24th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts

Paramount Pictures Studio
5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 871-ARTS
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Noon – 4:30 p.m.
Ages: All
Cost: FREE
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This weekend, check out the 24th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts on Sunday, August 9, 2009 from Noon – 4:30 p.m. at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot, 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Celebrate arts and culture and bring the entire family to enjoy this FREE Festival where you will see Mally Lewis and Lamb Chop along with a full lineup of diverse children’s entertainment. An assortment of art workshops with professional artists will provide children the opportunity to create their own art pieces to take home, including Balinese flying angels, beaded bracelets, Chinese scrolls, sand mandalas, masks, trading cards, puppets, and more! Look for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck from Six Flags Magic Mountain, along with $2 face painting and food for purchase.

Entertainment:

12:15 PM Tom Bozigian Trio of Armenian Song & Dance

1:00 PM UCLA Kyodo Taiko

1:45 PM Mally Lewis and Lamb Chop

2:30 PM Concrete River Drum & Native American Dancers

3:15 PM Russian Entertainment Unlimited

4:00 PM Mariachi Camarillo

Arts and Crafts:

12:00 – 2:00 “Balinese Flying Guardian Angels” with Marta Feinstein

12:00 – 2:00 “Multicultural Trading Cards” with Howard Marshall

1:00 – 3:00 “Chinese Scrolls” with Patty Sue Jones

1:00 – 3:00 “Beaded Bracelets” with Imani

2:00 – 4:00 “Sand Mandalas” with Nicola Vruwink

2:30 – 4:30 “Wearable Art Shakers” with Gayle Gale

The festival is presented by the Hollywood Arts Council and is sponsored in part by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Paramount Pictures, Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council, ABC 7, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Discover Hollywood Magazine, East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, Sunset Gower + Sunset Bronson Studios, Larry and Laura Worchell, Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council, Kaiser Permanente- Los Angeles Medical Center, Handelman Consulting, Inc., Council President Eric Garcetti, Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Utrecht Art Supplies, and Barnsdall Arts.
The Hollywood Arts Council is a community-based organization founded in 1978 to promote, nurture, and support the arts in Hollywood.

Paramount Studios is located at 5555 Melrose Avenue between Van Ness Avenue and Gower Street. Enter at Bronson Gate, where there will be ample free parking on site.