Free First Saturday in June at the Walker Art Center Celebrates Launch of Open Field
Share your creativity with other families in a series of four outdoor Free First Saturdays at the Walker Art Center’s Open Field—the summerlong program (June 3–September 5) during which the Walker invites the public to help transform its big green backyard into a place to celebrate and share in the cultural assets, creative spirit, and collective knowledge that abound in the Twin Cities—beginning with
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, from 10 am–3 pm Saturday, June 5. Highlights of the day include a performance by the folksy-roots combo Roma di Luna; a Raising Creative Kids Resource Fair; a Drawing Club where a local artist helps visitors create their own sketch; an art-making activity using a tiny camera attached to a balloon to create an artwork on the ground; and a car-building workshop that ends with a race down the hillside.
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!
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Saturday, June 5, 10 am–3 pm, Free
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden/Open Field
Raising Creative Kids Resource Fair, 10 am–3 pm
Walker Open Field
Find ways to make your family’s summer innovative, inspiring, and fun, from a host of local nonprofits and retailers that specialize in creativity and kids, including Ax-man Surplus Stores, Creative Kidstuff, Kindermusik, Leonardo’s Basement, and Zenon Dance Company.
Drawing Club, 10 am–3 pm
Open Lounge
Sketch with local artists and add to a pool of collectively created artworks. Drawings will be displayed on Flickr.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: A Bird’s-eye View, 10 am–3 pm
Walker Open Field
What does Open Field look like from the sky? Use a tiny camera attached to a balloon to find out. Then help make an artwork on the ground that can be seen from above. Led by designers and educators from D.E.M.O. (Design Education Modus Operandi) and the University of Minnesota College of Design.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: Speed Racer, 10 am–3 pm
Walker Open Field
Design and build cars or other wheeled creations to race down the hillside. Led by instructors from Leonardo’s Basement.
Performance: Roma di Luna, 1 pm
Belvedere Sculpture
Partners on and off stage, Channy Moon Casselle and Alexei Moon Casselle front one of the Twin Cities’ favorite music acts—a full-fledged band inspired by bluesmen, folk troubadours, and other roots music. All ages are welcome at this outdoor concert.