Family Days

These popular events offer something for everyone in the family, including free studio workshops, demonstrations, storytelling, games, performances and tours. The themes for Family Days are drawn from special exhibitions and from works of art in the permanent collection. Admission and all activities are free!

Be enlightened by this Family Day celebrating the special exhibition "The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Masters." Visit the special exhibition and learn about the paintings and calligraphy created by 14 Japanese Zen Masters. See a demonstration of calligraphy. Hear Japanese bamboo flute music and create your own ink painting in a studio art activity. Free.

At Home in China
Sunday, January 21, 2001
Noon–5 p.m. Free.

Permanent Collection Chinese Galleries & China: Fifty Years Inside the People’s Republic

Hop on Pop
Sunday, February 25, 2001
Noon–5 p.m. Free.

Pop on Paper

Ship Shape
Sunday, March 11, 2001
Noon–5 p.m. Free.

Permanent Collection imagery of boats & ships

The Arts of Tibet
Sunday, April 22, 2001
Noon–5 p.m. Free.

Permanent Collection (Dali Lama to visit Minneapolis in May)

The Nature of Prints
Sunday, May 20, 2001
Noon–5 p.m. Free.

Michael Mazur: A Print Retrospective