(1) Artist James Rojas builds his interactive art piece "Santa Monica Off the Grid" during the 2nd Annual Senior and Intergenerational Arts Festival: Celebration of Life at Palisades Park on Saturday, October 3, 2009. (2) Oren Cooper, 88, retired IBM Art Director, paints the Santa Monica Pier at Palisades Park during Intergenerational Arts Festival. (3,4) Members from the Los Angeles Taiko Center perform and teach a workshop at Palisades Park during the 2nd Annual Senior and Intergenerational Arts Festival on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
Included in the 2nd Annual Celebration of Life festival are a wide range of multicultural and intergenerational arts experiences to include exhibitions, demonstrations and interactive workshops. This year the afternoon’s activities have a special focus on drumming. Participants made colorful drums, watched Japanese fusion, Tahitian and other drumming performances and took part in drum circles to close out the day.
Throughout the day there was workshops in intergenerational story telling, bookmaking, creative writing, acting, improv, collage, and creative movement, to name a few. In addition, there was blue grass music and ballet folklorico performances along with a full range of demonstrations in calligraphy, poetry, creative urban planning and interactive art demonstrations by the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The festival was free to the community.
Additional Celebration of Life partnering agencies include Santa Monica College’s Emeritus College, UCLA Healthcare 50 Plus, Santa Monica Family YMCA, and Virginia Avenue Project.
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