2015 Target Free First Sunday: Bowers Museum Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival (Live Taiko, Koto, Dance, etc..)NEW

The Bowers Museum invites you to bring your family to the museum for a free afternoon of cultural fun! This month's spotlight shines on the music, dance, arts, and food of Japan and it starts with the free 1st Sunday admission to the Bowers Museum Japanese Cherry Blossom Family Festival.

Date
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Huang Sculpture Garden
11-3:30 pm
• Face painting, Fish Prints and Cherry Blossom Water Color painting art projects
• Bonsai Display by Kofu Bonsai Kai Club

John M. Lee Court
12:00 pm Nihon Buyo: the classical dance of Japan performed by Hanaygi Rokufumi
12:30 pm Koto: (13-string zither) Performed by Saeko Kujiraoka
1:30 pm Intermission
1:45 pm Shamisen: (percussive lute) performed by Mike Penny
2:30 pm Taiko: (folk drumming) performed by Taiko Center of Los Angeles
3:00 pm Japanese folk dance performed by Hanaygi Rokufumi

Free admission to WHERE ENDS MEET: A Retrospective of Works by Nancy Ravenhall Johnson; TREASURES OF VERA CRUZ and to permanent exhibitions including: Sacred Realms: Temple Murals by Shashi Dhoj Tulachan; Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands; California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos; Vision of the Shaman, Song of the Priest; California: The Golden Years; Ancient Arts of China.

KIDSEUM is FREE and OPEN 10 AM – 4 PM
HIGH-TECH & INTERACTIVE FOCUS on ART & ARCHAEOLOGY
• Face Painting, Cherry Blossom Scrolls and Koi Fish Kites art projects

Join Master Storyteller, Miss Cynthia, for presentations at:
10:30 AM The Rhino who Swallowed a Storm Written by LeVar Burton
11:30 AM The Coyote and the Colorado River (Native American)
1:30 PM Tikki Tikki Tembo (China) Written by Arlene Mosel
2:30 PM How the Tortoise Got Her Shell (The Greedy Farmer)
3:30 PM The Empty Pot (China)
The Kidseum is located 2 blocks south of the Bowers Museum at 1802 N. Main Street

For more information, contact 714.567.3600