Free First Saturday at Walker Art Centeris a Kids Film Festival this month. It will include animation, live-action, and 3-D shorts from all corners of the world. 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 [...]

Date:February 2, 2013 Time:10 am – 3 pm Place:Walker Art Center Price:Free This month’s Free First Saturday is  inspired by the new exhibition Painter Painter. Art-Making: Artists’ Studio, 10 am–3 pm Local artists Betsy Byers, Tara Costello, Kate Farstad, Joonja Lee Mornes, Jehra Patrick, and Eric Syvertson will be rotating throughout the day to show how they use paint in their [...]

Free First Saturday This Saturday is already the December Free First Saturday at the Walker Art Center. This month’s theme is Wall-to-Wall Walker, their annual open house extravaganza. Walker will be offering fun family activities throughout the building. As always, gallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each month from 10 am [...]

This month’s Free First Saturday is a perfect example of why the Walker is a perfect museum to visit with kids.  Kids are all about experimental expression.  If we let them, they can teach us a thing or two. This is kind of a quiet weekend, so why not take advantage and join the Walker [...]

Another month has slipped by and its time for Free First Saturday at the Walker Art Center this weekend.  This month explore Glorious Movement throughout the galleries. Gallery admission is free from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but activities are only scheduled until 3:00 p.m.  As usual there will be tours, film screenings and art [...]

Somehow September has sneaked up on us.  Saturday is the first.  That means, Walker Art Center is hosting another Free First Saturday.  This month’s theme is “Get Up And Read”.  Perfect for back-to-school month.  Local children’s author and illustrator, Nancy Carlson, will be the featured artist. This is part of the Open Field program, so your [...]

Free First Saturday at Walker Art Center is featuring Foreign Flix this month.  If you missed the last Childish Films or just really enjoyed it, hit the Walker for a daylong mini-festival of short movies and a Midwest exclusive screening of the feature-length Japanese animated film Oblivion Island. These short films will be shown in [...]

Gallery admission is free at the Walker Art Center this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This month’s theme is Fables and Fairy Tales.  Your family can jumble your favorite bedtime tales and storybook adventures while enjoying live performances, films, gallery adventures, and hands-on art-making. Activities include: Hmong Tiger Tales by Mu Performing Arts: [...]

Walker Art Center is free 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.  This month, it’s time for the Walker’s annual open house extravaganza! Visual art, film, and performance mix, mingle, and mesh through activities in every gallery. Watch a vintage [...]

Free First Saturday is on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m with Creative Collaborations.  As always, 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. Activities are recommended for ages 6–12, but are easily adjusted for other ages. This [...]

Gallery admission at Walker Art Center 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. The activities are aimed at kids 6–12 but can be adjusted to younger children.  This month’s activities reveal many ways that everyday objects are re-imagined in [...]

Gallery admission at Walker Art Center 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 are recommended for ages 6–12, but bring your younger children; the Walker staff is very supportive and most activities are open-ended enough [...]

I know — the heat, the crowds, the whining; and how many times can you say, “Don’t touch that”.  But, you can take your kids to the Uptown Art Fair and have an enjoyable day.  To start with, don’t drive and park when you have better options.  Metro Transit is offering an Art Pass to [...]

This Saturday, celebrate Indie-Pendence Day at the Walker.  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. Walker recommends its activities for ages 6–12, but we start younger and just adjust our expectations for the younger ones.  This [...]

Gallery admission at the Walker Art Center 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 are recommended for ages 6–12, but we start bringing our children from day one and just adjust to their level.  This [...]