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

OTHER FAMILY EVENTS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
January 2, 2011: Oshogatsu Family Festival

January 29, 2011: Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop. It’s Winter: Hurry, Let’s Make Some Curry!

March 26, 2011: Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop: Spring Rolls into JANM!

May 28: Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop: WOK and ROLL Family Cooking Adventure

2011 TARGET FAMILY FREE SATURDAY SCHEDULE
February 12:Candy Land

March 12: Construction Zone

May 14 Wild Things

June 11: Take It to the Street

July 09: Once Upon A Time

October 08: Up in the Air

November 12: Planet Power

December 10: That’s a Wrap