ART & NATURE DAYS
Art & Nature Days at Laumeier Sculpture Park bring families, friends, and individuals together for a celebration of creativity in the great outdoors. Through hands-on art activities, engaging demonstrations, and seasonal experiences, visitors can explore the deep connections between art, nature, and community. These events encourage time spent in green spaces, which supports overall wellbeing, sparks creativity, and offers moments of joy and connection. 2026 Art & Nature Days coincide with Laumeier’s Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting exhibition series, celebrating half a century of creative discovery, nature appreciation, and community.
Each Art & Nature Day will feature a collaborative time capsule activity, set to be opened on Laumeier' Sculpture Park’s 75th anniversary in 2051. Plus, stop by the front desk inside the Aronson Fine Arts Center to check-out family-friendly interactive kits, like "I Spy...In the Gallery" BINGO, created by our education team. They’re fun for all ages!
UPCOMING ART & NATURE DAY - SAVE THE DATE!
OCTOBER 3: ART & NATURE DAY + EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Mark the opening of Begin Again: Ursula von Rydingsvard, Untitled and Begin Again: Alison Saar, Honey Chile’ with a gallery talk between Alison Saar and Curator Dana Turkovic. Take part in hands-on art activities using natural materials inspired by Wak’a Garden and creative play in the Family Play Space.
PAST 2026 ART & NATURE DAYS
ART & NATURE DAY / FEBRUARY 7
We celebrated the opening of Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting + Art & Nature Day. Visitors explored the anniversary exhibition, gathered for Dana Turkovic’s curator talk, and created fun finger puppets with the Puppet Guild of Guild of Greater St. Louis, an activity that paid special tribute to RiverFaces, an arts initiative from 1984–1987. (Learn more below.)
ART & NATURE DAY / APRIL 18
Begin Again: Wak’a Garden opened with a planting performance by co-creators Juan William Chávez and Kiersten Torrez, joined by Saundi McClain-Kloeckener, Aida Lizalde and Tess Angelica Losada-Tindall. Guests created no-sew aprons and seeding soil blocks, learned about native gardening and pollinators, and explored a nature-and music-inspired family playspace.
ABOUT THE HEADER PHOTOS:
Photos 1–8: Art & Nature Day, February 7, 2026. Staff photos.
Photos 9–13: RiverFaces, 1984. Laumeier Sculpture Park Photo Archive.
RiverFaces was a community arts initiative from 1984–1987. During this time, Laumeier hosted free workshops where participants designed and constructed masks and large-scale puppets for the RiverFace’s parade held in downtown St. Louis. More than 250 participants of all ages devoted two hours daily to projects of this workshop, from which came a 30-foot papier mâché puppet as Laumeier’s entry in the parade.