This workshop consists of two class sessions: February 13th and February 20th . Your payment includes both classes and materials.    Explore how memory travels across generations through fire, story, and cloth. Inspired by the creative force of fire, teaching artist Michelle Glass will guide participants in creating fire memory tapestries, small mixed-media textile pieces that…

Write a love note and make your own one-of-a-kind vintage leather purse to keep them as a keepsake and give them to someone you love. Ages 7 +  

After a personal tour of Embers of Generational Memory, craft your own poem to someone you love whom you don’t want to forget. Bring family photos or use collage materials to create a visual and textual personal poem or narrative. Facilitated by Jen Cheng, West Hollywood’s Fifth Poet Laureate and Poet Laureate Fellow with the Academy…

This workshop consists of two class sessions: February 27th  and February 28th. Your payment includes both classes and materials.    Discover the captivating world of indigo dyeing in this hands-on workshop exploring one of the world’s oldest natural dyes. We’ll explore the process of transforming naturally derived materials into rich, lasting color on natural fibers.  Participants…

Join us in our new community gallery gathering space to weave with Aneesa Shami Zizzo! We’ll gather on select Sundays to create a collaborative woven rug using frame looms, yarn, and fabric strips. No weaving experience necessary! Whether you’re a pro weaver or picking up a loom for the first time, everyone is welcome to…

Join ceramic artist Ronnie Mok for an afternoon of Mahjong and making! Learn to play and join a table for free play, then design your own air-dry clay mahjong charm to take home. Free, supplies available on a first-come, first-served basis. All ages welcome!    This is an outdoor event.

Join us in our new community gallery gathering space to weave with Aneesa Shami Zizzo! We’ll gather on select Sundays to create a collaborative woven rug using frame looms, yarn, and fabric strips. No weaving experience necessary! Whether you’re a pro weaver or picking up a loom for the first time, everyone is welcome to…

Meet Embers of Generational Memory CCF Visual Arts Fellow Melissa Govea and learn how hand-painted lettering can be used to create political and activist-inspired posters. Through an icebreaker and communal brainstorming, participants will explore issues in their communities and develop a message to express through design. Melissa will demonstrate sign layout, lettering, color, composition, brush…

Around the fire, memories turn into stories, and those stories hold people together. Create your own matchbox crankie (a small, moving panorama in a matchbox) with teaching artist and animator Ayrin Gharibpour. Each box becomes a tiny stage, and each story is like a small flame passed from hand to hand. Ages 7+ 

Explore the art of Indonesian wax-resist dyeing in this family-friendly, hands-on natural dye lab. Participants will learn how wax can be used to create intricate patterns and designs on cloth, drawing inspiration from traditional Indonesian textile practices.  Experiment with different wax application techniques- including blocks, stamps, brushes, and tjanting tools- to create unique patterns and…