Rotten fruit, super chimes, and other summer fun
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Rotten fruit, super chimes, and other summer fun

The  ‘Summer Kids’ Tour’ post on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art blog made me wonder what the perfect kids’ tour might involve at the Walker — and immediately started thinking about rotten lemons, mesmerizing wind chimes, and burgers and chips. Here’s my version of a summer  afternoon at the Walker with the kids:

Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge (1988). Whether you bike or drive to the Walker, start your visit with a trip across this fabulous bridge by Minneapolis artist Siah Armajani. Look for the poem, count the cars.

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Wind Chime (After Dream) by Pierre Huyghe

Wind Chime (After Dream) by Pierre Huyghe. Tell the kids your going to go see some wind chimes (they’ll be unimpressed), then walk with them through the grove of chimes installed in the sculpture garden. It is unexpectedly mesmerizing, and kids can play tag and listen at the same time.

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The Garden

The Garden by Claes Oldenburg. A successful visit with my kids always involves food. Thursday nights, you can order hot dogs and hamburgers cooked outside on the grill. Place your order inside in the Bazinet Garden Lobby, and check out the rows of mysterious, rotting lemons in glass jars, then go outside, and see the garden where they’re buried while the burgers cook.

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Sky Pesher by James Turrell After dinner, run up and down the hill a few dozen times, then make one more trip up the hill and discover one of our favorite semi-hidden spots at the Walker:  Sky Pesher by James Turrell, which is built into the ground near the WAC building. It is a delight and a suprise, and a great place to end a busy day.

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