February 9th Second Saturday: Love & Art
Schedule of Events :
Tours
Atrium: Tours meet in the atrium under the tour sign
MMAM Highlights Tour : This 30-minute orientation will introduce you to the permanent collections. 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm 4:00pm
Love & Hate in Art Tour: Take a 30-minute tour with MMAM’s Executive Director, to take a peek into the private lives of the artists, to see the good, the bad, and the ugly.
11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm
Poetry stroll with Jim Armstrong
Atrium: Tours meet in the atrium under the tour sign
Take a 20-minute stroll through the galleries with local poet Jim Armstrong. Armstrong will match particular paintings with poems that are similar in theme or technique, demonstrating how pairing the verbal with the visual can give us new ways to fall in love with art.
10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm
Art-Making Activities
Oberton Education Room
Brush Lettering: Try your hand at this beautiful craft that is a tribute to hand lettering and calligraphy.
Needle Felting: Turn wool roving into small, soft, fluffy shape using a barbed needle.
Live Music
Manoogian Gallery
Rachael Ryan Dahlgren, cellist 11:00am-12:00pm
Heart Strings Harp Circle 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Plant a Love Garden
Atrium
Tell the love story you didn’t think to tell! Write your story on a paper heart and plant it in our garden to help grow the love we celebrate with our friends, pets, children, and partners.
Bingo Overboard!
Pick-up your game board in the Atrium
Play this search-and-find game, and earn a prize! Bingo Overboard! is sponsored by Doug Troke with Farmers Insurance.
Comments & a Cookie: We Want to Hear from You!
Cafe
MMAM is thrilled to have been awarded an arts access grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board to collaborate with the community to co-create Second Saturdays. We would love to hear from you. Take a moment to enjoy a free cookie in the cafe while offering your feedback.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
