Family Festival
Saturday, September 12, 2009
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Celebrate French culture with a day of music, dance, storytelling, and art making inspired by the exhibitions Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes and Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution. Try your hand at art-making workshops, enjoy musical performances, and get carried away by our master storytellers. Free; no reservations required.

Explore the day's program:

		Music and Dance
		Storytelling
		Strolling Performers
		Art-Making Workshops

Music and Dance

Mad Alsacians with Nathalie Broizat and Jason Jenn
Join this accordion-driven combo as they recreate the atmosphere of late-1940s Paris. Dance with performers Broizat and Jenn, who evoke the feeling of a Parisian bal populaire—an occasion for the people to dance in the streets. Encore!
11:00–11:50 a.m.
2:45–3:35 p.m.
Museum Courtyard Stage

Jessica Fichot
Chanteuse and songwriter Jessica Fichot is a lot like her hometown of Paris: French at heart, but with a soul that's truly international. Drawing from her multiethnic French-Chinese-American upbringing, her music fuses styles and languages, taking the listener on a journey beyond the traditional French chanson.
1:00–1:50 p.m.
4:30–5:20 p.m.
Museum Courtyard Stage

Storytelling

David Prather
Stand-up storyteller David Prather draws on themes and imagery from ancient Greek and Roman myths, transforming them with irresistible energy and humor.
10:45–11:30 a.m.
2:00–2:45 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall

Michael Katz
Michael Katz shares touching and humorous tales from the rich French folklore tradition.
12:15–1:00 p.m.
3:45–4:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall

Strolling Performers

Dragon Knights
Marvel at these larger-than-life fantastique creatures directed by French master costumer Valérie Noden.
11:30 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
1:45–2:25 p.m.
3:30–4:10 p.m.
Tram Arrival Plaza

Art-Making Workshops

Le Bronze Atelier
Create a wearable sculpture based on the forms of the sculpture on view in Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution. Layer "bronze" busts, heroes, medallions, and mountains to create your own miniature monument.
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

French Beret Workshop with Ann Closs Farley
Come build your own paper beret by coloring in famous works by artists of the French landscape such as Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

Franco-Frames
Using the French magazine Le Monde 2, decorate a frame to display your postcard-sized art.
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

Paysage Postcards
Inspired by Capturing Nature's Beauty, our current exhibition of landscapes (paysages in French), find inspiration in the garden for your own postcard. We'll mail your card anywhere in the world!
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard

The Family Festival is produced for the J. Paul Getty Museum by Community Arts Resources (CARS).

How to Get Here
The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Los Angeles, California, approximately 12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. See Hours, Directions, Parking for directions and parking information.