Events

Teens take over the sculpture park for an afternoon adventure. Escape the ordinary to find the extraordinary and get lost...really lost!

Meet local bike experts to tinker with bike parts and functions and learn some simple fixes for your own ride. Then use a cool paint technique to customize a brand-new bike helmet to keep you safe on the road!

Teachers explore art that responds to nature, including sculptures by new artist on view John Grade and Nancy Holt.

Join Seattle-based artist and avid explorer John Grade for a walk through the trees to discover his new commission Canopy Tower.

Glub glub! Make a miniature underwater ecosystem to explore how nature affects art, inspired by John Grade’s natural installation near the water at Laguna Gloria. How long can your habitat last, and will your submerged art change over time?

Did you know that Laguna Gloria is home to hundreds of species of birds? Learn about the migratory habits of these winged creatures from the Travis Audubon Society, then make a winter habitat to take home to your feathered neighbors!

Be the ART-chitect of your very own candy home! We're whipping up edible houses like you've never seen before, inspired by the architecture of the Driscoll Villa at Laguna Gloria.

17,000 Observations is a new musical composition and temporary sculptural and sound installation developed for Laguna Gloria’s floodplain forest site by Los Angeles–based collaborative artist duo Lucky Dragons.

Make a marionette with the help of a local expert, then bring it to life as you dream up its story. Plus, see the artwork that inspired it all, Paul McCarthy's sculpture White Snow #3, newly installed on the grounds of Laguna Gloria!

Travel indoors and outdoors to discover newly installed works of contemporary art by Do Ho Suh, Richard T. Walker, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Paul McCarthy throughout the gardens and grounds of Laguna Gloria. Receive lesson plans, engage in hands-on activities, and discuss strategies for incorporating art into your classroom.