Free First Saturday: Seek & Find!

Show & Tell in the Walker Cinema, 10:30 am and 12:30 pm
Join Show-Off Sally and Tellin’ Tess for an interactive game of Show & Tell during Free First Saturday at the Walker! Bring an object, person, skill, or something silly to share. Kids will be interviewed and encouraged so no preparation required! Want to be a Show & Teller on stage? Please fill out this form to participate.

Surprise Design Grab Bag, 10 am–3 pm
Join teaching artist Jennie Kappenman in an activity where freestyle and colorful expression is the main goal! Taking inspiration from the towering beaded sculpture Visiting in the exhibition Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, families will get to create their own design based off the patterns made by the artist’s studio beadworkers.

Paper Bag Puppets, 10 am–3 pm
In this activity, you’ll get to make your own puppet! Choose their mood, create their clothes from different color papers, and bring your puppet on a tour of the galleries or into the Cinema for Show & Tell.

Pieced Together Portraits, 10 am–3 pm
Collage is an art form. First, the artist selects pieces of paper, fabric, or other materials, then arranges them to make a whole new design. In this activity, you’ll get to make a collage portrait of yourself or a friend to display on the Cargill Lounge walls. Hang up your portrait, snap a photo, and don’t forget to bring your masterpiece home!

Short Film: Hopper’s Day, 10 am–3 pm
Hopper’s Day is a story of a small cricket who wants to achieve a dream in an abandoned quarry. This animated film by Jingqi Zhang is approximately 5 minutes and plays on a loop.

Puppet Tours of the Walker Galleries
Join a Walker educator for a family-friendly guided tour of artworks on view in the galleries at 11:30 am (40 min.), take a guided tour for general audiences at 1 pm (60 min.), or join guided tour in Spanish at 3 pm (60 min.)—this month with puppets! Tours explore a selection of artworks across current exhibitions and include interactive discussions. Meet at the Main Lobby desk five minutes before the tour starts.

Visit the Walker Art Center Library, 10 am–3 pm
The Walker’s library is open! Explore the stacks and find inspiration in the library’s collection of artful books. The library entrance is through the Art Lab, located on the lower level.

Sensory note: The exhibition Show & Tell: An Exhibition for Kids includes one video room with reduced light levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

Sensory note: The exhibition This Must Be the Place: Inside the Walker’s Collection includes two video rooms with reduced light levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

Sensory note: The exhibition Dyani White Hawk: Love Language includes three video rooms with reduced sound levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

For more information about accessibility at the Walker, visit our Access page.

For questions about accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.

Jennie Kappenman is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Ojibwe and descendant of the Leech Lake and White Earth Bands of Ojibwe. Kappenman has grown up in close proximity to traditional arts. She observed her grandmothers bead at the kitchen table and sew regalia in record-breaking time. Practicing traditional arts has created local and international opportunities for her. The Science Museum of Minnesota has one of Kappenman’s custom jingle dresses and a set of velvet Ojibwe floral beadwork pieces on permanent display. The Textile Research Centre in Leiden, The Netherlands, holds a men’s appliqué shirt in their collection. The Minnesota History Center acquired two custom jingle dresses for their permanent collection. Kappenman also has extensive experience in culinary arts. After working as a chef for 10 years, she decided to pursue working solely in visual arts. A mentorship with artist Dyani White Hawk provided support and development to believe in the possibilities unknown. ChiMiigwech to her friendship and shared knowledge.