Hands ON! Second Saturday
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 current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, 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 Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling
Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.
Hands ON! Second Saturday
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 current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, 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 Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling
Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.
Hands ON! Second Saturday
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 current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, 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 Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling
Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.
Hands ON! Second Saturday
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 current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, 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 Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling
Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.
Hands ON! Second Saturday
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 current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, 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 Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling
Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.
Scholastic Art Awards 2025 American Visions Exhibition Reception
Join us in celebrating the American Vision award-winning students of 2025 and the opening of their exhibition at the E.L. Cord Museum School at the Nevada Museum of Art.
Sponsors: The Nell J. Redfield Foundation, Heidimarie Rochlin, Wild Women Artists
Teknolust
Attend a screening of Teknolust, a film by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Tilda Swinton plays four roles in this award-winning film about Rosetta Stone and her three Self-Replicating Automatons, which she cloned from her own D.N.A.
Opening Artist Talk – Judith Lowry: Indigenous Stories Through Art
Judith Lowry will explore the Indigenous histories shared by her father and family, highlighting how these stories shape her art, preserve cultural traditions, and inspire future generations to continue honoring and revitalizing their heritage.
* Doors open at 10am with coffee and tea
The Art of Judith Lowry: Opening Celebration
Celebrate this major exhibition of Judith Lowry’s paintings alongside the debut of the Lowry Croul Collection of Contemporary Native Art. Meet the artist in the galleries and attend a traditional and cultural presentation by the Maidu Dancers and Traditionalists honoring Lowry at 7pm in the Nightingale Sky Room.
First Thursday
Meet up with friends for this long-standing monthly tradition of live music, beer, and plenty of fun. Live music hosted by Spike McGuire and presented in partnership with Loud as Folk, a regional singer-songwriter showcase.
Hosting partners: IMBIB Custom Brews, Bibo Coffee Co.