Creators Space, the 34,000-square-foot arts space with rooms and equipment for everything from dance and yoga to pottery, painting and therapeutic healing, opened in Lowertown St. Paul for just a short time — April through November.

Then it closed for just a short time — December through the end of this month.

Creators Space will reopen Saturday with the first of five “Days of Creating” at the revamped “creativity center.”

Founder Melissa Dessart says the opening and closing has been painful, but she still believes in the mission of Creators Space — which she hopes can inspire and foster wellness and enable creativity from beginners through professional artists. But, she admits, “we did a lot of things wrong.”

A membership program was supposed to give creatives a place to teach, work, rehearse, perform or share their work. Dessart says they realize the original plan was too complicated. “We were kinda getting in their way.”

New programs have been developed for “creative enthusiasts, professionals and organizations” to use the tools and spaces in the building at East Seventh and Wacouta streets, Dessart says. There are various tiers for creative professionals to rent work space and access classrooms and event spaces. “Just Begin” classes will offer drawing, painting, clay work, writing and crafts starting May 6.

And the Creators Cup coffee shop and Commons area will reopen from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays starting this weekend, with extended hours starting in late April.

Beautifully and extensively remodeled, the main floor and basement of the building — once a furniture store and most recently an indoor parking ramp — has a dance studio, industrial kitchen, yoga area, therapeutic massage rooms, a salt therapy room, an intimate stage and performance space, art studio space, pottery space and more.

Dessart says Creators Space has “opportunities for people to incubate ideas and try and fail. And fail. And fail.”

“And then continue on the path of their journey and not give up.”

Which is just what this reopening is all about.

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