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Getty + Long Beach Summer Festival
JUNE 4-5: Celebrate the Getty Center's 25th Anniversary at Houghton Park in Long Beach with live music, dance performances, marching bands, interactive workshops, live artmaking, skate demonstrations, food trucks, and an artisan marketplace.
Getty 25 Family Festival at The Getty Center
SEPTEMBER 17-18: This two-day family festival features interactive workshops, dance, live music, spectacular processions, and art experiences selected from diverse and unique communities.
Cรณdice Maya de Mรฉxico: Accordion Book Workshop at The Getty Center
NOVEMBER 6, 13, and DECEMBER 4: Celebrate the oldest book of the Americas by creating your own accordion-style manuscript. Learn more about Indigenous bookmaking materials and the zigzag folding structure unique to ancient Mesoamerican books.
Family Festival: Nubia at the Getty Villa
MARCH 4-5: Discover the rich traditions of Nubian culture in this free, interactive festival for all ages. Immerse yourself in the sounds and dance of the region and create your own amulets and jewelry.
Xerox Art Making Workshop at The Getty Center
JUNE 10: Create your own Xerox art! Learn how to use copy machines, collage, and color to express yourself.
Family Floralia Workshop at the Getty Villa
SELECT DATES, APRIL 1 - JUNE 17: To celebrate the ancient season of Floraliaโwhich honors the Roman goddess Floraโexplore the Villa gardens with your family, discover beautiful flowers, and then make seed balls to bring home and grow a garden of your own.
Family Festival: Medieval Play at the Getty Center
JULY 9: Join the Getty Museum for a fun-filled festival inspired by medieval play and pastimes. Create your own tunic, learn dancing, meet a medieval-breed pony, play games, storm the castle with foam swords and shields, and more.
Family Workshop: Medieval Board Games at the Getty Center
JULY 16, 30, and AUGUST 6: Create your own game board, learn how to play Fox and Geese, a popular pastime of the Middle Ages, and enjoy an afternoon of fun in this free, family workshop.
Light Catcher Family Workshop at the Getty Center
FEB 11 & FEB 25, 2024: Create your own light catcher inspired by the Gettyโs stained glass collection and discover how to make art using light and color.
PST ART + Science Family Festival at La Brea Tar Pits in LA
NOVEMBER 9-11: Kid-Friendly Workshops, Food Trucks, Science Performances and Activations where art & science collide. Enjoy activities like making puppets, your own stop motion, friendship bracelets, building with adobe, and more!
Cosmic Connection: Family Workshop at the Getty Center
NOV 3, 17 and DEC 8, 15: In the Middle Ages, scientists calculated the position of the stars and planets using tools like volvelles (wheel charts) and mechanical astrolabes. Learn more about these fascinating instruments and create a volvelle to discover your medieval zodiac sign, related planet, constellation, and more.
Getty Drawing Day
April 13 and 27: Sketch costumed models, explore figure drawing, and learn from guest artistsโmaterials and guidance provided.
Rainbow Vision: Family Workshop at Getty Center
Select Sundays: Make a spectroscope and bend white light into the seven different colors of the rainbow while exploring the art and science of prisms, light diffraction, and the visible color spectrum.
Garden Concerts For Kids at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
August 2โ17: Dance in the garden during Gettyโs free weekend concert series for kids, featuring music from 123 Andrรฉs, Kymberly Stewart, and Divi Roxx Kids. Shows begin at 4pm.
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day at The Getty Center
OCTOBER 12: Enjoy activities such as a cyanotype workshop, create Tongva clapper sticks, participate in traditional music and dance performances, savor a tasting menu inspired by Indigenous ingredients.
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