Seniors are invited to spend the afternoon at the Museum. Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class along with light refreshments. Monthly tours and projects are designed for participants of all levels of experience and offer an engaging and interactive experience. These monthly sessions are held on the second Friday of each month. Advanced registration is recommended.

Sponsored by the Leonette Foundation Seniors and Art Endowment and Renown Health

Seniors are invited to spend the afternoon at the Museum. Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class along with light refreshments. Monthly tours and projects are designed for participants of all levels of experience and offer an engaging and interactive experience. These monthly sessions are held on the second Friday of each month. Advanced registration is recommended.

Sponsored by the Leonette Foundation Seniors and Art Endowment and Renown Health

Fostering and supporting the growth of K-12 science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education in Eastern Nevada. 

As part of the spread of STEAM Education across the state of Nevada, join us for a community wide discussion highlighting the role of the arts and humanities in Nevada’s future.

Hear from distinguished panelists, participate in defining community-wide goals, and enjoy a catered lunch with teachers, students, parents, administrators, and industry representatives from across Eastern Nevada.   

Sponsored by Barrick and the Elko County School District

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 | “My Nevada” Drawings with Nevada Humanities
10 am – 4 pm | Illuminated Manuscript booklets
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham
11 am & 1:30 | Theatre and Playmaking: Storytelling, History and Science with Brüka Theatre 
11:30 am & 2 pm | Art Investigators
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham 

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

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.

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 | Sugar Skulls
10 am – 4 pm | Paper Flowers and Papel Picado
10:30am & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham
11:30am & 1:30pm | Day of the Dead Theater
11:30 am & 2 pm | Art Investigators
1:00 pm | Public Tour (bilingual)
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham 
3 pm | Danza De Matlachines Guadalupana Performance

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

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! 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 | Paper Flower Hats
10 am – 4 pm | Oil Pastel Flower Drawings
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham
11:30 am & 2 pm | Art Investigators
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Collateral & Co Presents the Elements of Dance
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham 

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

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.

Bring the whole family to celebrate the art of Jack Malotte at Hands ON! on Second Saturday. Meet the artist, enjoy interactive musical presentations with the Cody Blackbird Band, listen to stories, make screen and block prints and more.

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors
10 am – 4 pm | Art Project: Screen Printing Featuring the Artwork of Jack Malotte
10 am – 4 pm | Art Project: Monoprint Stamping
10:30 am & 2:30 pm | RSIC Language and Culture Youth Storytellers 
11:30 am & 2 pm | Art Investigators: Kid Detectives Look at Art
12 & 1:30 pm | Interactive Performance with the Cody Blackbird Band
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation.

Sponsor: Renown Health

Additional sponsors: The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.

The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony comes together with the Nevada Museum of Art at Hands ON! on Second Saturday to celebrate Native American art, culture, community, and tradition. During this FREE Artown event, the public is invited to meet several established and emerging Native American visual artists from across the region, who will be selling their traditional and contemporary creations, and sharing their knowledge. Numerous performing artists will demonstrate a variety of traditional dances. The gathering also features basket weaving, creation of Tule duck decoys, hand game demonstrations, Language and Culture Youth Storytellers, Indian tacos, Native American Royalty, hands-on art projects, gallery talks, and storytelling. Bring the whole family to learn, listen, shop, participate, and celebrate during this very special community day. 

PERFORMANCES/PRESENTATIONS:

10:30 am | Opening Ceremony featuring the RSIC Pow Wow Club with Young Chief
11:00 am | RSIC Language and Culture Youth Storytellers share Great Basin Creation Stories
11:30 am | Hoop Dance by Sage Romero
12:00 pm | RSIC Eagle Wing Pageant Dancers
12:30 pm | Men’s Fancy Dance Demonstration and Regalia Presentation
1 pm | The Mankillers: All Female Native American Drum Group Discussion and Demonstration
1:30 pm | Grindstone Patwin Dancers
2 pm | Jack Malotte in Conversation with Ann M. Wolfe
2:30 pm | Tygel Pinto – Navajo Flute
3 pm | Hand Game Presentation
4 pm | Bird Singers from the Pala Band of Mission Indians

DEMONSTRATIONS / WORKSHOPS
10 am – 5 pm | Toi Ticutta Traditional Paiute Tule Duck Decoy Demonstrations with Joey Allen
10 am – 5 pm | Great Basin Native Basket Weavers Demonstrations
10 am – 5 pm | Art Project: Dances of the Great Basin Tribes
12:30 pm | Hoop Workshop with Sage Romero

VENDORS
Ben Aleck | Trisha Calabaza | Ramona Darrough | Charlotte Frye | Great Basin Native Basket Weavers: Sandra Eagle, Tammie Henry, Frances Shaw, Leah Brady | Karma Henry | Mack Johnson | Linda Eben Jones | Jack Malotte | Melissa Melero-Moose | Ralph’s Silver Shop | Steve Nighthawk | Pine Nut Printing | Sandra Talancon | Tom’s Family Native Jewelry | Winnowing Basket | Leasha Wyatt 

FOOD
Star Village Coffee | Nat’s Indian Tacos

Reawakening the Great Basin Sponsors: 

Wells Fargo and The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission

Hands ON! on Second Saturday Sponsors:

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation.

Sponsor: Renown Health

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.

The Hands ON! on Second Saturdays program 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 | Art Project: Torn Paper Collage Landscapes
10 am – 4 pm | Art Project: Painted Rocks
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling
11:30 am & 2 pm | Art Investigators
12 & 1:30 pm | Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful presents “Watershed Warriors”
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)

Title Sponsor: Thomas P. Raley Foundation

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation.

Sponsor: Renown Health

Additional sponsors: The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.

The Hands ON! on Second Saturdays program 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 | Art Project: Mini Rainsticks 
10 am – 4 pm | Art Project: Patterned Postcards
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham
11:30 am & 2 pm | Art Investigators
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Interactive Performance: 30,000 Years of Music Making, From the Didgeridoo to the Electric Guitar with David Blonksi
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
2:30 & 3 pm | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham 

Title Sponsor: Thomas P. Raley Foundation

Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation.

Sponsor: Renown Health

Additional sponsors: The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission; Mercedes-Benz of Reno, an AutoNation Company

Media sponsorship by Ahora Latino Journal, Entravision, and El Sol de Nevada.