Let your eyes wander and your voice be heard during a day that celebrates the beauty and magic of looking at art. Everyone is welcome to join us for gallery activities that spark your creative side.
Gallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each month from 10 am to 5 pm, with a variety of family activities scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm.
Art-Making: Take Another Look
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab, 10 am–3 pm
Look at the details and make predictions as you investigate everyday objects in new ways. Led by art instructor Matthew Schufman.
Story Reading: Cookie the Walker with Chris Monroe
Walker Cinema, 10:30 and 11:30 am, 12:30 pm
Cookie the dog doesn’t walk like other dogs—and what a sight that is! She catches the attention of a show producer, who turns her into a star. Join author and illustrator Chris Monroe as she reads her new children’s book Cookie the Walker. Best known for her weekly comic strip Violet Days, Monroe is the author of five children’s books, including the Monkey with a Tool Belt series.
Film: Lavatory – Lovestory
U.S. Bank Orientation Lounge, 10 am–3 pm
Love is always sudden—you never know when or where it might strike. A lavatory attendant finds a flower bouquet in her tip jar, but from whom? This Oscar-nominated animated short from Russia is directed by Konstantin Bronzit. 2007, 10 minutes.
Kitchen Lab
Cargill Lounge, 10 am–3 pm
Close your eyes and sniff around for your creative side. In the Kitchen Lab, participants will sample an array of organic and manufactured scents in containers, and spin off a word association, personal story, color poem, or drawing that’s activated by a particular one. Leave your responses next to each container, and we’ll keep a running tally of the most fragrant and off-putting scents in the collection.
Conversationalist’s Café
Cargill Lounge, 1:30–3 pm
Pull up a chair at the Conversationalist’s Café, located outside the exhibition Painter Painter, to share your thoughts on abstract painting with friends and strangers alike. Menus and table hosts, including a tattoo artist, plein air painter, house painter, and muralist, will be on hand to get the banter rolling.
Check Out a Tour Guide
Bazinet Garden Lobby, 11 am–2 pm
Visitors have the option of checking out their own guide for a 15-minute jaunt through a gallery of their choice. Get a few helpful tips on different things to look for when exploring an artwork. Find the colorful parasol in the lobby to begin your tour.
Playlist: Jacquie Fuller
Gallery 1, 11 am–2 pm
DJ Jacquie Fuller of 89.3 The Current spins a music playlist inspired by works in the galleries.
