This immersive, hands-on session will combine traditional art & design techniques practised by commercial artists and designers before the introduction of computer generated art. Techniques covered will include cut and paste, creating collage compositions, using texture, color, text & imagery from magazines, Surface Printing with cardboard and paper shapes and colored construction papers, Image manipulation/Modification with magazine/book images, Image transfer with packing tape and contact paper. Emphasis will be on process and experimentation.

Participants will explore relief printing through the creation of linocut block prints. We will look at the work of other printmakers, discuss technique, historical context, and materials and apply these in our own work. Participants will also be introduced to different materials with an in depth explanation of the proper use of these to get the best results. By the final class, participants will have a small edition completed.

This is a beginning ceramics class for individual students who are interested in acquiring knowledge and skills in clay. Students will be introduced to basic aspect of traditional hand building techniques such as pinch, coil, slab, and carved objects to create sculptural and functional ceramics.

This workshop empowers participants to embrace the spirit of guerrilla photography as a form of creative resistance and spontaneous expression in the streets of Los Angeles. Participants – in small groups or individually – use the urban landscape for interventions, challenging the conventional boundaries of street photography and engaging with the urban landscape in innovative and unexpected ways. Participants are encouraged to be bold and fearless in their approach.

Students will be required to use their own digital camera and equipment.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to build a loom and weave a mini rug? This might be the class you seek. Students will learn the history of weaving in the American southwest and the techniques and tools used in this ancient practice.

This creative writing class will explore recent trends in contemporary fiction writing, from autofiction to realism to surrealism – and beyond. In this generative writing workshop, students will spend the majority of their class time writing their own work, reading examples of contemporary fiction, and sharing their work with their classmates. We will also discuss and utilize the basics of writing fiction, from plot and character to setting and scene. Students will write, read, and share their work, honing their own voices and approaches to contemporary fiction along the way.

This class will help you build on your beginner skills of centering and throwing. The focus will be on refining basic shapes, working on complex shapes, surface decorations and personal style.

All students must be able to center their clay and form a simple pot. You should have 1-2 beginner classes in the recent past or have thrown with in the last 5 years. No advance students will be accepted. Prospective students must complete pre-screening to enroll in this class.

Drawing on themes of individual recollection and memory for inspiration, students will design and construct a piece of art-wear-clothing which might include secret pockets, vintage fabric, patches, photos or other ephemera, using a variety of materials including but not limited to donated, repurposed, self-owned existing garments and/or cloth/fabric pieces. Garment assembly will rely on standard sewing techniques, together with quasi-stitching, such as Velcro, zippers, glue and tape. General topics will include assemblage and collage in the art world, and clothing as a vehicle for commemoration and remembrance.