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It’s About Time!

Free First Saturday

Set your alarm so you don’t miss the minute-to-minute fun in this series of time-inspired activities. Travel through the ages and create a portrait of yourself in the distant past or faraway future. Then get your whole body moving as you make a timed drawing using techniques borrowed from artist/dancer Trisha Brown.

Performance: Kairos Dance Theatre

11 am and 1 pm
Share the joy of dance with Kairos Dance Theatre, a 19-member company spanning four generations. The performers, ranging in age from 4 to 91, demonstrate you’re never too young or old to express yourself through dance! With special guest and local jazz legend, Irv Williams.

Film: Tick-Tock Toons

12 noon and 2 pm
Cinema
Watch how characters challenge the clock in this program of animated short films.

The Goat That Ate Time
Directed by Lucinda Schreiber
Wacky things begin to happen when a goat with a hunger for life discovers that time is dangerously delicious (Australia, 2007, 7 minutes).

Over the Hill
Directed by Peter Baynton
Age has slowed their bodies but the grannies of Over the Hill Rest Home use their quick wit to save a friend, proving friendship is timeless (U.K., 2007, 8 minutes).

Art-Making for the Entire Family: It’s Drawing Time

10 am-3 pm
Cargill Lounge
Challenge yourself as you and a partner draw a series of images in a limited amount of time. Meaghan Tongren leads this unconventional drawing activity that turns art-making into a game.

Gallery Performance: Kairos Dance Theatre

12:15 pm and 2:15 pm
Burnet Gallery
Experience several short dance pieces by Kairos Dance Theatre inspired by artworks in the permanent collection.

Story Time: Traces by Paula Fox

10:30 am and 2:30 pm
Lecture Room
This lyric poem captures those faint glimpses of a child’s day using all five senses.

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As part of the Walker Art Center’s Raising Creative Kids Initiative, additional support is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.