Art-A-Whirl at Moth Oddities Open Studios

Moth Oddities opened its Art-A-Whirl programming on Friday at 13 5th St. NE in Minneapolis, joining the annual Northeast Minneapolis arts weekend with a three-day open-studio event. Meet Minneapolis lists 13 local artists at the site and says admission is free. The schedule posted for the venue runs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Art-A-Whirl is organized across Northeast Minneapolis by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, or NEMAA. ### What is happening at this one address in Northeast Minneapolis? Moth Oddities is presenting its own Art-A-Whirl stop inside and next to its shop at 13 5th St. NE, according to Meet Minneapolis. The listing describes the event as an open-studio-style gathering featuring 13 local artists during the broader Art-A-Whirl weekend. Moth Oddities says on its website that it operates a vintage shop and, since 2023, has also run Moth Studio, a 1,200-square-foot event and workshop space next door. That setup helps explain how the business is participating: the retail shop and studio are being used as a host site for artists and makers during the weekend. ### How does this fit into the larger Art-A-Whirl weekend? NEMAA says Art-A-Whirl runs May 15-17, 2026, across Northeast Minneapolis and describes it as the largest open artist studio tour in the country. The organization says more than 1,600 member artists, galleries and businesses are participating at more than 100 locations this year. Meet Minneapolis says the 2026 festival is in its 31st year and includes more than 800 artists at over 60 locations. The two listings use different counting methods, but both place Moth Oddities inside a much larger neighborhood-wide event built around artist studios, galleries and local businesses. ### Why are Moth Oddities’ posted hours different from the main festival hours? Meet Minneapolis lists Moth Oddities’ hours as Friday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. NEMAA’s main Art-A-Whirl page lists the broader event as running Friday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Those postings indicate Moth Oddities plans to open one hour earlier than the general festival schedule on Saturday and Sunday. Venue-specific programming often varies by host site during Art-A-Whirl, and Meet Minneapolis’ event page gives the most direct schedule for this address. ### Who is participating at Moth Oddities? Meet Minneapolis does not name the 13 artists on its event page, but Moth Oddities’ own Art-A-Whirl questionnaire shows the business recruited vendors for the weekend and required participants to register with NEMAA as individual artists. The same site lists a $100 booth fee for artists to claim a spot at Moth Studio for May 15-17. Moth Oddities describes Moth Studio as a community-centered space for workshops, classes and events. That language, along with the vendor questionnaire and booth-fee page, shows the site is functioning as a curated host location within the larger open-studio weekend rather than as a single-artist studio. ### What should visitors know before going? The event is listed as free at Meet Minneapolis, and the address is 13 5th St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. The venue sits in the Saint Anthony area of Northeast Minneapolis, where many Art-A-Whirl stops are clustered. NEMAA says Art-A-Whirl includes free trolley rides between selected locations and that visitors can use its online directory and map to plan stops across the neighborhood. For Moth Oddities specifically, the posted public hours continue on Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday, May 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to Meet Minneapolis.