SATURDAY – Los Angeles State Historic Park
Join us TODAY at the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the 3rd Annual Community & Unity Peoples Kite Festival, hosted by Clockshop! This exciting cultural event is a celebration of diversity and unity in the city of Los Angeles, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy a day of kite-flying and connection in this beautiful public green space.
This free, family-friendly festival will offer a variety of activities, including flying kites, art-making workshops, and meeting local community organizations. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn new flying techniques from Kite Masters and marvel at the “gallery in the sky.” It’s a great opportunity to spend quality time with your family and friends, while also exploring the natural environment.
Each year Clockshop commissions an artist to design unique kites that will be unveiled at the event. This year’s artist, Misa Chhan, explores natural dyes and fibers as a medium to engage with and learn from the natural world. Chhan’s kites remind us that when we begin to see land as a community rather than a commodity, we learn to value it with more love and respect. Learn more about Chhan’s design below under ‘Kite Artists.’
Check out a video of Chhan’s ‘Land is Kin’ kite here.
Clockshop is commissioning photographer Mathew Scott to help tell your Park Stories. Scott will speak with Angelenos to learn what public parks mean to them, and why they’re worth protecting.
Community & Unity Peoples Kite Festival is designed as a community celebration honoring the communities surrounding LASHP that fought for and stewarded this public parkland, recognizing their resilience, cultural histories, and aspirations. Clockshop believes that when we join in the community we can inspire one another to steward public land for future generations, especially as spaces like LA State Historic Park encounter ongoing threats from private developers. At last year’s festival, audiences described the afternoon as “Happy, generative, spirited, inclusive, joyful, multi-generational” and “culturally diverse.” “I loved that people were looking up, not down,” one attendee reflected, “it brought joy in children and adults alike.”
For additional information, visit the website @
clockshop.org/project/clockshops-kite-festival
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