Reno artist Katie Lewis’s work visualizes different kinds of data she compiles about her own life—physical sensations, the number of steps she takes each day—and then transforms the data into visual accumulations of pins, thread, paper, and graphite.

Bob Anderson and Lyndsey Schultz take attendees on a virtual tour of the 170 mile Tahoe Rim Trail, highlighting connections to the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin and to the upcoming exhibition Tahoe: A Visual History. Includes a preview of the exhibition-themed hikes scheduled in September and October.

Join Curator of Education Colin Robertson for a look at the past, present, and future of the built environment of Lake Tahoe, highlighted by structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Julia Morgan, and Frederic DeLongchamps.

Join Ann M. Wolfe to examine how Lake Tahoe and Donner Pass photography came of age concurrent with the settlement of the American West and played a role in defining how America’s newest frontier territories were imagined.

Bill Fox, Director of the Museum’s Center for Art + Environment, takes us on an exploration of the early cartographic depictions of the Great Basin and Lake Tahoe.

Scholar Marvin Cohodas discusses Washoe basketry in the early twentieth century as it relates to the “basket craze” of the time. Special attention is given to Washoe weaver Louisa Keyser (Datsolalee) and Abe and Amy Cohn who marketed her baskets nationally.

Curator of nineteenth-century painting Alfred Harrison surveys painters whose iconic works have never before been on view together in the same exhibition including Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Hill, William Keith, John Ross Key and William Marple.

Ann M. Wolfe, Senior Curator and Deputy Director, surveys the greatest hits from 200 years of Lake Tahoe’s visual history in this premiere lecture celebrating the opening of the exhibition.

Artist and architect Maya Lin describes her memorial project What is Missing? and its relationship to her commissioned artworks featured in the exhibition.

Enjoy free admission, live performances, hands-on art activities and storytelling in this free monthly program for families.

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Art Project: Tissue Paper Flowers
10 am – 4 pm | Art Project: Mini Piñatas
10:30 & 11 am | Children’s Storytelling with Kathleen Durham
11:30 am – 1:30 pm | “Family Fiesta” – Join Las Vegas based artist, Justin Favela and his family in a public celebration featuring his family’s celebratory traditions. Guests will enjoy live music, a taco buffet, a piñata on the rooftop of the Museum. Favela’s work is featured in the exhibition Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada.
11:30 am | RPA Kids Mariachi Band performs live as part of “Family Fiesta”
1:00 pm | Public Tour (adult focus) – 2nd Floor 
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 Sato Foundation, U.S. Bank, Art4Moore and the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.