Community Programs

Gauguin & Polynesia Community Day March 10, 2012 10 am–3 pm Entire Building

FREE TICKETS TO GAUGUIN AND POLYNESIA FOR THE FIRST 400 PEOPLE IN LINE AT HAMMERING MAN AT 10 A.M.

Join us for a fun-filled celebration of Polynesian art and culture that the whole family can enjoy. Activities include art making, tours, dancing and live music.

• Te Fare O Tamatoa presents Tahitian dancing and drumming performances by Te’a rama, including a Marquesan haka (a Polynesian traditional welcome) with performances at 10:30 am and 1:45 pm in South Hall, and 11 am and 2 pm in the Plestcheef Auditorium.

• Live performance by Rouge featuring French café music , evoking France’s cobblestone streets for the modern ear in South Hall at 12:30 pm.

• Learn how to speak French with lessons from the French Immersion School of Washington and the French American School of Puget Sound

• All day art making activities will include: paper leis, Polynesian-inspired printmaking, tiki masks, mixed media postcards, and landscape pastels.

• Learn Polynesian dances with a lesson from Na Hanu `O Ku`uleialoha at noon in the Arnold Board Room.