Community Programs

Throughout the year, LACMA works closely with community partners to provide free and engaging multigenerational family and group workshops at sites across L.A. County. Art workshops encourage self-expression and increase participation in the visual arts among community members of all abilities, ages, skills, and backgrounds who traditionally don’t have access to the arts. Community programs include monthly workshops, specialized teaching artist programs, and career pathways for youth and teens.

For more information, please email educate@lacma.org.

LACMA’s community programming throughout South Los Angeles is made possible in part by the Ford Foundation.

_{Generous support for Community Programs is provided by the Anna H. Bing Children’s Art Endowment Fund. Additional support is provided by the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation, Kim and Keith Allen-Niesen, the Goodwin Family Memorial Trust, and the Louis and Harold Price Foundation.}

For more information, please email educate@lacma.org.

LACMA’s community programming throughout South Los Angeles is made possible in part by the Ford Foundation.

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 BIPOC artists 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 13–August 31 from 10 am–1 pm in South L.A.

Teen HubLA
LACMA’s teen program Teen HubLA provides under-represented students ages 16–18 with meaningful experiences that introduce them to the visual and digital arts using a social justice framework. 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.