Sign-Making

Peter Haakon Thompson, a Minneapolis-based artist, is bringing his mobile sign shop to several Plum Creek Library System libraries. Each location will be equipped with sixty sign blanks, paint, and staff for the three-hour program. The artist will instruct participants on how to ready sign blank for carving, carve their sign, and provide paint and brushes for participants to personalize their signs. The MSS is housed on a trailer stocked with sign-making supplies and holds workshops for participants to create their own, customized, carved wooden signs and provides guidance and prompts on how to make a name sign along with materials, paint, brushes, etc. as well as assistance in carving out letters with a router.

Please note that only 20 signs can be made during each hour of this event. More sign-making workshops will be taking place in Plum Creek after this event:

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17:

Edgerton City Park – 10:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Murray County Fairgrounds – 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18:

Marshall Lyon County Library – 10 – 1:00 p.m.

Minneota Public Library 2 – 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19:

Pipestone Public Library –  10 – 1 p.m.

Mountain Lake Public Library – 5 – 8 pm

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota , and legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.