Family festivals offer a day of celebration and discovery inspired by exhibitions at the Getty Center. Each unique festival features performances by local dance and music groups, storytelling, art-making workshops, and gallery activities.

Experience Korean culture in this family festival inspired by the exhibition Looking East: Rubens's Encounter with Asia. Master choreographers Kim Eung Hwa, Kwan Gyu Lim, and Don Kim present their world-class dance companies. Make your own charm, propeller, or Korean headdress at interactive workshops led by the Paper Culture Foundation.

MAIN STAGE

Brian Choi, master of ceremonies

Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance Company (Children's Group)
10:45–11:15 a.m.


Kwan Gyu Lim Dance Company
Noon–12:30 p.m.
Performing unique dances: "Janggo Chum," "Han Lyang Moo," "Gyunggo Chum," "Jindo Buk Chum," and "Butterfly's Dream"

Korean Classical Musical and Dance with Don Kim
1:00–1:45 p.m.
Performing unique dances: "Changgo Chum," "Buchae Chum," and "Buk Chum"


Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance Company
2:15–2:45 p.m.

Kwan Gyu Lim Dance Company
3:30–4:00 p.m.


Korean Classical Music and Dance
4:45–5:30 p.m.
Performing unique dances: "Changgo Chum," "Buchae Chum," and "Buk Chum"

WORKSHOPS
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Postcard Workshop (Museum Courtyard)
Use colorful markers and stamps of Korean folk dolls to create a one-of-kind postcard to send to friends and family from Los Angeles to Seoul. We will supply the stamps and will mail it for you!

Paper Folding — Jongiejopgi with the Paper Culture Foundation Federation of Los Angeles
Create folded paper crafts with members of the Federation, whose motto is "Paper Culture to the world, Paper Folding (Jongiejopgi) for peace." The Foundation's president, Young Hye Rho, who has worked for the paper culture movement for 25 years, established the Korean Paper Folding Association in 1987 and founded the Paper Culture Foundation in 2005. Try your hand at making one of the three projects offered today:

Korean Charm (ddackji) (Museum Courtyard)
Make a Korean Headdress (Museum Courtyard)
Propeller and Cup (GRI Lawn)

Family Festival Celebrating Herb Ritts: L.A. Style and Portraits of Renown: Photography and the Cult of Celebrity
June 9, 2012
Delve into the world of celebrity, image, photography, and Los Angeles at this free daylong family festival inspired by the exhibitions Herb Ritts: L.A. Style and Portraits of Renown: Photography and the Cult of Celebrity. Participants designed a magazine cover with a photo of themself as the featured celebrity, learned how to vogue like Madonna, and danced to the sounds of Los Angeles at the close of the 20th century.

Pacific Standard Time Family Festival
October 22, 2011
Inspired by art in L.A., this daylong festival invited a new generation of local artists to reinterpret the creative legacy of artists featured in the Pacific Standard Time initiative. Guests discovered special performances and unexpected installations by Machine Project, Kim Ye, and other local artists, made their own mail art, helped to recreate a version of Di Suvero's Peace Tower with Becca Lofchie, and so much more at this only-in-Los Angeles event! This event was part of Pacific Standard Time at the Getty Center.

Family Festival Celebrating Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia
June 4, 2011
Visitors experienced the beauty and wonder of Cambodia in this daylong celebration complementing the exhibition Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia. This festival featured traditional Cambodian music and dance performances, hands-on workshops, storytelling with Sheetal Gandhi, and a fashion show featuring traditional Cambodian clothing.

Family Festival Celebrating Photography from the New China and Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road
March 19, 2011
Visitors discovered the richness and beauty of the ancient empires of India, Japan, and China as well as recent explosions in artistic creativity. This festival featured traditional Chinese opera, Chinese folktales told by a master storyteller, and the amazing music and dance of these vibrant cultures. Inspired by Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road and Photography from the New China.

Family Festival Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Innovation
June 5, 2010
Visitors entered the world of Leonardo da Vinci and Italian culture in this daylong celebration with music, theater, storytelling, and interactive workshops. Featured were the tale of Pinocchio as performed by Will & Company, the timeless magic of commedia dell'arte in The World on the Moon directed by Orlando Pabotoy, folk music by Musicntica, story teller Carl Weintraub as Leonardo da Vinci, and art-making workshops including making a sketchbook inspired by Leonardo's drawings, creating a maquette of an equestrian monument, making a frame and designing a postcard. Inspired by the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention.

Family Festival Celebrating French Art and Culture
September 12, 2009
Vive la France! Visitors enjoyed a day in the Gallic countryside with this Family Festival, which featured the chanteuse Jessica Fichot as well as the cosmopolitan sounds of Jean-Paul Monsché. The event also featured folktales and the giant fantastic creatures by Dragon Knights. Inspired by two exhibitions: Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes and Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution.