Union Silos Minot

We are going to be on TV tomorrow! Come join us!

Thank you Minot Area Chamber EDC for the award and recognition. We couldn’t be more proud to share this journey with the entire Minot community.

Dear Minot Community,

Since the fall of 2022, we have been honored to work on the introduction, fundraising, community engagement, and now completion of the Union Silos Public Art Project in downtown Minot. Witnessing this historic landmark in the Minot skyline transform into North Dakota's largest work of public art has been nothing short of amazing. We want to thank and celebrate the entire community for the heart, time, and trust you’ve poured into this project—your commitment has truly shaped a lasting symbol of Minot’s spirit. And we are so grateful to world-famous artist Guido van Helten for choosing Minot as the North Dakota site for his Monuments project!

Together, our community has raised over $350,000 in donations and in-kind gifts to make this project. We have met and exceeded the cost of the project, and extra funds will be used for future events and purchases related to Union Silos. This support came through hundreds of individual donations and generous gifts from local businesses, civic organizations, and foundations. Thank you to the Minot Area Council of the Arts for serving as the fiscal agent for this project, allowing us to apply for grants and donations and making all financial support tax-deductible. This support proves what the three of us and our colleagues on this project have always known: The Minot community always shows up for what matters, drawing on our deep roots of hard work, resilience, and togetherness as we keep pushing for a stronger, brighter future. Thank you to everyone who contributed and made this monumental art happen!

Now that the painting is done, there are a few more things that you can expect from us moving forward. First, we are collaborating with Visit Minot to create interpretive signage for the site, ensuring Union Silos appears as a regional point of interest. Secondly, save the date for the Silobration 2.0, happening at Citizen's Alley on Friday, August 28, 2026, thanks to our generous sponsor, Town and Country Credit Union. We are featuring local star Chloe Raye and her band, celebrating our project and all that it represents. Finally, you should expect to see the publication of a much larger collection of community photos captured by artist Guido van Helten during his year with Minot later this year.

In the meantime, sit back, relax, and enjoy this incredible community accomplishment. Share your throughout the seasons, and show it off to friends and family when they come to Minot. Tell others how our community came together to make this happen and the gift it is for future generations. We are so incredibly proud of the Minot community, today and always, and we are excited for all of the good things that are still to come on the horizon.

In service to our community,

Tim Baumann, Chelsea Gleich, and Cole Krueger

Union Silos Public Art Project Community Builders (along with the entire Union Silos Team)

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

🎉🎉🎉🎉TL:DR- FUNDRAISING IS DONE. THANK YOU MINOT. WE DID THIS. TOGETHER.🎉🎉🎉🎉

If you’ve been following our fundraising journey, you’ve seen Give360 pop up a few times in our thank you posts. That’s because this collection of community and future-focused individuals saw this project and said “Yes. This is something that makes our community better. And stronger. And richer.”

So it seems very fitting that since Give360 was one of our first large donors, they should be our last large donor and the ones that push us across the finish line for this project. Thank you for helping this vision go from “Can we?” to “We are.”

And since this is our final fundraising thank you post, it is worth repeating our appreciation to all of the small and large donors and investors who made this legacy project happen for our community. Minot is remarkable because of its people and their support of one another in the good times and the tough.

So let’s all celebrate! And give thanks! And congratulate one another on making this REALLY BIG PROJECT happen for Minot! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

🎉🎉Thank you Ryan Family Dealerships for your contribution to this community effort!!🎉🎉

📸 credit: Chris Campbell

As we settle into our first winter together (Minot + massive art), we still have a few supporters to thank. This view is brought to you by Minot Aero Center! We greatly appreciate their investment in our community!!

Fundraising ends Jan 31, 2026!!

If you missed out on the Hilltop Farm kuchen for a cause this time around, sounds like there’s more coming in January! 🤩

A huge thank you to everyone who purchased from our kuchen fundraiser! We love this project so much for our community ❤️

Watch for another round of custardy goodness sometime in January!

*SOLD OUT*
Thanks to all of you who ordered! We can't think of a better way to support this portrait of North Dakota than with a slice of one of the most North Dakotan treats - homemade kuchen.

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We’ve partnered with the amazing Hilltop Farm to offer one heck of a holiday kuchen deal!

Step 1: You donate $15 to Union Silos (and fill out the order form so we know you want kuchen)

Step 2: You pick up your frozen apple kuchen Thursday, Dec. 11* and use all your self-control not to eat it that night.

Step 3: Enjoy being the hero of your holiday dinner without having to cook! And feel good that you helped support one-of-a-kind silo art.

There’s a limited quantity of kuchen available, so snag yours before they’re gone! Link in comments to order.

*All orders MUST be picked up at the International Music Camp office in Minot between 2:30 and 5pm on Thursday, Dec. 11.

Who makes art like this happen? Local champions like Full Tilt Marketing! Thank you for supporting this project from start to finish at the $2,500 level!
📷 51 Media

Did you know that North Dakota's Union Silos mural is part of a larger series of silo murals by Guido van Helten across the US?

One of our co-organizers, Chelsea, got to visit the Tennessee mural last week in Nashville! Fun Fact: This mural was created in 2017 and has become the centerpiece for new development in the area.

If Nashville is a bit far to travel to check out another piece, we have two other murals in the series much closer by - Faulkton, SD, and Mankato, MN.