First-come-first-served, no RSVP required; free for family passholders, Craft Youth Culture participants, and members.  This drop-in workshop gives you the opportunity to learn about the mammals that call/called the LA River home through the art of letter writing. You will get to use print outs of iconic mammals to collage and create your own personalized letter. As…

Learn techniques for reclaiming and reusing clay in this hands-on workshop led by Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina. Attendees will explore why recycling clay is essential for a more sustainable art practice, work with recycled clay, and learn about a program the teaching artists are developing to reduce clay waste throughout Los Angeles (and how…

Get down in the dirt and celebrate the fascinating world of bugs in this playful ceramic hand-building workshop inspired by themes of soil, ecosystems, and transformation. Participants will create their own bug-inspired ceramic sculpture using simple hand-building techniques and underglaze accessible to beginners and experienced makers alike. Attendees will explore shape, texture, pattern, and surface…

Throghout the exhibition, tierra artist Jackie Amézquita will be on-site at Craft Contemporary as part of our Maker-in-Residence program on select Fridays. Visitors are invited to meet and speak with Jackie, and get a glimpse into her studio practice. Using soil gathered from around the United States, Jackie will be mixing the gathered soil with masa, cacao, spring water,…

First-come-first-served, no RSVP required; free for family passholders, Craft Youth Culture participants, and members.  This drop-in workshop gives you the opportunity to learn about the trees that call/called the LA River home through the art of printmaking. You will get to use leaves from the arroyo willow and cotton wood to make prints onto fabric. Customize clothes,…

Join tierra lead curator Andres Payan Estrada, exhibiting artist rafa esparza, and contributing writer TK Smith for a conversation on the many and layered meanings of returning to the earth. Drawing from their respective practices and lived experiences, the conversation explores land, burial and remembrance, stewardship, and the ways colonial histories continue to shape our relationships to…

Serving drinks, serving trays, serving face. Join us for a Sunday funday clay workshop and learn basic hand-building techniques to sculpt your own small platters, espresso cups, or other custom serving wares. 

Throghout the exhibition, tierra artist Jackie Amézquita will be on-site at Craft Contemporary as part of our Maker-in-Residence program on select Fridays. Visitors are invited to meet and speak with Jackie, and get a glimpse into her studio practice. Using soil gathered from around the United States, Jackie will be mixing the gathered soil with masa, cacao, spring water,…

First-come-first-served, no RSVP required; free for family passholders, Craft Youth Culture participants, and members.  Make, mend, and create all summer long! Included with museum admission, Open Craft Time gives you access to a wide variety of materials in Craft Contemporary’s workshop studio. Drop in on Fridays to sew, repair, upcycle, weave, and explore creative ways to keep…

Join us for an engaging conversation with curator Frida Cano and featured Maker-in-Residence (MiR) Jackie Amézquita as they discuss the inspiration and process behind Between Root, Body, and Breath.   Following the artist talk, attendees are invited to contribute a hand-cast earthen form made with a mixture of soil, masa, and ocean water, which Amézquita will use…