Dates: Saturdays and Sundays, May 23–September 6, 2009
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Center, Museum galleries
Admission: Free; sign-up required.

Get creative with Art Adventures, a one-hour gallery program that’s part tour, part art lesson, and part family teamwork. You’ll join a small group led by a gallery teacher, who will introduce you to a handful of artworks revolving around a theme, such as portraits or artists as storytellers.

Working as a team, your family will use what you see to tackle fun, hands-on drawing, writing, or drama projects that help you look closely and think creatively about works of art. Whether you sketch royalty or script your own dramatic performances, you’ll come away with your own artistic treasure.

How to Participate
Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 1:30 p.m. on the day you’d like to participate. The program is geared for families with children ages 5 and up.

Garden Concerts for Kids 2009
A FREE outdoor music series for families

Dates: Saturdays and Sundays, August 15 & 16, 22 & 23, and 29 & 30, 2009
Time: 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Location: Getty Center, Central Garden
Admission: Free; no reservations required.

Enjoy the best of children’s music in the great outdoors at Garden Concerts for Kids, offering three weekends of kid-tastic, sing-along fun in the Central Garden. Make it an afternoon—come early to browse the galleries, wander the gardens, and enjoy a picnic on the grass.

For more information visit Getty’s website.

Getty museum in Los Angeles holds family activities; story telling, art workshops, and many others.

Family Activities

May 16, 2009
Family Art Stops / Enfoque Artístico
Weekends through May 17, 2009
2 pm, 2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Get up close and personal with a single work of art at this half-hour, hands-on gallery experience geared for families with children ages 5 and up. Ofrecida en español a 2:30 p.m. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk 30 minutes before the start of the program.

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May 17, 2009
Family Storytelling: Carnival, Cops, and a Mystery!
Sunday May 17, 2009
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Join storyteller Makinto as he uncovers an imaginary plot in James Ensor’s colossal painting Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk the day of the program.

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May 23, 2009
Art Adventures for Families
Weekends May 23 – September 6, 2009
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Our one-hour tours for children (ages 5 and up) and adults to enjoy together feature a fun, activity-filled visit to the galleries. Space is limited. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 1:30 p.m. the day of the program.

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May 26, 2009
Family Art Stops
Tuesdays – Fridays May 26 – September 4, 2009
2 pm, 2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Get up close and personal with a single work of art at this half-hour, hands-on gallery experience geared for families with children ages 5 and up. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning 30 minutes before the program.

May 30, 2009
Family Drawing Hour: Put Your Best Face Forward!
Saturday May 30, 2009
3:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Join us for an up-close look at faces in the Getty collection, then try your hand at making an expressive portrait of your own! Space is limited. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 3 p.m. the day of the program.

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May 31, 2009
Family Storytelling: The Three Gifts of Fortune
Sunday May 31, 2009
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Hear Angela Lloyd tell a unique story of luck and fortune inspired by Dosso Dossi’s painting Allegory of Fortune. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk the day of the program.

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July 5, 2009
Family Art Lab: Fabulous Festivities
Weekends July 5 – August 2, 2009
11 am – 3:30 pm
Family Room Patio, Getty Center

Join your children in an outdoor, drop-in workshop designed to exercise the imagination. Visit the galleries and then make your own work of art inspired by what you see! Ofrecida en español.

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August 8, 2009
Family Art Lab: Rain or Shine? Weather in Art
Weekends August 8 – September 6, 2009
11 am – 3:30 pm
Family Room Patio, Getty Center

Join your children in an outdoor, drop-in workshop designed to exercise the imagination. Compare two paintings—one calm, one stormyÑ—and create a dramatic 3-D diorama that showcases your own interpretations of the calm and the storm. Ofrecida en español.

Saturdays and Sundays, August 8–September 6

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August 15, 2009
Garden Concerts for Kids: Recess Monkeys
Weekends August 15 – August 16, 2009
4 pm – 6 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center

Striking a balance between goofy and cerebral, Recess Monkey calls on its audience to evolve along with them. From their original hit Math Vitamin to class-inspired songs like Messy Monday, the trio performs fun tunes about the many topics of a child’s day, from putting on your socks to the troubles with homework.

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August 22, 2009
Garden Concerts for Kids: Trout Fishing in America
Weekends August 22 – August 23, 2009
4 pm – 6 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center

The acoustic duo Trout Fishing in America harbors the uncanny ability to create a full-bodied ensemble sound, using only guitar and bass. The long-standing musical partnership of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet bring their infectious mix of folk/pop and family music, with influences of reggae, Latin, blues, jazz and classical music to the Garden Concerts for Kids series.

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August 29, 2009
Garden Concerts for Kids: Justin Roberts
Weekends August 29 – August 30, 2009
4 pm – 6 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center

As one of the “all-stars” of the indie family music scene, Justin Roberts and his bandmates—The Not Ready for Naptime Players—dish out intelligent and whimsically rocking music for kids and their parents. This summer’s Garden Concerts for Kids series closes with jumping and dancing in the kiddie mosh pit found at nearly every Justin Roberts concert.

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