Free First Saturday: Dyani White Hawk: Love Language

Watercolor with Wóokiye Wíŋ, 10 am–3 pm
Join teaching artist and illustrator Wóokiye Wíŋ to create your own watercolor painting. In this activity, visitors will learn simple watercolor techniques to make artwork inspired by Dyani White Hawk’s painting Seeing.

Art Kit Packing for Families at Home, 10 am–3 pm
Join Walker educators to pack art kits for families. These kits will be distributed with community partners to support young people and families across the Twin Cities, including those experiencing disruptions to their education and routines.

Community Paper Tapestry, 10 am–3 pm
Dyani White Hawk’s Visiting series showcases the work of different bead artists and teaches us to celebrate the beauty of our communities. In this activity, we’ll combine our unique designs creating an artwork representing the community we built by coming together today.

Short Film: Dyani White Hawk in Between Worlds, 10 am–3 pm
This documentary short follows the growth of the artist’s career from her early works to recent projects in her Minneapolis studio. “It’s not two worlds,” says White Hawk. “We may have multiple cultural influences but we are all sharing one common world, and hopefully making efforts to learn how to collectively do that better.”

Storytime at the Walker, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Join Walker educators in the library as they read out loud a selection of fun and silly children’s books.

Guided Tours of the Walker Galleries
Join a Walker educator for a family-friendly guided tour of artworks on view in the galleries at 11:30 am (40 min.), take a guided tour for general audiences at 1 pm (60 min.), or join guided tour in Spanish at 3 pm (60 min.). Tours explore a selection of artworks across current exhibitions and include interactive discussions. Meet at the Main Lobby desk five minutes before the tour starts.

Visit the Walker Art Center Library, 10 am–3 pm
The Walker’s library is open! Explore the stacks and find inspiration in the library’s collection of artful books. The library entrance is through the Art Lab.

Sensory note: The exhibition Show & Tell: An Exhibition for Kids includes one video room with reduced light levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

Sensory note: The exhibition This Must Be the Place: Inside the Walker’s Collection includes two video rooms with reduced light levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

Sensory note: The exhibition Dyani White Hawk: Love Language includes three video rooms with reduced sound levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.

For more information about accessibility at the Walker, visit our Access page.

For questions about accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.

Wóokiye Wiŋ (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakhóta) is an artist, illustrator, muralist, and educator. She grew up on her mother’s reservation, Fond du Lac Reservation, before her family moved to her father’s reservation at Upper Sioux Community. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Indian Studies with a Language Track from the University of Minnesota and an Early Childhood Education Diploma from Minnesota West Community and Technical College. As a Dakota Language instructor, she has taught preschool and high school in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Granite Falls, Minnesota. Her mentor for the Dakota language was the respected elder Caroline Schommer of Upper Sioux Community. Currently, Wóokiye Wiŋ is the lead teacher at the Dakhóta Iápi Wahóȟpi (Dakota Language Nest) in Minneapolis and a freelance artist. She blends her art and teaching Dakota language by illustrating Dakota language children’s books and educating through art. Her books and original art are available at Dakhota.org and Indigenous First. Follow her art on Instagram @wookiye_win.