Parks and Libraries
Teaching Artist Training Series
Youth and Teens
Outreach

Discover a whole new world of artistic possibility as you create, improvise, and learn about a variety of artists in the museum’s permanent collection. Community programs include art workshops, offered in both English and Spanish, that provide families and groups with opportunities to experiment and create together through collage, drawing, mixed media, and non-traditional art techniques.

Artventures in the Park
Let the beauty of nature inspire your imagination and unleash your inner artist while you have a blast creating dynamic compositions inspired by nature’s colors, patterns, forms, and textures. Explore various art techniques to create nature-inspired artworks that will amaze your friends and family! Offered on the first Saturday of the month, from 10:30 am–12 pm at Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park Community Center.

Stories Come to Life
Innovate, create, and travel to the enchanted world of books and art and transform your personal stories into dazzling sculptures, masks, collages, and more! Join us on the first Saturday of the month from 1–2 pm at A C Bilbrew Library and the first and third Wednesday of the month from 3:30–5 pm at Lennox Library, September 2024–June 2025.

Can’t Make the Live Classes? 
Check out our collection of art making videos on LACMA’s YouTube channel and Creating L.A. StoryMaps page and explore different ways to make innovative art projects using basic materials! Videos are accessible anytime and offered in both English and Spanish. 

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The Teaching Artist Training Series (TATS) is a professional development program that supports local L.A. artists from underrepresented communities, by introducing them to a creative career pathway. The 8-session course focuses on teaching strategies and techniques as well as the design and implementation of hands-on art-making lesson plans. Participants receive a stipend for completing at least 80% of the training, and walk away with the basic tools and resources needed to develop, grow, and sustain their teaching practice with K-5 grade level students.

TATS takes place on Saturdays, July 12–August 30 from 9:30 am–12:30 pm at Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park in South L.A.

To apply, please fill out this form.

Teen HubLA 
LACMA’s teen program Teen HubLA provides students ages 16–18 with meaningful experiences that introduce them to the visual and digital arts. Throughout the program, students actively engage in dialogue and reflection while using art as a powerful tool for building self-esteem and confidence. With the guidance of LACMA Teaching Artists, students create projects that celebrate their individuality, creativity, and communities. Teen HubLA runs from October 2024 to February 2025 and takes place on Saturday mornings at A C Bilbrew Library located in South L.A.’s Willowbrook neighborhood.

Teen HubLA is made possible through the Aramont Charitable Foundation.

For decades, LACMA’s outreach programming has nurtured visual arts appreciation and literacy through hands-on art-making activities conducted throughout L.A. County. Inspired by LACMA’s collection, workshops are led by trained LACMA Teaching Artists and designed to create positive and enriching art experiences through experimentation with non-traditional materials. 

Interested in how you can become an outreach partner? Email educate@lacma.org.