Upcoming events
MUSE HAUS: EMPRESS
Saturday, November 14
6-10pm
Offbeat Speakeasy in Minneapolis
MUSE HAUS: EMPRESS is a self-love themed house party! connect with the erotic force of creation ❤️🔥
💋 get ready together session (optional)
🍾 food • drinks • music • tarot • baddies
✨ create a miniature shrine to yourself
📸 BOUDOIR PHOTOSHOOTS with Bestside Captures (5-10 min per person)
While this event is open to everyone, due to limited capacity we will prioritize black and brown attendees until the week of the event, at which point we’ll confirm RSVPs for those who don’t identify as BIPOC until capacity has been met 🤎
This event is free to attend, however, Dark Muse relies on donations to offer programming and as a 501c3 nonprofit, your gift is tax-deductible. Support our work at darkmusearts.org/support
MUSE BALL
Party with a purpose
Saturday, December 12
6-10pm
The Coven-SLP (6726 Walker St, St Louis Park, MN 55426)
DJ • drinks • food • crafts • photo op • prizes
Dark Muse Healing Arts invites you to their first annual MUSE BALL on the evening of December 12th. This benefit will celebrate the work Dark Muse has done for our Black, brown, queer and trans communities for the past six and a half years.
We are fundraising to continue not only our recurring radical care programming in 2027 but we are also producing a play that reflects our resilience back to us, and curating a visual arts exhibition centering Black matrilineal memory and futurism.
From our inaugural protest to our creative healing programs, we have shown up to care for our community in the times it is needed most. The MUSE BALL is an opportunity to connect with and support this blooming grassroots organization. As a 501c3 your donation is tax-deductible and we rely on the support of our community to continue these offerings.
Your donation is your ticket!
Suggested donation levels are set at $50, $75 and $100. A sliding scale beginning at $25 is reserved for guests who identify as BIPOC.
VIP donations (at the $100 level or higher) grants access to our exclusive pre-party with a catered meal and other perks.
Your donation confirmation email serves as your ticket, we will keep a list at the door. Maximum capacity in the event space is 100 people.
Whittier: A Play in Portraits
by Tylie Shider
Whittier is a multimedia docudrama that chronicles 24 hours in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis during the summer of 2020. The narrative unfolds as a series of portraits and vignettes, featuring a chorus of neighbors who communicate through a “Neighborhood Watch" group chat.
Dark Muse Healing Arts, with generous support from Venturous Theater Fund, will bring to life a full-scale production of Whittier: A play in portraits as an experimental, site-specific work in South Minneapolis in Spring 2027. The interdisciplinary nature of this work organically blends theater, film, and community organizing. Stay tuned for updates on this timely, necessary project.
Black Matrilineal Visual Arts Exhibition
May-June 2027 at Soo Visual Arts Center
Curated by Hannah Novillo Erickson + Grover Hogan
Featured Artists:
Leslie Barlow
Cameron Patricia Downey
Candice Davis
Jelani Ellis
Tessa Hyndman
Check back soon for more info!
Radical Care Experiences
Dark Muse Healing Arts is a grassroots community arts organization centering Black, Brown (BB), Queer & Trans (QT) healing. All are welcome to gather with the understanding that this space is intended to center the lived experiences of our BB & QT community.
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Phoenix Project
The Uprising Volume II: Black HERstory
Dark Muse Community Dreaming Sessions
Stay tuned for more dream sessions in the future!
Drag Tea Time
This drag show meets tea party will return soon!
SOUL CARE I + II
A community arts pop-up we organized at Midtown Global Market in 2025 and El Nuevo Campo in 2026!
MUSE HAUS series
A recurring rapid response community care circle and family meal in a south minneapolis home. Keep an eye out for our next offering to slow down and cozy up with us. Past events include:
-MUSE HAUS
-MUSE HAUS: NOURISH
-MUSE HAUS: MELT
Whittier: A Play in Portraits Readings + Talkbacks
The multimedia docudrama by TyLie Shider will go into production Spring 2027. In anticipation of this deeply personal and local project, we’ve recently hosted two readings and community talkbacks:
May 2026 in partnership with Playwrights’ Center
September 2026 in partnership with Walker Art Center