Family Fun That You Can Really Dig Into: Down with Dirt, the Walker Art Center's Free First Saturday in August
Visitors are invited to come roll up their sleeves and get dirty with a day of family fun at the Walker Art Center’s Free First Saturday event
Down with Dirt
, from 10 am–3 pm Saturday, August 1, in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. This day of exploration and discovery is inspired by the exhibitions Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay and The Quick and the Dead. The day’s events include a crochet workshop, inspired by the crocheted hyperbolic forms of The Institute For Figuring; an art activity sculpting with colorful clay; a demonstration by experimental archaeologist Grant Goltz; a performance by the Tiyumba Dance Company; and a family tour. The Garden Grill by Wolfgang Puck will be open from 10 am–4 pm.
Activities are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis from 10 am–3 pm. Gallery admission is free from 10 am–5 pm on Free First Saturday.
Free First Saturdays are for Families!
Down with Dirt
Saturday, August 1, 10 am–3 pm, Free
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Art-Making for the Entire Family: Vibrant Vessels, 10 am–3 pm
Tent near Spoonbridge and Cherry
Sculpt a functional object using colorful clay with artist-instructor Lucy Yogerst.
Archaeology Demonstration: Prehistoric Pots, 10 am–3 pm
Tent near Spoonbridge and Cherry
Learn from experimental archaeologist, Grant Goltz, who will replicate the process of pottery manufacture developed by prehistoric people living in Minnesota.
Family Tour: WAC Garden Packs, 10 am–2 pm
WAC Garden Pack Cart, Central Corridor
Check out a WAC Garden Pack, a kit containing fun hands-on activities to engage you and your child’s imagination on a self-guided tour of the Garden. Available for free with a photo ID.
Crochet Workshop: The Institute For Figuring, 12 noon–3 pm
FlatPak House
Join LA-based artist Margaret Wertheim from the Institute For Figuring to make crocheted forms from plastic bags.
Performance: Tiyumba Dance Company, 11 am and 1 pm
Belvedere Stage
Watch as members of Tiyumba Dance Company use the talking drum and traditional dance to tell the stories of African culture, history, and people.