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.

Join Simon Dinnerstein in the gallery for an informal conversation regarding The Lasting World. Take this special opportunity to meet and engage the artist with questions sparked by the most intriguing paintings from his five-decade career. 

Enjoy a tour of the galleries after lunch with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. Additional Guided Tours offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.  

FREE with admission

Enjoy a tour of the galleries after lunch with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. Additional Guided Tours offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.  

FREE with admission

Enjoy a tour of the galleries after lunch with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. Additional Guided Tours offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.  

FREE with admission

Enjoy a tour of the galleries after lunch with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. Additional Guided Tours offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.  

FREE with admission

Half-day symposium, followed by lunch.

A program of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Distinguished Speaker Series presented by Whittier Trust Investment & Wealth Management

Rediscover the life and art of Anne Brigman, whose work in the Sierra in the early 1900s was ground-breaking for its time. In this half-day symposium, you’ll hear from scholars about Brigman’s photography, poetry, and legacy—that is more relevant today than ever.
Presenters include:

• Susan Ehrens, art historian and independent curator
• Alexander Nemerov, Department Chair and Carl & Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University
• Kathleen Pyne, Professor Emerita of Art History at University of Notre Dame
• Heather Waldroup, Associate Director of the Honors College and Professor of Art History at Appalachian State University
• Ann M. Wolfe, Andrea and John C. Deane Family Senior Curator and Deputy Director, Nevada Museum of Art

Enjoy the event and beautiful views of the Sierra from the Nightingale Skyroom.

Ticket price includes buffet lunch to follow. Books available for purchase.

The entire Museum, including chez louie, is closed today for a private event. We will re-open at 10 am Wednesday, August 8.