PLANNING YOUR DAY
Explore the incredible arts and cultural institutions along Grand Avenue on October 19. Events take place from 11am – 4pm and are free and open to the public, rain or shine.
The Broad
11am – 5pm
Family Weekend Workshops: Encaustic Expressions
Create a painting inspired by Broad collection artist Jasper Johns! Johns often used encaustic painting, which involves colored wax, to take popular symbols, like the American flag, and reimagine them, shifting what those symbols mean. Make your own encaustic painting by using decorating wax, wax sticks, and recycled magazines to shape a work on canvas. Experiment with mixing colors, making shapes, and layering your wax to create different effects on your artwork.
Get inspiration from pre-printed images of popular symbols to give them new meaning. Think about what gives signs and shapes their meaning, and the emotions they evoke. Create new meaning to images by adding color, movement, and depth! And, don’t forget to visit Jasper Johns’s paintings, located on the third floor of the museum.
Center Theatre Group
11am – 4pm
Catch us for a day of fun on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center! Visit our table to spin the wheel for prizes, learn about our programs, and unleash your creativity with hands-on activities.
The Colburn School
11am – 4 pm
Instrument Petting Zoo
Always wanted to play the trumpet, try a flute, or learn the saxophone? Stop by our instrument petting zoo to try an instrument of your choice and get expert advice on getting started in music.
Step Into Dance
Get an up-close look at the shoes that make dance possible, including pointe, tap, and jazz shoes. Selected shoes will be available to try on along with dance costumes for boys and girls of all ages.
Open Sing
Do you like singing in the shower? Then you’ll love singing in a choir! Take your skills to the next level: Colburn’s Choir Director Adrian Dunn leads an open sing workshop for vocalists of all ages.
Creative Dance Sample Class
Children ages 4 to 8 are invited to take a 15-minute Creative Dance class. Guided by a teacher with live percussion accompaniment, children will experiment with movement, improvise, and demonstrate their creativity in a supportive, joyful environment.
Student Performances
Dance and music performances of all kinds take place throughout the day, featuring the talented students of the Colburn School.
Grand Performances
11am – 4pm
Voices in Harmony, featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Voices in Harmony will showcase school and community choirs from throughout SoCal, culminating in a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Audiences will have the chance to participate in some sing-along elements of the performances and learn about Grand Performances’ 38 year legacy in Downtown LA via televisions displaying footage from past concerts.
Gloria Molina Grand Park
11am – 4pm
Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos
Gloria Molina Grand Park will celebrate the opening day of the two weeklong celebration of Día de los Muertos, which honors people, places, and ideas that merit reverence and commemoration. The Park will be a community-oriented space, inviting everyone to contribute to a community altar and to stroll through the park, viewing 20 altars made by professional artists and local organizations. Long-time lecturer and curator Consuelo Flores returns along with a thought–provoking Día de los Muertos community altar reflective of L.A. and inspired by the park’s year–long theme “Reimagine.” In addition, ALOUD | Los Angeles Public Library Foundation will offer live Latin American poetry and performances, hands-on workshops, delicious food trucks, and art activities for all ages.
Los Angeles Master Chorale
11am – 5pm
Come spin the wheel with Los Angeles Master Chorale for your chance to win prizes and goodies, including some complimentary tickets to the Chorale’s GRAMMY Award-winning performances in The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall! Get a chance to meet some of the Chorale’s singers and learn about the amazing music they are creating this season.
LA Opera
11am-4pm
Young Artists Program (YAP) Recitals
Enjoy a live recital of some of opera’s greatest hits, plus highlights from this season’s upcoming productions. Performances are held inside The Music Center’s elegant Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, previously home to the Academy Awards. Join us outside before or after for opera-themed crafts and activities.
LA Phil
11am – 4pm
Join the LA Phil for a day at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring tours, food trucks, musical activities, and more!
Los Angeles Public Library
11am – 4pm
The Children’s Literature Department will host an afternoon program to create sugar skulls and the Octavia Lab will host a creative craft and tours.
METRO ART
Metro Station Underground Art Tour | Metro Grand Av. Arts/Bunker Hill Station |Times TBA
Join Metro Art for an underground tour of the Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill rail
station, which features large scale, site-responsive artworks by Ann Hamilton, Pearl C. Hsiung,
and Mungo Thomson. Tours include insights about the artworks, artists, and art-making processes.
Metro Art Bus | visit grandavearts.org for location information | 11:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m.
The Metro Art Bus brings art to the streets and to Metro riders of all ages, as well as passersby,
in a unique and unexpected way. Metro Art’s Rider Portrait Series is a bright and uplifting visual intervention that honors the personal stories of Metro riders.
MOCA
11am – 4pm
Join for an afternoon of fun for art lovers of all ages with an art marking workshop led by MOCA Educators, environmental sustainability skill building, and music and entertainment on MOCA’s Sculpture Plaza.
The Music Center
11am – 4pm
The Music Center invites Angelenos and visitors of all ages to experience arts engagement activities on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center. The presentation will include music, performance, art-making, visual art, and more. In addition, guests can take a tour The Music Center’s iconic theatres and outdoor spaces, led by Music Center docents.
REDCAT
11am – 4pm
Curator-Led Tours
REDCAT is pleased to offer two curator-led tours of the exhibition All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, with REDCAT Deputy Director and Chief Curator of Visual Arts Daniela Lieja Quintanar and Assistant Curator Talia Heiman. Tours will begin at 11am and 1pm. The gallery will be open from 11am-6pm. Admission is free.
PLUS, SPECIAL SURPRISES ALONG GRAND AVENUE!