hands/ON! at the Nevada Museum of Art
The Western Folklife Center collaborated with the Nevada Museum of Art on Saturday, January 14, 2012 for a hands ON!/Cowboy Up program. From 10:00 am until 4:00 pm, little buckaroos could watch cowboy trick roping and sing western songs with Tumbleweed Tex Weir, create western landscapes and design their own cattle brands in hands-on workshops, watch special Deep West Videos with ranchers and filmmakers Linda Dufurrena and Carolyn Dufurrena, and listen to western poetry and stories. The Nevada Museum of Art is located at 160 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada. Call (775) 329-3333 for more information.
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Admission is free on Second Saturdays!
10 am - 4 pm Create your own Western Landscapes and Cattle Brands
10:30 & 11 am Tales of the West: Storytelling in the Gallery
10:00-11:30 am Film: Anthem: The Prologue to Grass (5:03 looped)
12 & 1 pm Trick Roping and Western Songs with Tumbleweed Tex Weir
2 pm Kick Start Art: Guided tour of selected western themed artwork from the collection
2:30 & 3 pm Tales of the West: Storytelling in the Gallery
2:30-3:15 pm Western Folklife Center presents Rural Western Poetry & Deep West Videos with ranchers and videographers, Carolyn and Linda Dufurrena
Support for hands/ON! at the Nevada Museum of Art was provided by Mathewson CLAT #5, the Sato Foundation, the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission and Art4Moore. Admission is free on Second Saturdays thanks to the Nightingale Family Foundation.
