FREE ALL DAY!

Enjoy a day of martial art activities and demonstrations. This month we are honored to partner with the internationally known Martial Arts Museum.

Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES:

Strike a pose, have your picture taken, and decorate a frame to go with it!

Make your own fun action figure out of clay.

Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Make a karate figure out of origami paper.

SCHEDULE:

11 AM: Doors open

11 AM - 4 PM: A photo exhibition about the history of martial arts! Presented by the Martial Arts Museum

12 - 2 PM: Try on an inflatable sumo suit and do battle

12 - 4 PM: Come watch an exciting interactive play about the history of martial arts that includes demonstrations and a Hollywood stunt show spectacular! Presented by the Martial Arts Museum.

12:30 PM: Take a beginner’s karate workshop with Tenshin-Kai (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 25 children)

1 - 4 PM: Kidding Around the Kitchen will be helping our martial artist to chop up a rainbow of assorted veggies with a delicious homemade dip to fuel our young martial arts heroes with some kung food dippers

2:30 PM: Take a beginner Tai Chi workshop with Tenshin-Kai (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 25 children)

3 PM: Watch an Iaido and Aikido demonstration by the Aikido Center Los Angeles

4 PM: Doors close

ABOUT OUR FRIENDS:
Martial Arts Museum
The Martial Arts History Museum is an educational facility designed to inform children and visitors about the history, art, culture and music surrounding Asian forms of martial arts. The museum creates a bridge between Eastern and Western cultures and examines how Asian traditions became part of American history and how it continues to influences our films, animation and everyday life.

For more information about Martial Arts Museum, visit www.martialartsmuseum.com/.

Tenshin-Kai
Grandmaster Hirakawa has an extensive knowledge of the martial arts, including dan rankings in Karate, Aikido, Judo, Iaido and weaponry. His studies in the martial arts span more than 30 years and include over 23 years of teaching in the United States. After receiving certification as a Taichi master, Grand Master Hirakawa founded Tenshin-kai in 1994.

For more information about Tenshin-Kai, visit tenshin-kai.com/.

Aikido Center of Los Angeles
The Aikido Center of Los Angeles is dedicated to practicing Aikido and Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido as traditional Japanese martial arts.

The Dojo was established in 1974 by Reverend Kensho Furuya, Aikido 6th Dan and Iaido 6th Dan Kyoshi. Furuya Sensei was a direct student of the late Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba and trained at the Aikido World Headquarters Hombu Dojo in 1969. We are directly affiliated with the Aikido World Headquarters, Hombu Dojo Aikikai.

The Dojo is also the Headquarters for the Los Angeles Sword and Swordsmanship Society, which is dedicated to the study of Japanese swords and the discipline of Japanese swordsmanship, Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido and Toyama Ryu Iaido.

For more information about the Aikido Center of Los Angeles, visit: www.aikidocenterla.com/.

Kidding Around The Kitchen
It is such a common problem in today's world that families rarely get to eat together anymore.

Kidding Around the Kitchen shows that families can make and eat food together without a lot of fuss or a huge time commitment. The family food demo helps families with tips on smarter shopping, fun recipe ideas, advice on how to incorporate healthier choices when possible and advice on how to delegate tasks in an age-appropriate way. This family food demo is a “how to” get everyone involved in the family meal.

Kidding Around the Kitchen is for families that have full plates in life as well as wanting a full plate of food to enjoy together. It's about time well spent. You'll see your kids get a “we did it attitude!!” This family food demo works on the try it premises all while empowering the kids and family. If we can do it, so can you!!

Kidding Around the Kitchen is an adventure in fun, food and family. We are not only making food, we are making memories.

For more information on Kidding Around The Kitchen, visit: www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com

Clowns4All.com
Clowns4all.com offers clowns with a gentle look to present a fun & interactive comedy birthday party show and company event picnics. We now offer a wide variety of interactive entertainment, stage shows and party related rentals. We are here to help make your next event memorable with our skilled entertainment.

For more information about, visit: Clowns4All.com/.

2010 TARGET FAMILY FREE SATURDAY SCHEDULE
November 13 – Fall Into Fall

December 11 – Fold, Crease, and Crinkle

FREE ALL DAY!

Help us celebrate fall with tons of exciting and fun crafts and activities for everyone! Please check back for more program details.

Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES:

Make some noise by constructing a gobbling turkey using simple and surprising materials!

Add your personal touch to the Thanksgiving table by making placemats and a decorative centerpiece.

Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold an origami turkey—gobble gobble!

SCHEDULE:
11 AM - Doors open

1 PM – 25 Stories: A Weaving Workshop for Kids. To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection, educator/artist Cameron Taylor-Brown will lead a weaving workshop for kids (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 15 children. Ages 5 and up, must be accompanied by an adult.)

1 - 4 PM - Kidding Around the Kitchen will be celebrating the fall with these “corny” Thanksgiving cookies

3 PM – 25 Stories: A Weaving Workshop for Kids. To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection, educator/artist Cameron Taylor-Brown will lead a weaving workshop for kids (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 15 children. Ages 5 and up, must be accompanied by an adult.)

4 PM - Doors close

ABOUT OUR FRIENDS:
Cameron Taylor-Brown
Cameron Taylor-Brown has immersed herself in the worlds of fiber, education and commerce since the 1970s. She studied fiber art at the University of California, Berkley with artist Ed Rossbach and textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. She worked in New York City as a stylist of upholstery and home furnishing fabrics, taught textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science and worked as an exhibition curator. Since 1985, Taylor-Brown has lived in Los Angeles where she maintains a studio and is active in several arts organizations. She was a founding board member of the Textile Group of Los Angeles, is President of California Fibers, and is a board member of Designing Weavers.

Her artwork is widely exhibited and has been published in American Craft, Fiberarts, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot and the Fiberarts Design Books Four, Five, Six and Seven . She travels Southern California and Arizona as the regional representative for several top yarn companies, including Rowan, Filatura de Crosa and Manos del Uruguay. An experienced teacher and facilitator, she conducts workshops throughout the country exploring design, color, creativity and the collaborative process.

Cameron Taylor-Brown is a founder of ACCESS Community Arts & Education, a consulting partnership that works with classroom teachers and artists to make direct connections between the arts, curriculum, educational content standards and community arts experiences. Two accessARTS models, Start with Art and Arts in the City , were developed with the support of California State Charter School Grants. These classroom-tested models were disseminated throughout the state of California in 2004-5.

To find out more about Cameron’s workshops or to see her work, visit www.camerontaylor-brown.com/#/.

Kidding Around The Kitchen
It is such a common problem in today's world that families rarely get to eat together anymore.

Kidding Around the Kitchen shows that families can make and eat food together without a lot of fuss or a huge time commitment. The family food demo helps families with tips on smarter shopping, fun recipe ideas, advice on how to incorporate healthier choices when possible and advice on how to delegate tasks in an age-appropriate way. This family food demo is a “how to” get everyone involved in the family meal.

Kidding Around the Kitchen is for families that have full plates in life as well as wanting a full plate of food to enjoy together. It's about time well spent. You'll see your kids get a “we did it attitude!!” This family food demo works on the try it premises all while empowering the kids and family. If we can do it, so can you!!

Kidding Around the Kitchen is an adventure in fun, food and family. We are not only making food, we are making memories.

For more information on Kidding Around The Kitchen, visit: www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com

2010 TARGET FAMILY FREE SATURDAY SCHEDULE
December 11 – Fold, Crease, and Crinkle

FREE ALL DAY!

Enjoy a day of family fun with origami activities, workshops, and demonstrations. Please check back for more program details.

Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES:

Going green! Paper folding can be found all around you, sometimes in unexpected places! Make an origami creation using a variety of reused and recycled paper that we’ve found around the museum.

Fold and snip your way to a kirigami* creation.

Make pencils distinctively yours by wrapping them in Japanese washi paper.

Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Make a decorative lantern ornament to display in the perfect spot!

*Kirigami a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper

SCHEDULE:
11 AM - Doors open

11 AM – 4 PM – A special display of Won Park’s amazing money origami

11 AM - 4 PM – Drop in Origami Workshop with the Origami Artists

1:00 PM -- Girligami's Cindy Ng returns to the museum to teach us more of her fun and unique origami

1 PM - 4 PM – Kidding Around the Kitchen will help all our young friends make their own lettuce wraps with delicious filling to make a beautiful folded treat

2 PM – Special Won Park origami workshop (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 10)

3 PM – Special Won Park origami workshop (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 10)

4 PM - Doors close

ABOUT OUR FRIENDS:
Won Park
Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the “money folder”, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill. Bending, twisting, and folding, Won Park creates life-like shapes inspired by objects living and not– both in stunning detail.

For more information about Won Park or to see some of his past work, visit orudorumagi11.deviantart.com.

Origami Artists
We are all members of Origami USA. We attend and teach at various origami conventions and functions, such as the Japanese Garden in Long Beach and Van Nuys, several libraries, Japanese Festivals, County Fairs, and other events.

Girligami by Cindy Ng
Origami is fun. But there’s a limit on how many origami cranes anyone can use in a lifetime. Fortunately, Girligami is here, ready to show cool crafters how to fold outside the box! 20 adorable, all-new designs are perfect for anyone who loves fashion, friends, and folding. Oooh, look! Little shoes! Purses! Clothing! Adorable animals! Valentine hearts! Fortune-tellers! More! More! More! Each project comes with step-by-step directions plus preprinted origami papers to tear out and fold. A separate chapter shows great ways to use the origami crafts, like turning them into earrings and necklaces or adding them to cards and gifts.

For more information about Girligami or Cindy Ng, visit For more information, visit www.girligami.com /.

Kidding Around The Kitchen
It is such a common problem in today's world that families rarely get to eat together anymore.

Kidding Around the Kitchen shows that families can make and eat food together without a lot of fuss or a huge time commitment. The family food demo helps families with tips on smarter shopping, fun recipe ideas, advice on how to incorporate healthier choices when possible and advice on how to delegate tasks in an age-appropriate way. This family food demo is a “how to” get everyone involved in the family meal.

Kidding Around the Kitchen is for families that have full plates in life as well as wanting a full plate of food to enjoy together. It's about time well spent. You'll see your kids get a “we did it attitude!!” This family food demo works on the try it premises all while empowering the kids and family. If we can do it, so can you!!

Kidding Around the Kitchen is an adventure in fun, food and family. We are not only making food, we are making memories.

For more information on Kidding Around The Kitchen, visit: www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com