The popular Art Shanty Project has a new home, and that’s good news for folks in the east metro. Starting Saturday, a village of art shanties designed by local artists will be on the ice of White Bear Lake.

From a shanty devoted to getting your groove on to one exploring the sport of curling, the Art Shanty Project’s icy foundation provides plenty of room for interactive art experiences.

Since Peter Haakon Thompson and David Pitman first built shanties a decade ago on Medicine Lake in Plymouth, the project has grown significantly, drawing more artists and visitors. With a move from its longtime home on Medicine Lake to White Bear Lake, a whole new audience can experience the temporary art community.

“As it has gained in popularity, we get a lot of our audience members saying, ‘Why don’t you come to our lake?’ and ‘Why don’t you come to our community?’ said Melinda Childs, director of the Art Shanty Project. “We started thinking that might be an interesting model to move the project around. And White Bear Lake had a particularly vocal contingency. There were multiple requests, and more recently, the White Bear Center for the Arts opened up and they were really excited about the project and offered some support and help. It was really the community of White Bear Lake that brought us here.”

Childs says the variety of art shanties is “all over the place.”

“One I’m really excited about is the Elevator Shanty from a team of veteran shanty makers,” she said. “Experiencing the shanty will be like walking into an elevator complete with elevator music and some type of performance that will simulate going up and down.”

Here’s a shanty sampling:

Ice Ice Maybe Shanty: Offering the “finest ice-encased objects that money can’t buy.”

The Creep Shanty: A haunted attic with a “variety of disturbing yet engaging activities,” including demonic toy puppets and a sit-down at the Donner Dinner Party.

The Curling Clubhouse Ice Shanty: Learn all about this Minnesota classic, lessons included.

The Dance Shanty: Shake your groove thing with help from professional dance instructors at this art shanty favorite.

The Jigsaw Shanty: Give your brain a workout with brain teasers, mind benders and a puzzle wall.

The Meta Shanty: Here, you can indulge in an essential oils workshop, loving kindness meditation and snowga (yoga in snowsuits).

The Music Box Shanty: You’re encouraged to make soundscapes on the ice in this structure that includes built-in music-making elements — wind chimes, woodblocks and singing tubes.

Amy Carlson Gustafson can be reached at 651-228-5561. Follow her at twitter.com/amygustafson.

What: 2014 Art Shanty Projects

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 23

Where: White Bear Lake (off the shore of Ramsey County beach), 5050 Lake Ave.

Information: artshanties.com