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 Saturdays

Hands ON! Second Saturdays
Nevada Proud

Enjoy  free admission and activities at the Museum and participate hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Theater Lobby
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Redfield Learning Center
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation with additional support from the Terry Lee Wells Foundation, the Leonette Foundation, Mathewson CLAT #5, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore, City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, and Western Nevada Supply.

Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturdays

Hands ON! Second Saturdays
TOPIC

Enjoy  free admission and activities at the Museum and participate hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Theater Lobby
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Redfield Learning Center
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery

Support for hands/ON! is provided by the Leonette Foundation, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore and City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. Free admission on Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

MUSEUM SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE and Hands ON! Second Saturdays

E.L. Cord Museum School Open House
and Hands ON! Second Saturdays

Meet the E.L. Cord Museum School faculty, participate in hands on demonstrations, lunch at chez louie or enjoy local food trucks including Crepes and MoreMellow Yellow and Still Rollin’. All visitors will receive free admission to the Museum, discounts on upcoming classes and are invited to participate in hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Nevada Fine Arts Pop-Up Shop 
10 am – 4 pm | Wheel Throwing Demos with instructor, Karen Vetter
10 am – 4 pm | Drop-in Drawing with instructor, Jerry Stinson
10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30 pm | Watercolor Holiday Cards with instructor, Carroll Charlet
10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30 pm | Mono-Printmaking with instructor, Candace Nicol
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham
11 am – 1 pm | Visit with Santa!
12 – 3 pm | Pop-Up Shop featuring work by Casey D. Sibley and Karen Hancock
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
1:30 pm | Performance by Van Gorder Elementary Honor Choir
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation with additional support from the Terry Lee Wells Foundation, the Leonette Foundation, Mathewson CLAT #5, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore, City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, and Western Nevada Supply. Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation. 

Hands ON! Second Saturdays

Hands ON! Second Saturdays: Celebrating Native American Heritage

Enjoy  free admission and activities at the Museum and participate hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Theater Lobby
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Redfield Learning Center
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation with additional support from the Terry Lee Wells Foundation, the Leonette Foundation, Mathewson CLAT #5, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore, City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, and Western Nevada Supply.

Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturdays

Hands ON! Second Saturdays
TOPIC

Enjoy  free admission and activities at the Museum and participate hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Theater Lobby
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Redfield Learning Center
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery

Support for hands/ON! is provided by the Leonette Foundation, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore and City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. Free admission on Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturdays

Hands ON! Second Saturdays
TOPIC

Enjoy  free admission and activities at the Museum and participate hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Theater Lobby
10 am – 4 pm | Hands on project – Redfield Learning Center
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery

Support for hands/ON! is provided by the Leonette Foundation, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore and City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. Free admission on Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturdays

Hands ON! Second Saturdays
Sun and Sand

Enjoy  free admission and activities at the Museum and participate hands-on art projects and storytelling.

SCHEDULE

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Sun Prints – Rooftop
10 am – 4 pm | Sand Painting – Redfield Learning Center
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 3rd Floor
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham – Altered Landscape Gallery

Support for hands/ON! is provided by the Leonette Foundation, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore and City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. Free admission on Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.