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Wet Paint Holiday Exclusives
We work with artists and vendors around the world to come up with unique products and sets that aren’t available anyplace else…we have fun finding cool stuff and we often come up with some amazing deals! Here are the exclusives…
Want to know about our next Schmincke Watercolor Set?
We are working with Schmincke to develop the next new custom set, expected stateside in October 2017. This palette of colors is a split primary set selected from the new colors that Schmincke released earlier this year. All colors are…
Big News from Wet Paint
As Wet Paint enters its 41st year on Grand Avenue in Saint Paul owner Beth Bergman is excited to announce her retirement at the end of 2016. Long-time employees Darin Rinne and Scott Fares will become the new proprietors. After…
Jumpstart Your Art with Mixed Media Collage
This blog post is from Virginia, our Programming Manager at Wet Paint: Join us in the Wet Paint classroom on Saturday, October 22nd for a 3 hour mixed media workshop with visiting artist Dana Brown. You will make (and take) two unique mixed…
40 Years of Collaboration: Wet Paint turns 40!
From Wet Paint’s humble beginnings as the art supply section of the Hungry Mind Bookstore to the 5000 square foot wonderland of artists’ materials we’ve become, one thing has remained constant: the reason we’re here. Serving one of the greatest…
Pocket-sized Exquisite Corpse Project
Want to participate in the Pocket-sized Exquisite Corpse activity for our 40th Anniversary this October? You can participate in the store over our 40th Anniversary Celebration weekend Oct. 27-30th, or see the info below if you are not able to stop…
Learn to Paint from a Modern Master
This blog post is from Virginia, our Event Coordinator at Wet Paint: At Wet Paint we are fortunate to know so many incredible artists, many of whom are also great teachers. Carl Oltvedt is one of them. Carl taught at Minnesota…
Cornucopia of Classes
This blog post is from Virginia, our Event Coordinator at Wet Paint: If you’re like me, crickets, cool mornings and long shadowed afternoons still signal that it’s time for returning to the focus of learning. Fall classes at Wet Paint…
Wet Paint’s 3rd Annual Summer Postcard Project
Going somewhere fun this summer? Or, having a productive stay-cation? Draw, paint, or mix up your media on a postcard-sized paper and mail it to Wet Paint! We’re putting together an exhibition of mail art from our friends and fans…