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
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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
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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
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