Minnetonka Center For the Arts — Attraction in Orono

I did my daughter's 5th birthday here. I don't suggest it! The kids did an underwater themed art project with paints and markers with an "instructor." But she didn't really teach the kids anything. She did not have any classroom management skills; parents had to get the kids on track and calm. When my daughter wanted help drawing a mermaid, the teacher told her to "do her best." So, my daughter didn't even do it. I couldn't help her because I was nursing my baby and I thought that's what we paid for. No step by step guidance or even showing her how to copy one of the multiple mermaid decorations we had. It was basically $165 room rental fee. Any parent could've been the "teacher." I expected her to be demonstrating what to do and showing them how to draw sea animals. We also lost an expensive mermaid balloon to the top of the ceiling and staff didn't want to help us get it down. I had to ask three different people for help. Nobody seemed to care. The teacher told me the front desk staff was working on it, but when I went out there, they had no solution. I asked if they had a ladder we could use and they didn't want to let us use it because it could be a "liability." I said we would sign a waiver. We were finally able to use the ladder after she called the director. No soap in the bathrooms. I had to tell them about that. Hardly any parking for our guests because there was two big buses of people leaving from the site to go on a home tour, which I wasn't...

The ambiance of minnetonka art center is an exceptional center sweetly nestle in minntonka. My god the beauty around the lake. The cafe is to die for home cooked meals are you serious. I can not do anything else but rave about it. I have been lost in mind to be this close to beauty and not know it. I feel at home. The beautiful people there and also the home of artists in minnesota to teach and display there hard work. I can't wait to meet them all and take their classes. I look up to each and everyone of them. This zen place now hold a special place in my heart. I feel accountable to share this with everyone. Please experience the drive around the lake and...

Nice building, but disappointed today that their art gallery displaying art for sale isn’t open until February 7; even though their website seems to suggest they always have artwork for sale. Gift shop wasn’t much and the two employees who worked there were somewhat grumpy, not pleasant, and seemed perturbed they had to answer my basic few questions, even though I was about the only member of the public in the facility. People who are not pleasant have no love of God. Where are artists without God ? I...