The Café will be closed for remodel from Aug 12 through Sept 5, 2024. | Due to construction, Museum parking may be limited at the time of your visit. Look for additional parking in free or metered spaces along nearby streets.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Lookout for Landscapes

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at artwork while engaging in a dialogue about key pieces.  New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors

10 am – 4 pm | Landscape Collage

10 am – 4 pm | Patterned Landscape

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)

12:00 pm & 1:30 pm | Musica Sierra Performance

 

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Celebrate the Art of Jean LaMarr

Bring the whole family to celebrate the art of Jean LaMarr. Meet the artist, enjoy cultural presentations, learn about Indigenous foodways, and make your own art inspired by LaMarr’s work. A select group of Native American vendors will be on hand selling traditional and contemporary art work.

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Mono-printing Workshop

10 am – 4 pm | Indigenous Vendor Marketplace

10:30 am | Opening Blessing and Song

11 am | Talk: Indigenous Food Sovereignty – Presentation with Cafe Ohlone’s Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino

12 pm | Talk: Artist Jean LaMarr in conversation with Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Ann Wolfe

1:30 pm | Presentation: Great Basin Language Preservation with Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

Demos: Basket Weaving and Hand Game.

Performances by: Truckee Paiute Singers and Reno Sparks Indian Colony Pow Wow Club

Vendors: Ben Aleck | Joey Allen | Loretta Burden | Julie Charlie | Gina Ellenwood | Tammie Henry | Avanna (Kim) Lawson | Bhie-Cie Ledesma | Mervin Lent | Jean LaMarr | Jack Malotte | Lucky Preston | Francis Shaw | Stewart Indian School Gallery

Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, live performances, and community collaborations courtesy of the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday

Bring the whole family to explore the Museum. Complement your experience by visiting nevadaart.org for engaging Hands ON! at Home project ideas inspired by the Museum’s collections and exhibitions. 

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Sounds of Summer

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at artwork while engaging in a dialogue about key pieces.  New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Project

10 am – 4 pm | Sun Prints 

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)

10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Investigators: Kid Detectives Look at Art

12 pm & 1:30 pm | Musica Sierra Presents: Michael Muyanja

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Go With the Flow

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at artwork while engaging in a dialogue about key pieces.  New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Dance Ribbon

10 am – 4 pm | Flow Painting 

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)

11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling with Whitney

12 pm & 1:30 pm | La Fox & The Lounge Hounds

2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling with Whitney

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – New Horizons

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations. New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Party in a Box

10 am – 4 pm | Scrape Painting

11 am & 12:30 pm | Drag Queen Storytelling

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Play With Clay

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations. New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Draw Like Picasso

10 am – 4 pm | Pinch Pots

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus) 

12 pm & 1:30 pm | Mountain Music Parlor 

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Layer Up

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at artwork while engaging in a dialogue about key pieces.  New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Tunnel Book

10 am – 4 pm | 3-D Landscapes

10:30 am & 1pm | Art Investigators: Kid Detectives Look at Art

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)

12 & 1:30 | Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra 

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Poetry Month

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at artwork while engaging in a dialogue about key pieces.  New exhibitions, community collaborations, cultural explorations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 

10 am – 4 pm | Kite Making

10 am – 4 pm | Poetry Rocks!

10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Investigators: Kid Detectives Look at Art

11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)

12 pm & 1:30 pm | Spoken Word and Poetry with Iain Watson

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Virtual Educator Evening: Setting Creative Intentions with Lance L. Smith

Lance L. Smith is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and educator based in Las Vegas, NV where they currently serve as the Director of Rogers Art Loft. Join us for the final Educator Evening of 2021-22 where we will explore intention, intuition, and mindfulness as tools for creative expression. 

Join us live on Zoom:
– https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82648297692?pwd=d2J0aThjU2RrKzlwMUlzZkUwY0Z5Zz09
– Meeting ID: 826 4829 7692
– Passcode: 528367

Educator Evenings are a FREE professional development series hosted virtually each month (excluding January and July) offering state-approved professional development hours for participation.

Sponsored by the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, Bank of America and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.

STEAM education programs at the Nevada Museum of Art are sponsored by Tesla, Waste Management and City National Bank.