Gallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each month. Families can enjoy live performances, films, gallery adventures, and hands-on art-making from 10 am–3 pm. Activities recommended for ages 6–12.
Share your creativity with other families in an outdoor Free First Saturday in the Walker’s Open Field.
Drawing Club
10 am–3 pm
Sketch with local artists and add to a pool of collectively created artworks. Finished works will be displayed on the Open Field Flickr page.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: How to Build a Voice Box I
10 am–3 pm
Join the San Francisco-based collective Futurefarmers and their local collaborators to make small megaphones you can use to shout, sing, or whisper. Alongside the workshop, the artists will build a large, mobile, multiple person megaphone to be used during their residency project, A People Without a Voice Cannot be Heard.
A People Without a Voice Cannot Be Heard is commissioned by Walker Art Center and Northern Lights.mn.
Performance: Copper Street Brass Quintet
Belvedere, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
11 am
Trumpet, tuba, trombone, and horn! Enjoy the fresh new sounds of this Minneapolis-based group’s five talented young musicians.
Scavenger Hunt
11 am–2 pm
Geocaching is high-tech treasure hunting. Use a handheld GPS unit to unleash the power of billion dollar satellites while searching for hidden caches in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Instruction and equipment provided by Three Rivers Park District.
Performance: Switzerlind
Belvedere, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
1 pm
The Hoolihan brothers and friends switch up their instruments for a performance of Bossa Nova and pop rhythms.
WAC Garden Packs
Open Lounge
10 am–2 pm
Choose your own garden adventure with a self-guided activity kit. Available for free check-out with a photo ID.
