St. Louis Park Art Hunt 2014 Photo Gallery

Check out all the winners and all the photograph clues from this years miniature art hunt in Minnesota William Hessian's Parktacular Art Hunt 2014.

The Art Hunt is over!! Winners keep the original art and win additional prizes! Artist William Hessian once again has hidden 10 original paintings in St. Louis Park (his hometown and 8th annual art hunt), Minnesota inviting everyone to find his art and win prizes! Visual photograph clues were periodically released starting May 29th. All participants are invited to send in photos of their hunt to be published on the right for other art hunters to see.

Subscribe to this blog and his website to learn about annual art hunts that take place all over the country including:
Portland, Maine
Jamestown, North Dakota
CommonGround Fair in Unity, Maine
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Costa Mesa, California
Northville, Michigan

and more....

Bandit the Bear finds another miniature artwork

Bandit the Bear is the best art hunting bear in the world! And Bandit has found another work of art this weekend in the Wizard of Oz art hunt happening in Costa Mesa! The art hunt is going on this weekend in Costa Mesa:

Wizard of Oz Art Hunt in Costa Mesa

The miniature mustang art hunt returns to Costa Mesa this year with the theme of Wizard of Oz! This weekend (October 20th-21st, 2012) the entire community is invited to go a hunt for tiny little paintings created by William Hessian, aka Mr. Art Hunt.

WINNERS GET TO KEEP THE ART! Ten brightly colored and hand drawn miniature Wizard of Oz artworks will be hidden in the public parks of Costa Mesa, California. The hunt is open to the public and everyone is invited to seek out your local parks and search for these tiny treasures. Each artwork is 1 and a half inches by 1 and a half inches square. The first of daily visual photo clues will be posted on October 20th-21st to help aide those in the search for original Art. All winners and art hunters are invited to send in pictures to be added to the website.

Visit the Wizard of Oz webpage to see rules and photo galleries as they appear during and after the art hunt. Join in the fun!

To get a good idea about the miniature art hunt, check out some photos from the last two art hunts:

You can also see the entire photo gallery for the last three hunts at:
2011 Willy Wonka Mustang Art Hunt
2010 Mustang Art Hunt
2008 Costa Mesa Crab Art Hunt

William Hessian, also known as Mr. Art Hunt and the Canvas Killer, is a travelling artist from Minneapolis, MN. William has created free public art hunts all across the united states, including California, Oregon, Maine, Utah, Minnesota, North Dakota and Michigan. Many of his art hunts are part of festivals, events and private events like weddings, work parties. You can contact William Hessian about bringing a miniature art hunt to your community.

Online Art Hunt

One of my most popular art projects is my free public miniature art hunts! Each summer I perform art hunts for different towns all over the country. My hunt in Northville, Michigan this summer was indoors and featured art hidden in ten local businesses. I decided to take a set of photos and let you go on an art hunt from your computer!

The goal is to find these tiny two inch mustang paintings hidden in each of the photos below. If you like Where's Waldo, or hidden picture games, here's your chance to go on an art hunt! Good luck. 

Let's start with an easy one.

 

Can you find the hidden art in the portrait studio?

The gift shop

The Sport's Pub

Accessory Shop

(this is a hard one)

Jewelry Shop

Pottery Shop

Art Gallery

The Cafe

The Eatery

How did you do? Did you find them all? Send this link to others and challenge them to take the miniature art challenge.

You can find a list of all the stores in the photos above at the Northville Art Hunt website.

What you are looking for!

Starting this Friday at the Arts and Acts Festival, anyone in Northville, Michigan can search for these original mustang drawings (shown above). Actual size of each miniature is two inches square. Each one that you locate will reward you with a stamp specific to that location. If you fill up your entire scorecard, you will win a prize.

Do you enjoy scavenger hunts? Do you like finding hidden treasures? Do you collect art? Do like going on adventures around town? If you said yes to any of these questions, this is the event for you! 10 businesses have agreed to participate and it is up to you to find these mustang.

You can learn more about the Northville art hunt and the Arts and Acts Fesitval. You may also want to learn more about all of my art hunt projects by scrolling through past art hunt posts. If you are interested in hosting a hidden art treasure hunt in your city, contact me.

Northville Hunt Preview

Here is a sneak preview of one of the artworks that will be hidden inside of 10 select businesses in Northville, Michigan starting in two weeks. If you want to learn more about the free hidden art treasure hunt you should check out the Northville Art Hunt page. Find art and win prizes!

I create art hunts all across the country each Summer. The St. Louis Park art hunt just ended and last month the Jamestown Buffalo Hunt was completed. Subscribe to my blog to keep up with all of my art projects including art hunts, art shows, art battles, art kills and so much more.

SLP Art Hunt is Over!

The SLP Art Hunt is over! It is now time to start preparing for the Parktacular festival and getting ready for all the fun. The Art Hunt meet and greet, and draw with the artist event will take place all afternoon on Saturday, June 16th. The awards will be given out at 4pm, so for those of you who found art make sure to plan to be at Parktacular a little before 4pm. I do suggest coming much earlier and hanging out with all the fun stuff happening at Parktacular this year. Also, do not forget to check back often for updated gallery photos of the SLP Art Hunt.

Thanks to everyone that was involved this year!

Found Art while Cleaning the Park

Last week, Mali and Jayden decided to "help mother nature" (their words) by picking up trash at Aquila Park. In the process they stumbled on some original art. They found the crown octopus that was hidden under a sawed off stump that was embedded into the softball fence. The art was hidden for the SLP Parktacular Art Hunt. They get to keep the art, and just like the other nine winners, they will get an additional prize at the Parktacular Festival next weekend. What a great story. Special thanks to their teacher Danielle, who sent in this report!

Found Art at the Mystery Pond

An incredible video of the Meyer/Bongaarts experience of finding the only work of art that was hidden on an unlisted pond! What a great video capturing the whole thing!

My SLP Parktacular Art Hunt is already half over, but 4 more artworks need to be found! And here are a few extra bonus photos of the found art that took place yesterday!

Bonus Clue Three

This is an EARLY BIRD BONUS visual clue for the SLP Parktacular Art Hunt. Studying the clue may help you find this hidden art. New clues will show up twice daily (10am and 12noon) until all 10 octopus artwork is found. Sound clues may be clues for found artwork so it is very important that you bookmark and check the hourly updated SLP art hunt page. That page will also have information about how to report found artwork, how to claim your prize and when and where to come to the Art in the Park Meet the Artist event at this year's Parktacular Festivities. Everyone is invited to send in photos of you on the art hunt and those pictures will appear in the photo gallery for this years' events.

Good luck!

Artwork Found at Dakota Park

Congrats to Lara and Margot who seem to know a lot about Dakota Park. Because I thought the clue was really REALLY hard, and yet they found this hidden art inside the beams of the bridge connecting the playground to the dog park. Way to go! This original art was found art during the SLP Parktacular Art Hunt. Still 6 more artwork to be found!

Bonus Clue Two

This is a BONUS visual clue for the SLP Parktacular Art Hunt. Some of the more difficult clues warrant some extra tricky clues to give you ahead start on your hunt. Studying the clue may help you find this hidden art. New clues will show up twice daily (10am and 12noon) until all 10 octopus artwork is found. Sound clues may be clues for found artwork so it is very important that you bookmark and check the hourly updated SLP art hunt page. That page will also have information about how to report found artwork, how to claim your prize and when and where to come to the Art in the Park Meet the Artist event at this year's Parktacular Festivities. Everyone is invited to send in photos of you on the art hunt and those pictures will appear in the photo gallery for this years' events.

Good luck!

Special Bonus Clue

This is a special middle of the night bonus clue for the SLP Parktacular Art Hunt. At times there will be bonus clues (released randomly during the hunt) to help you find some of the more difficult art on the hunt this year. Studying the clue may help you find this hidden art. New clues will show up twice daily (10am and 12noon) until all 10 octopus artwork is found. Sound clues may be clues for found artwork so it is very important that you bookmark and check the hourly updated SLP art hunt page. That page will also have information about how to report found artwork, how to claim your prize and when and where to come to the Art in the Park Meet the Artist event at this year's Parktacular Festivities. Everyone is invited to send in photos of you on the art hunt and those pictures will appear in the photo gallery for this years' events.

Good luck!

Jamestown Art Hunt only a few weeks away

Jamestown North Dakota was home to the very first art hunt that I ever performed. Seven years later, I have done seven art hunts including this years' Jamestown Buffalo Art Hunt 2012. Annually, during my artist in residency I perform an art hunt as a free service for the people of Jamestown. Today i just updated the website with links to all the old art hunts as we prepare for the 7th hunt that starts on May 18th.

On May 31st I will also be performing the 6th annual 2012 St. Louis Park Parktacular Art Hunt in my hometown in Minnesota. In June 2012 I will performing another art hunt in Northville, Michigan.

The art hunt season has begun, the miniatures are in production and I am scoping out my hiding places. Get your hunting boots, water bottles and maps ready!

Announcement: Jamestown, North Dakota Art Hunt 2012

The Miniature Buffalo Art Hunt
In Jamestown, North Dakota
Starting Friday May 18th, 2012


can you find the hidden miniature art?

Artist William Hessian creates hand painted miniature buffalo paintings and hides them in the public spaces of Jamestown. This is the seventh annual miniature art hunt that William has performed during the past seven years. The art hunt is a free event open to everyone! The residents of the town are invited to study visual clues, released throughout the week on the internet and the Jamestown Sun in order to help you find the hidden art. Winners get to keep the original work of art and also claim an additional prize to be awarded at the art center.

There will be a special meet and greet event, informational booth, draw with the artist event and information available during the art hunt. All of "Mr. Billy's" past students and anyone else interested are welcome to come draw with the artist at an art in the park get together/picnic. William Hessian has performed over 20 miniature art hunts all across the united states, from the East Coast to the West Coast and all around the Midwest.

To see last years events photo gallery and stay up to date with the 2012 art hunt you can bookmark this site (the 2012 information will appear on the blog when the date is closer): http://www.williamhessian.com/jamestown.html

Do not forget to subscribe to this blog to see exclusive pictures of the miniature artworks being made, special art hunt clues, and other announcements and projects from the artist.

Announcement: St. Louis Park Art Hunt 2012

The Miniature Art Hunt

In St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Starting May 31st, 2012

Artist William Hessian creates hand painted miniature paintings and hides them in the public spaces of St. Louis Park. This is the sixth annual miniature art hunt that William has performed during the Parktacular event. The art hunt is a free event open to everyone! The residents of the town are invited to study visual clues, released throughout the week on the internet, in order to help you find the hidden art. Winners get to keep the original work of art and also claim an additional prize to be awarded at the Parktacular festival in June.

There will be a special meet and greet event, informational booth, draw with the artist event and information available at the Parktacular. William Hessian has performed over 20 miniature art hunts all across the united states, from the East Coast to the West Coast and all around the Midwest.

To see last years events photo gallery and stay up to date with the 2012 art hunt you can bookmark this site (the 2012 information will be at this same link when the date is closer): http://www.williamhessian.com/projects/slp.html

Do not forget to subscribe to this blog to see exclusive pictures of the miniature artworks being made, special art hunt clues, and other announcements and projects from the artist.

Announcement: Northville, Michigan Art Hunt in Summer of 2012

The Miniature Art Hunt

June 22-23rd, 2012

The Northville Community Business Association is proud to present the 2nd annual Northville Miniature Art Hunt on Saturday, June 23 during the Arts and Acts festival. Established by artist William Hessian, the free hunt features miniature works of art that will be hidden "in plain sight" inside 10 businesses in downtown Northville. Families as well as individuals are invited to explore these stores and find the work of art.

Similar to letterboxing, the art is left in place when found but finders get their Northville Miniature Art Hunt playing card stamped at each business. When a participant finds all 10 pieces of art and receives 10 stamps, the playing card can be turned into the Art in the Sun Information Booth at Main and Center and redeemed for a prize.

More information and the free Northville Miniature Art Hunt playing cards will be at the Information Booth at Art in the Sun on Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23. The Art Hunt begins at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 23 and will conclude that same day at 5:00 p.m. Visitors to the Information Booth will also be invited to "Meet, Greet & Draw" with the artist, William Hessian throughout the weekend.

To see the photo gallery, last years events photo gallery and stay up to date with the 2012 art hunt:

You can bookmark this site: http://williamhessian.com/projects/northvillemichigan.html

Do not forget to subscribe to this blog to see exclusive pictures of the miniature artworks being made, special art hunt clues, and other announcements and projects from the artist.

In Northville, Michigan

Artwork being Found in California

The third art hunt in Costa Mesa, Califnornia is happening right now! I hide little artworks all around the public places in the town and everyone is encouraged to go hunting for original (but miniature) art. I then post clues like this:





The clues help people find the artwork. And, find them they do. Check out the first few winners of this years art hunt:





I spend my art hunt weekends uploading clues, getting e-mails from winners, or participants asking questions. I upload photo galleries and ad new clues all weekend long. The hunt goes until all artworks are found. You can see all the clues at the Costa Mesa art hunt website. A huge shout out to Kori Johnson! Without her this art hunt would not have been even close to possible.

You can also learn about my Art as Treasure project and how you can help bring an art hunt to your town.