Walker May Free First Saturday Goes Online, Includes Art-Making Activities with Live Demos, Interactive Virtual Family Art Tour, Live Music and More
Save the date for the Walker’s first-ever online Free First Saturday on May 2. Join us for performances, art-making, and workshops that will explore new ways to connect with your friends and family through art—designed specifically to enjoy from home.
To participate in this online event, you will need internet access; a computer, tablet, or smartphone; a camera, and some limited art-making materials:
- Paper
- Markers or colored pencils
- Tape
- Scissors
- Mirror
- Food coloring
- Foaming shaving cream OR vegetable oil (for paper marbling)
- Apron (optional)
- Chalk (optional)
- A large flattened cardboard box or piece of paper (optional)
Schedule of Events:
Free First Saturday at Home: Saturday, May 2
Create: Mirror Party!
Instructions available all day
All ages
Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto is well known for his mirror paintings, which feature realistic images of people on the surface of mirrors. When viewers walk by, they are included in the world of the painting. Create your own Mirror Party by drawing your family and friends, and then taping your pictures to a mirror. You can share a photo of your reflection with the friends you drew.
Create: Paper Marbling
Live 20-minute demo at 1 pm; instructions available all day
All ages, may require adult assistance
Create your own marbled paper using shaving cream or vegetable oil and food coloring. You can use your marbled paper to decorate the inside of an envelope or to make a card to send to a family member or friend.
Music: Concert with artist Kashimana
1pm
All ages
Enjoy a live set by artist Kashimana and get ready to sing along. All you need is your voice!
Kashimana (“that is her heart”) is a singer-songwriter, composer, producer, lyricist, and artist with a rich soulful blues voice that soars through her original compositions, for which she writes both lyrics and music. Her songs are catchy and paint compelling stories of her experiences growing up in Nigeria and Kenya, traveling through Africa and Europe, and settling in the United States. Her goal is to help people share their own stories through song.
Move: Connect Across Time and Space Through Dance!
Videos available all day in English and Spanish
All ages
There are many ways to connect with friends and family, and one of the best ways is through dance. Together, we’ll learn several short dance sequences by choreographers and artists in the Walker’s collection that explore time, space, body, and connection. Show your family and friends your new moves by sharing a photo or video, then create your own dance!
Explore: Virtual Family Tour
Videos available all day in English and Spanish
Ages 4+
Join our Walker educator for a 30-minute interactive virtual tour of three pieces of art to explore how artists communicate through their work. All you need is a camera, pencil, paper, and your imagination.
Watch: Cockaboody
Available from 10am—3pm
All ages
Cockaboody is a joyful and touching tribute to the spontaneous language and minds of little children. Two sisters, Emily and Georgia, talk and play together wildly while their mother works in the next room. Pioneering experimental animators Faith and John Hubley made this groundbreaking, magical film using real recordings of their young children’s imaginative and philosophical dialogue. Directors Faith and John Hubley, 1973, 9 minutes.
Watch: For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me a Card
Available from 10 am–3 pm
All ages
A third-grade student makes a cryptic card for her teacher in art class. Brooklyn-based illustrator and animator Jordan Bruner brings to life Aracelis Girmay’s poem responding to her student’s beautiful and urgent message. Director/animator Jordan Bruner, 2019, 3 min. Created with TED Education.
Photo by Carina Lofgren, courtesy Walker Art Center
For questions about accessibility at the Walker or to request accommodations, email access@walkerart.org, or call 612-375-7564.
Contact:
Rachel Joyce
612.375.7635
rachel.joyce@walkerart.org