This Saturday June 8 at Getty Center - Renaissance Family Festival

One of our greatest delights of living in Los Angeles is enjoying the periodic family festivals at both the Getty Villa and Getty Center.  For the same parking cost of $15 for the day, you can enjoy special art workshops and special dance, music, drama, or story-telling performances related to the theme of the family festivals which is usually inspired by one of the special exhibits.  It does get more crowded, but well worth a visit on these special days.  Don't forget your address book if you wish to have your own specially-created "wish you were here" postcards sent by Getty Center to any part of the world :)

Little known is the fact I learned from a security staff near the taxi stand:  the first hour of parking is free.  You can drop off passengers inside the parking structure.  According to the link below, if you wish to visit both the Getty Villa and Getty Center on the same day, you can now "pay once, park twice" with your $15 parking.  I haven't tried that myself, so find out what parking evidence you need for the second museum.  Remember that Getty Center is closed on Mondays and Getty Villa is closed on Tuesdays.  Parking after 5pm is $10 and Getty Center is open till 9pm on Saturday and Sundays.  Getty Villa always closes at 5pm.

Check changes in visiting hours and parking policy at:
http://www.getty.edu/visit/hours/index.html#parking

This Saturday's festival is inspired by the exhibit on "The Gardens of the Renaissance."  In addition to their permanent exhibits, these are their current exhibits and their closing dates.  Enjoy your family day of  fun learning there this Saturday!

		Gardens of the Renaissance May 28–August 11, 2013
		In Focus: Ed Ruscha April 9–September 29, 2013
		Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990 April 9–July 21, 2013
		Japan's Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto March 26–August 25, 2013
		Looking East: Rubens's Encounter with Asia March 5–June 9, 2013
		The Life of Art: Context, Collecting, and Display February 7, 2012–Ongoing

	Brigid's Daughter

Family Festival Celebrating Gardens of the Renaissance

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Admission: Free; no reservations required.

Celebrate the Gardens of the Renaissance in this free daylong family festival. Create a garden of your very own or fashion a floral wreath at one the interactive workshops. Delight in the sounds of madrigals from the 15th and 16th centuries or listen to tales of distant kingdoms with renowned storytellers.

Ad Hoc Consort

COURTYARD STAGE

Ad Hoc Consort
10:30–11:15 a.m. and 2:30–3:15 p.m.
The Ad Hoc Consort is an eclectic group of musicians that enjoy playing and performing music from the Renaissance and medieval periods on instruments from those eras. Recorders, krumhorns, sackbuts, viols, shawms, and serpents make up what you'll see. Come experience the true sounds of the English Renaissance! 

Brigid's Daughter
Noon–12:45 p.m. and 3:45–4:30 p.m. 
Brigid's Daughters features Colleen Russell, Stephanie Molen, and friends. Dressed in beautiful Italian gowns, these performers set to entertain and delight you with music written in the Renaissance era in six different languages. 

	Country Garden Dancers

Country Garden Dancers
1:15–2:00 p.m. and 5:00–5:45 p.m.
A high-energy troop of English country dancers performs leaps and lifts in a swirling flash of color and sound. Join these lively lads and lasses in a step or two. 

MUSEUM LECTURE HALL

Flower Fairies: A Bouquet of Tales
1:00–1:45 p.m. and 3:30–4:15 p.m.
Storyteller David Prather employs a flowering humor, cultivated wit, and budding audience participation to bring flower-centric stories to full bloom! 


WORKSHOPS
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Garden of Crafted Delights with Asuka Hisa (Museum Courtyard)
Create a Renaissance garden full of original floral and vegetal works of art in this site-specific participatory workshop. 

Floral Frames (Museum Courtyard) 
Use floral-pattern paper, botanic stencils, and tissue paper to create flowers to decorate a frame to display your postcard-sized art. 

Postcards (GRI Lawn) 
Create your own work of art using rubber stamps with floral patterns. We will mail your postcard anywhere in the world! 

Renaissance Wreath with Marianne Sadowski (Museum Courtyard)
Create a beautiful wreath adorned with fresh flowers and then parade around the festival grounds in all your glory.