Please join South Sixteenth High Jinks for the 5th Annual Art Sled Rally, Saturday January 28, in beautiful Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis at 2pm.

The Rally will be held on the western slopes of the park, close to 33rd Street and 10th Avenue South

The Art Sled Rally will be held this Saturday, January 28. It will not be cancelled or postponed! Weather conditions will inform the nature of the sledding, as always.

Registration Information

To secure a slot in the line up, just show up at the sledding hill by 1:30pm with your sled-contraption. A volunteer facilitator wearing a stupid hat will help you find a place in line and take the name of your project for the moderators on the slope to announce when it is your turn to show off.

You will need to sign a waiver

saying that you take complete responsibility for your silly actions that day. You may sign a waiver at the Rally, but it is much easier for us if you download a copy of the waiver linked below, sign it and bring it with you to hand in.

Parents of minors must also sign & bring a copy of the Parental Consent Form linked below, or sign one at the Rally site.

Everyone riding in your sled must sign a separate waiver.

The earlier you come the earlier you will slide.

  • Anything you bring with you must be brought back out with you when you leave. Yes, this is true even if the sled you brought in breaks into 30 pieces. We have contractors bags available at the top of the hill.
  • Dress warm, we are running parallel sled runs this year, but it may take an hour for everyone to slide.
  • Kids under 7 must wear helmets.
  • You may choose to slide with your project solo or in tandem (think racing possibilities) with a sled on a parallel track separated by a berm. The hill is about 170 long with the first three quarters easy and the last drop a steep 30 degrees into the soccer fields.

Revised cancellation information: Contrary to info posted on this site recently, the Art Sled Rally will not be canceled, postponed, or moved to  a different date in any circumstance. The Rally will happen at 2pm, January 28, as planned. Weather conditions will inform the nature of the sledding, as always. Thanks!

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To kick off this years Art Sled Rally, Project Park, choreographed for Young Dance by Miriam Colvin and Megan Flood, will be performed. Project Park was created for Matthews Park, in the Seward neighborhood, and performed there on January 21. It is being “transposed” to Powderhorn Park for the Art Sled Rally, and will be performed at the beginning of the sled rally, at 2 pm, on the main sledding hill. The Artistic Director of Young Dance is Gretchen Pick.

  • There will be music, both live and recorded · There will be dance, both improvised and choreographed · And there will be sleds…

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A documentary about the 2011 Art Sled Rally in Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, by Fintan Lethert. Music by the Brass Messengers, with vocals by JB McLain.

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Art Sled Rally Shirts Now Available

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The 4th Annual Art Sled Rally tee shirts, designed by Shelley Chinander and hand-printed on donated shirts, are now available! The shirts can be purchased for $10, at May Day Cafe on Bloomington Avenue and 35th St. in South Minneapolis. All proceeds help fund the Art Sled Rally.

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Thanks to all!

Many thanks to all of you for making the fourth annual Art Sled Rally a magnificent success. Pictures coming soon. Meanwhile here is a link to some beauties by Dan Stedman: stedmanbrewing.com/2011ArtSleds/

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