{"id":13264,"date":"2019-12-05T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5badbfa87a.nxcli.io\/mts-secondary\/?p=13264"},"modified":"2019-12-05T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:45:20","slug":"free-first-saturday-celebrate-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/free-first-saturday-celebrate-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Free First Saturday: Celebrate Somalia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Celebrate Somalia and Somali culture with a day of activities for the whole family hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somalimuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somali Museum of Minnesota<\/a>. Learn the traditional art of finger weaving or drop in for story time to hear stories from Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>Free First Saturdays feature free gallery admission on the first Saturday of every month, plus performances, games, art-making, and kids\u2019 films from 10 am to 3 pm. Family friendly food options are available or bring something from home to snack on in the museum\u2019s public spaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore: Traveling Exhibition from the Somali Museum of Minnesota<\/strong><br \/>\n10 am\u20131pm<\/p>\n<p>Learn about Somali nomadic culture through objects from the Somali Museum\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art-making: My Aqal<\/strong><br \/>\n10 am\u20133pm<\/p>\n<p>Create your own aqal, or traditional Somali home. Ifrah Mansour, a Somali artist and refugee based in Minneapolis, will teach families about Somali architecture and nomadic culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Performance: Story Time with Osman Ali<\/strong><br \/>\n10:30 am and 1:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Join Osman Ali, founder and executive director of the Somali Museum of Minnesota, to hear stories from Somalia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art-Making Activity: Finger Weaving<\/strong><br \/>\n11 am\u20131 pm<\/p>\n<p>Learn the traditional art of finger weaving in this drop-in workshop.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Founded in 2011, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somalimuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somali Museum of Minnesota<\/a> opened its public gallery in 2013 as North America\u2019s first and only museum devoted to Somali culture and is one of the only museums of its kind anywhere in the world. The institution is the home of Somali creativity in North America and is a global leader in advancing and elevating the work of Somali artists, both traditional and contemporary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ifrahmansourart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ifrah Mansour<\/a> is a Somali multimedia artist, performer, and educator who uses art to bridge cultures and generations. Mansour creates multisensory artwork in the form of plays, poetry, installations, puppetry, and community collaborations that illuminate the invisible stories of immigrants.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free First Saturday: Celebrate Somalia! &#060; MTS Secondary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/free-first-saturday-celebrate-somalia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free First Saturday: Celebrate Somalia! 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