Family Festival
March 19, 2005

Inspired by the exhibition Imagining the Orient, this Family Festival offers a day of merriment and imagination. All events are free; no reservations required.

Explore the day's program:

		Music and Dance
		Storytelling
		Art-Making Workshops
		Strolling Performers

Music and Dance

Zenshuji Zendeko
This premiere youth-oriented taiko group, based at the Zenshuji Soto Mission Temple in Little Tokyo, performs the thunderous art of traditional Japanese drumming. As a community-based cultural arts program, Zenshuji Zendeko teaches Japanese culture, heritage, and the traditional performing arts.

11:15 a.m.–noon
Museum Courtyard Stage

Arpana Dance Company
Arpana (Sanskrit for "offering") performs Bharata Natyam, a classical Indian dance tradition synthesizing art, literature, poetry, sculpture, and music. This performance features Upacharasas, an ode to the all-powerful Divine that honors the five primordial elements: water, wind, earth, space, and fire.

12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Museum Courtyard Stage

Pacific Zheng Ensemble
Incorporating an innovative combination of Chinese and Western influences, this local troupe of musicians and dancers performs classical and folk music of China.

2:45 p.m.–3:40 p.m.
Museum Courtyard Stage

Storytelling

Eth-Noh-Tec
Eth-Noh-Tec presents Asian and Asian American stories, mythologies, and folk tales by blending elements of music, spoken word, and dance.

10:45 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
1:45 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall

Alidz & Areni Agbabian
This multitalented mother-daughter duo transports you along the ancient Silk Route stretching from India to Sicily with music and stories of many lands.

12:15 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall

Art-Making Workshops

Chinoiserie Chapeau with Marni Gittleman
Fashion your own unique hat from popular images inspired by Middle and Far Eastern art. Transform brown bags into hip headgear finished in a collage of contemporary images that reflect the trends and traditions of East and West.

10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

Fashion a Fan with Angel Kwan
Keep cool with your own folded fan decorated with Chinese characters or Chinese-inspired drawings. European folding fans were inspired by prototypes brought home by traders, missionaries, and sailors returning from China and Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries.

10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

Create a Frame
Decorate a picture frame using multicolored and patterned paper for your favorite postcard-sized art.

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

Create and Send Your Own Postcard
Create a souvenir of your visit to the Getty Museum using postcards, paintbrush pens, and stamps. We will mail your postcard anywhere in the world!

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

Strolling Performers

The Northern Shaolim Kung Fu Association
Enjoy martial arts and Chinese Lion and Dragon dancing by the Northern Shaolim Kung Fu Association, which has been teaching and performing in Los Angeles since 1973.

10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
noon–12:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m.
3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
Getty Center grounds