Exhibitions as chapters of a book? Join Senior Curator, Frida Cano, in a conversation about Craft Contemporary’s current curatorial vision titled “The [Untold] Story of Craft.” Through a series of conversations about our past, present, and future exhibitions, we will share the storytelling aspect of pairing craft with the elements of air, earth, and fire for the conception and production of the exhibitions Ether: Aromatic Mythologies, tierra, and Vandalismo Artesanal, respectively. Through this lens, all of Craft Contemporary’s…

Facilitated by Daniel “Chino” Rodriguez, who has shared collage-making practices with the Los Angeles community for over 10 years, the workshop centers art as a form of healing within our current political landscape. Inspired by the surrealist technique of exquisite corpse, the session begins with a brief overview of queer zine history, followed by a…

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,…

Reading material will be sent after registration, facilitators highly reccomend reading the material to further discuss it during the workshop. Join artist collective and reading group Worm School at Craft Contemporary for an afternoon of conversation and experimentation with clay as a medium for language, translation and memory. Seeding ourselves in the rich ground of Octavia Butler and Ursula K.…