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, and backgrounds who traditionally don’t have access to the arts. Community programs include monthly workshops, spring art camp, and career pathways for youth and artists.

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.

Parks and Libraries

Teaching Artist Training Series

Outreach

Discover a whole new world of artistic possibility as you create, improvise, and learn about various artists in the museum’s permanent collection. Community programs include art workshops, offered in both English and Spanish, providing 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 a variety of art techniques to create nature-inspired artworks that will amaze your friends and family! First Saturdays of the month, September 2023–June 2024, from 10:30 am–12 pm at Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park

https://parks.lacounty.gov/covid-19/

Stories Come to Life

Innovate, create, and travel to the enchanted world of books and art and transform your personal stories into dazzling works of art through sculpture, masks, collage, and more! Through October 2023–June 2024, join us on first Saturdays of the month, from 1–2 pm at AC Bilbrew Library and first Wednesdays of the month from 3:30-4:30pm at Lennox Library.

https://lacountylibrary.org/coronavirus/.

LACMA Nature Exploration Week

Calling all art and nature lovers! Join us for our FREE week-long nature exploration series and let your imagination soar as you experiment with a variety of art materials and techniques. Each day will feature a unique project led by LACMA Teaching Artists. Nature week is designed for children ages 8–13 and is made possible through LACMA's partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation (https://parks.lacounty.gov). Reservations required. Space is limited.

For more information, please contact Nini Sanchez at nsanchez1@lacma.org.

https://parks.lacounty.gov/covid-19/

Can’t Make the Live Classes?

Check out Communities Create LA! art making videos on LACMA’s youtube channel and explore different ways to share your personal story through art! Videos are accessible anytime and are offered in English and Spanish.

Wed Oct 4 | 3:30 pm

Communities Create LA! Fall Landscapes

Sat Oct 7 | 10:30 am

Communities Create LA! Royal Egyptian Collars

Sat Oct 7 | 1 pm

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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 10-session course focuses on teaching strategies and techniques as well as the design and implementation of hands-on art-making lesson plans based on artworks in LACMA’s collection. Artists will walk away with the basic tools and resources needed to develop, grow, and sustain their teaching practice with a variety of audiences and receive a stipend for completing at least 80% of the training. Saturdays from 9 am–12 pm at Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park (date TBD).

https://parks.lacounty.gov/covid-19/

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 media.

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

Teen Internship Art & Tech Program

LACMA’s Teen Internship is designed to provide students with the educational opportunity to work on specialized projects for the Education Community Programs department and to perform support tasks to gather industry insights and hands-on work experience in museum Education involving art and tech practices. The program is meant to prime students with the soft skills (e.g., adaptability, resilience and communication) necessary to thrive in the workplace. The program also aims to enhance and further the academic studies and understanding of eligible applicants determined to pursue a career in museum education, community work, and or museum studies.

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