Arts & Entertainment

Community Day at Kemper Art Museum

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host Community Day, an all-ages afternoon of games, storytelling, art-making, workshops and tours led by museum curators and Washington University student docents.

The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free and open to the public.

The Kemper Art Museum is located near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards. For more information, call (314) 935-4523 or visit kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu.

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Community Day is a chance for the museum to welcome both new and regular visitors and to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its new facilities, said Allison Taylor, manager of education programs.

Bubble artist Josh Routh, a founding member of St. Louis’ Circus Kaput, will perform throughout the day.

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Choreographer Alice Bloch will lead a pair of movement workshops, at 11:30 and 12:30.

Rockabilly revivalists The Woo Daddies will perform their effervescent mix of swing, jump-blues, classic country, surf and pop beginning at 1 p.m.

Also at 1 p.m., associate curator Meredith Malone will lead a walkthrough of Tomás Saraceno: Cloud-Specific.

Other events will include an art-themed scavenger hunt and a storytelling session.


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