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.  

Join us this year as we celebrate the 2022 Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl! For information on the Literary Crawl and the full schedule of neighborhood events, please click here. 

HANDS ON! SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | P.S. I Love You Nevada Postcard Project with Nevada Humanities
10 am – 4 pm | Create a Watercolor Sketchbook
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling with Whitney
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling with Whitney 

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

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 | Build a Bird House
10 am – 4 pm | Stained Glass
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Investigators: Kid Detectives Look at Art
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling with Whitney
12 & 1:30 pm | Collateral & Co.
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling with Whitney 

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

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 | Chinese Paper Lantern 
10 am – 4 pm | Painting Fireworks
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions
11 am & 2 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling with Whitney
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Reno Philharmonic Presents: The Brass Quintet
2 pm | Storytelling with Whitney 

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

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 Project
10 am – 4 pm | Watercolor Resist 
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions
11 am & 2 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytime with Whitney
12 pm & 1:30 pm | KTMB Presents: Watershed Warriors
2 pm | Storytime with Whitney 

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

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 Expeditions” 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 | Build a Mobile
10 am – 4 pm | Play with Clay 
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am & 2 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling with Whitney
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Collateral & Co. 
2 pm | Storytelling with Whitney 

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

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 Expeditions” 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 am – 12 pm | Pop-Up Lemonade Stand with Fallen Fruit Artist Collective
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions 
11 am & 2 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytime with Whitney
1:30 pm | Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra 
2 pm | Storytime with Whitney 

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

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 am – 4 pm | Paper Making with Thousand Cranes Paper Mill, a service of David J. Drakulich Foundation
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions 
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytime with Whitney
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Retro Radio Dolls
2 pm | Storytime with Whitney 

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

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 & 2 pm | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytime with Whitney
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Musica Sierra presents Majel Connery Performing “The Rivers are our Brothers”. To learn more please visit here.
2 pm | Storytime with Whitney 

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

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. Bring the whole family to celebrate The Art of Ben Aleck. Meet the artist, enjoy cultural presentations and performances by members of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, learn about Indigenous language preservation, and participate in hands-on workshops inspired by Aleck’s work. 

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)
12 pm | Performance and Presentation by Truckee Paiute Singers with the Reno Sparks Indian Colony Pow Wow Club
2 pm | Reno Sparks Indian Colony Youth Storytellers

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

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, 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 | Wrapped up in Nature
10 am – 4 pm | Build a Bear
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am | Story time
12 pm & 1:30 pm | In-Tune Tales
1 pm | Art Expeditions 
2 pm | Story time

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