together to ask questions and make unexpected connections. We ask questions without worrying about the answers. We come up with wild and not-so-wild ideas. We try and realize those ideas. We collaborate, associate, innovate, generate.

Our story:

Four leading artists in the Twin Cities asked a question:

What if artists could be creative with other creative people who were outside of the arts?

That question became The Gymnasium, which aims to bring creative people together to innovate around the issues facing us in the 21st century.

Originating artists:

• Irve Dell

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• Shawn McConneloug

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• Kira Obolensky

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• Robert Rosen

innovation workshops, inspired by “tinker: to make”

• Air
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• Memory
• Cross-disciplinary Courses
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• Bees

a creative approach to idea generation

a scintillating smash up of mismatched ideas