Sensory Friendly Sunday: January 2026

Winter World in a Box, 8–11 am
Join teaching artist Pat Nanoff to create your own miniature winter world in a box! This activity involves the use of kinetic sand and miniatures.

Pattern Hunt, 8–11 am
Explore the exhibition Dyani White Hawk: Love Language and find artworks that include patterns like the ones shown on the worksheet. Look closely at shapes, colors, and repetition.

Short Film: Hopper’s Day, 8–11 am
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.

Visit the Walker Art Center Library, 8–11 am
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.

The short film will be captioned in English.

Accessibility note: To access Gallery 5, take the accessible lift down one level from floor 6.

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

The exhibition Show & Tell: An Exhibition for Kids includes one video room with reduced light levels. Some of the videos include flickering or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

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.

To prepare for your visit, check out this Social Narrative.

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.

Pat Dorsey Nanoff studied ceramics and then transitioned to working in stone, their primary focus since 2014. The artist uses recycled limestone and carving techniques that date to the Middle Ages to create works inspired by the myths and folklore of their Greek and Irish heritage. They also create small assemblage pieces using hand-cut soapstone, recycled materials, polymer clay, and found objects. These feature houses within landscapes, exploring their interests in the archetype of home and the process of finding a safe place, both literally and metaphorically. “I was reprimanded in first grade for breaking and peeling my crayons in order to carve tiny people,” says Nanoff. “And that marked the beginning of my love of three-dimensional art and tiny sculptures.”