Family Festival 2024
- Dates
- Saturday 15 June 2024
Sunday 16 June 2024 - Place
- The Jardin D'acclimatation and The Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Hours
- 10.a.m - 6.p.m
The Fondation Louis Vuitton, in partnership with the Jardin d’Acclimatation amusement park, is pleased to announce the fourth Family Festival! During this weekend of creativity and fun, the Fondation, the Frank Gehry building, the "Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colors, 1949-2015" and Matisse, "The Red Studio" exhibitions and the Jardin become a playground for children and their families. Concerts, art workshops, live shows, hip-hop dance, storytelling walks and sports – a thousand ways to play, experiment, explore, try and taste new things.
From the terraces to the Jardin, via the Auditorium or the Galleries, guided by your children, enjoy an eclectic program. Come and spend a joyful and surprising day with poetic shows, outdoor yoga classes, a collaborative and evolving performance and a concert in the Auditorium! Toddlers are not forgotten with a dedicated program: workshop, baby courses and relaxation area.
ADMISSION
Child: €8 for one day
Adult: €18 for one day
Family admission: 2 adults + 4 children: €46
Free for children under 3
Free for the members of the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Tickets are good for one full day of access to all Festival activities as well as the Fondation exhibition and the Jardin d’Acclimatation amusement park.
Le programme
WORKSHOPS
Families
WORKSHOP: “Windmill”
WEST TERRACE - FONDATION
Around the architecture of the Fondation building
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
A workshop to discover the different materials used in the building designed by Frank Gehry: stone, Ductal® concrete, wood, steel and glass. Look up, observe the glass sails and play with the wind!
Ages 0 to 2 years
WORKSHOP: “Floating Garden”
Saturday and Sunday at 10.15 a.m., 11.15 a.m., 12.15 a.m., 2.15 p.m., 3.15 p.m., 4.15 p.m. and 5.15 p.m.
Koralie is fascinated by nature, by the infinitely large effect that a landscape with infinitely small details can create, like the observation of phyllotaxis, nature’s very consistent way of arranging the leaves on the twig of a tree or the stem of a plant. This immersive, three-dimensional space is for exploring, a place where shapes, materials and colours coexist: small mountains, large leaves, structures, soft, hard, shiny components, that let little ones surround themselves in this imaginary nature and handle the smallest details.
A mille formes production / City of Clermont-Ferrand
Ages 0 to 2 years
“BINGO!” PLAY AREA
CENTRAL TERRACE - FONDATION
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
In this colourful, geometric play space, youngsters and their parents are guided in the world of artist Alice Guillier’s graphic composition: a set of giant, soft, flexible dominoes lies on the floor to be explored in endless ways, through observation, handling, play or rest. A memory to compose, recompose and slide into place. Triangles and squares, lines and colours, the elements intersect, combine and join together for an immersive visit in an environment that changes as the pieces are moved, mixed and matched.
A mille formes production / City of Clermont-Ferrand
Ages 4 to 12
WORKSHOP: “Screen printing”
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Create your own Festival poster and experiment with the screen-printing technique.
Ages 4 to 12
WORKSHOP: “Resources”
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Around the "Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colours, 1949-2015" and "Matisse: The Red Studio" exhibitions
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Paper weaving joins, constructs and assembles while remaining supple. Working with volumes, creating gently curved, repetitive shapes, are reminiscent of the poetry of Frank Gehry's building, free, floating and flexible.
With colourful elements of past exhibitions and architecture, designer Flora Koel’s workshop echoes the artists on display in the mixture of colours and infinite exploration of shapes: the red of Matisse, the blue of Kelly and the green of the Family Festival.
Ages 4 to 12
WORKSHOP: “CoColor”
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Discover CoColor, the method created by painter Rosy Lamb, inspired by her practice of mixing oil paints. Accept the artist’s challenges: Can you make Ellsworth Kelly’s rainbow using just three coloured pencils? How about creating the true shade of red you see in Matisse's The Red Studio?
Ages 4 to 12
WORKSHOP: “AROUND THE RED STUDIO”
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
The workshop, designed by illustrator Laura Giraud, is a chance to use stencils and paint to compose one’s own artist’s studio in homage to Matisse's The Red Studio.
TOURS
Around the "Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colours, 1949-2015", "Matisse: The Red Studio", and "The Collection: A Sports Meeting" exhibitions
GALERIES - FONDATION
Families
MUSICAL SHORT TOURS by FRÀNCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS
Saturday at 3.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m.
Join musician François Marry in Gallery 4, where he improvises musical moments, inspired by the rooms and works surrounding him, and talks with the audience.
Ages 0 to 2 years
BABY TOUR: Baby Explorers
Saturday and Sunday every hour from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2.00 to 5.30 p.m.
How should you start getting babies interested in art? Gently and by using the senses, with the help of a Cultural Guide!
Ages 2 to 5
STORYTELLING TOUR: “The Olympiad of Colours”
Saturday and Sunday every hour from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2.00 to 5.30 p.m.
Follow the Cultural Guide through the Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colors, 1949-2015 and The Collection, A Sports Meeting exhibitions. This journey is an invitation to observe shapes, colours, lines and space. Through their senses and emotions, children discover the works in entertaining and exciting ways.
Age 6 and up
CONTEMPLATIVE TOUR: “The Colour Crossing”
Saturday and Sunday every hour from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2.00 to 5.30 p.m.
FAMILIES
FUN SHORT TOURS
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
A Cultural Guide leads you through the Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colours, 1949-2015, Matisse, The Red Studio, and The Collection: A Sports Meeting exhibitions so that families can joyfully and playfully discover these works.
Around the architecture of the Fondation Louis Vuitton building
TERRACES - FONDATION
Ages 2 to 5
STORYTELLING TOUR: "Amazing Building"
Through nursery rhymes and children’s tales (in French), families can follow the adventures of a little falcon flying over the Fondation in search of the building’s amazing secrets.
Travel with him through history to meet the natural elements that inhabit this place – wind, seeds, sun, water – that will help you unravel the mysteries of this enchanted architecture.
Saturday and Sunday every hour from 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.30 to 6.00 p.m.
Families
ARCHITECTURE SHORT TOURS
Saturday and Sunday every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Learn about equilibrium and space, dynamic forces and tensions, colours and clarity, solid and see-through as you uncover the secrets of Frank Gehry’s architecture.
Families
GAME: “Search and Find...”
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Discover the secrets of the work Where the Slaves Live by Adrian Villar Rojas! Solve the riddles and find the hidden objects.
LIVE SHOWS AND CONCERTS
6 months and up
SHOW: “The Little Train of Dreams”
AUDITORIUM - FONDATION
Length: 30 mins
Saturday at 10.15 a.m., 11.15 a.m. and 12.15 a.m.
Sunday at 10.15 a.m. and 11.15 a.m.
Imagined by Les Souffleurs and storyteller François Debas, The Little Train of Dreams takes the audience on an inspiring educational journey in a blend of storytelling and music (in French).
Ages 6 to 12
SHOW: “EKLA” – Turnsteak
AUDITORIUM - FONDATION
Length: 50 mins
Saturday at 2.00 p.m., 3.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m.
Sunday at 12.45 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.
Ekla! came to be when four artists joined forces to merge their three disciplines: folded paper, animation and electronic music. Imagine a larger-than-life pop-up book onto which this adventure is projected, with an exciting soundtrack, played live.
The electronic music duo Turnsteak explores immersive and astounding graphic worlds, taking us inside a magical book. Each page reveals paper sculptures, inhabited by beings of shadow and light and colourful architecture.
In a display that is both poetic and experimental, watch the birth of a single line on an empty space, which then evolves, morphs and dances until it leaves the frame. From that point on, it leads us down many paths through our imaginations.
Families
CONCERT: BRASS BAND
Saturday at 12.30 a.m.
La Grande Fabrique Orchestrale Junior, a group of around twenty teenagers from Aubervilliers, La Courneuve and Villepinte, have been learning to play an instrument in a brass band since 2021. Accompanied by professional musicians, they revisit the classics of second line funk music from New Orleans – along with music from the Maghreb and the French and British Caribbean – with extraordinary inspiration and energy!
Families
CONCERT: FRÀNCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS
Musical short tours on Saturday at 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Closing concert on Sunday at 5 p.m.
Originally from the French city of Saintes, François Marry moved to Bristol, England, in 2003, where he began his musical journey. He first worked solo, then enlisted several French friends and together they formed the group Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains, whose first album – The People To Forget – was released in 2005. The group attracted increasing attention, finally earning broad international recognition by joining the ranks of the illustrious English label Domino starting with the album E Volo Love (2011). Next to be released were the albums Piano Ombre (2014), Solide Mirage (2017) and Banane Bleue (2021). In 2018, François Marry – under the pseudonym Frànçois Atlas – released Les Fleurs du Mal, a solo album transposing Baudelaire's famous poetic collection into music.
Access will be available to those who purchased tickets for the Family Festival on Sunday, June 16.
Tickets can be reserved for the concert only, here.
SPORTS
6 to 12 years
CLIMBING
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
An 8-metre climbing boulder is available all day for children to enjoy. During the Festival, everyone will have a chance to learn about this sport at their own pace!
4 to 12 years
ACROYOGA
Saturday and Sunday at 10.15 a.m., 11.15 a.m. and 12.15 a.m.
Mélanie Lo offers families a joyful and gentle introduction to acroyoga. This practice is central to three traditions – yoga, acrobatics and Thai massage – and involves being in pairs, one parent and one child, to perform various balancing postures that develop strength and self-confidence. Participants will learn to synchronise their breathing and will be introduced to safe and fun lifting techniques for the whole family.
Families
COURS DE DANSE
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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Families
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE: “The Wind Blows”
JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Throughout the weekend, contribute to the Flashabous forest imagined by designer Elise Fouin.
Elise Fouin invites you to wander, relax and observe in an enchanted forest. The wind blows and makes this forest filled with “Flashabous” sparkle and come alive, like a woodland of jewels.
FOOD TRUCKS
Saturday and Sunday nonstop from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Come to the Jardin to snack on homemade fries from the solidarity and integration restaurant Le Récho, traditional hot-dog pretzels or a smoked-carrot version from SO6, crispy chicken or pad thai from Holi thaï, and cool off naturally with organic craft ice cream from La Tropicale Glacier.