A BOLD Celebration of Design
Event produced in collaboration with IIDA Northland, NOMAs & BOLD.
Walker West Music Academy is an 18,640-square-foot adaptive reuse project in St. Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood, transforming a former adult day center into a new home for music education, performance, community gathering, and workplace functions.
Rooted in Walker West’s mission to celebrate Black musical traditions while welcoming all who seek to grow through music, the space supports students, teaching artists, staff, families, performers, and neighbors through classrooms, gathering areas, staff workspaces, and a performance hall designed for both everyday use and moments of celebration.
The project explores how interior design, architecture, materiality, art, signage, furniture, and cultural storytelling can support a nonprofit institution’s next chapter as a community anchor that cultivates the next generation of artists.
Gather with a creative community for self-guided tours, light refreshments & a panel discussion to hear the design story behind this vibrant home for music education, performance, community & culture.





