Upcoming events
Food Drive w/LA Community Fridges!
COMMUNITY | FREE | ALL AGES | Hey you! Are you out of work? Food insecure? Staying home from work to avoid the volatile and dangerous atmosphere on the streets of LA? Come to Junior High to take the supplies that you need! There will be pre-prepared bags available for you to pick up outside if you’re in a hurry, or you can come inside the gallery to “shop” around and enjoy the AC.
We’re partnering with the LA Community Fridge group to collect and freely distribute food and supplies to those who need it. We’re collecting NON-expired shelf stable food and sanitary supplies. Drop off starts at 12pm, pick up starts at 1pm (or check the Junior High instagram stories day of for details about what’s available and when!)
This is a no-questions asked distribution event. Whether you’re an ally picking up supplies for your neighbors or you fell on hard times before the madness of 2025 started, we’re here to support YOU.
ADDITIONALLY We’re collecting specific non-perishable holiday foods that will be collected and distributed by LA Community Fridges at a later date. Follow LA Community Fridges on Instagram for more info!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Alyesha Wise: My Older Brother, A Famous Rapper
READING | $10, $25 | ALL AGES | Join us for a reading of select poems from Wise's latest collection of poetry, My Older Brother, A Famous Rapper, along with a Q&A moderated by actress and writer, Shannon Matesky. Light drinks and refreshments will be provided.
A $25 ticket guarantees a signed copy of MOBFR.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Anyone Can Cook Zinefest!
COMMUNITY | FREE | ALL AGES | Southern California's premier rat-themed zinefest is back for a squeakquel! Anyone Can Cook Zinefest is coming to Junior High LA on Sunday November 9th from 12-4 PM! Come see zines, comics, stickers and more from 20+ local zinesters, curated by your favorite rat enthusiasts at Nova Community Arts.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Ransom Note Tees + Totes Workshop!
WORKSHOP | $40-50 | ALL AGES | An Iron-On Crafting Workshop Using 100% Second Hand Materials.
Ever wondered what happened to all those "2003 Appleton, WI Turkey Trot" tee shirts? Most of them end up in the landfill! I've been snatching them up, washing them, and turning them into iron-on letters. Come make a custom tee, bag, or hat with us on Sunday, November 9th. All ages, no sewing skills necessary!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Body Practice Workshop
WELLNESS | $25 PRE//$30 DOS | ALL AGES + SKILL LEVELS | BODY PRACTICE is a monthly place to practice having a queer body. Led by hannah rubin, a queer/trans artist and somatic practitioner, each session will be grounded in body-based learning and guided somatic practices to support nervous system health, relational connection, and feeling our bodies in present time. In Greek, soma means sacred body: together we will practice therapeutic body-centered approaches to healing and body-mind-spirit connection. All bodies, genders, levels, and ages are welcome!
Class begins promptly at 7 pm. Please bring your own yoga mat.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Protest Pots
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP | $40 | ALL AGES | We're offering a space to process our collective rage, grief, and resistance during the ICE raids. Come make a protest pot with us! All materials will be provided including clay and tools to hand build a pot. Students will be taught how to create using pinch pot, coil, and slab techniques. Then guided to customize their pots by scoring and slipping additional elements to illustrate words or symbols in support of our immigrant communities.
Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary. No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
Price of admission also pays for all firings of class work. Students will be notified via email to pick up their fired cups 4-6 weeks after the class. Pots will be food safe and ready to use upon pick-up. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 11-5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays or at any Clay Date. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work.Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Fantasy Suite Presents: Tears In The Club
DANCE | $20 PRE // $25 DOS | 21+ | Fantasy Suite Queer and Thick Pole Show is back to celebrate our last event of the year at Junior High with our ultimate emo throwback night: Tears in the Club—a sexy pole show dedicated to Pop-Punk, Alternative, and Emo Nite anthems.
Come mourn the end of the year (and maybe the world) by screaming along while our performers dance to your favorite sad af bangers. Put on your favorite band tee, feel all the feels, and let's make this night last forever ;)
TIP THE DANCERS! Get ready to maybe shed some tears.. and dollars <3
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Trauma in the Queer Body: A Mind, Body, and Spirit Approach
WELLNESS | FREE | ALL AGES | “Trauma is not what happens to you, it is what happens inside you”- Dr. Gabor Maté.
Olivia Hendrix is receiving her Master’s in Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine University and is also an MFT and LPCC trainee. She will share her knowledge of how trauma affects our brains and the impact that can have throughout our lives. She will also discuss the queer experience and the unique challenges we face. Finally, she will share tools anyone can use to metabolize trauma. We can ‘own our trauma’ when we understand it, and that power can have life-changing effects.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Armenian Needlelace for Absolute Beginners
WORKSHOP | $20 | ALL AGES | Join us for an absolute beginners workshop on Janyak, Armenian needlelace. Created with simply a needle and thread, Janyak has been preserved through the instruction of many generations of Armenians even through separation and displacement. Come learn basic stitches and principles of this ancestral craft and leave with an adorned charm and material to continue practicing. All are welcome, no experience necessary.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Healing With Clay
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Walk in at your leisure between 6-9pm for 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures. Join instructor Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud ) for loosely guided hand building practice.
Attendees of Healing With Clay will choose their price of admission upon arrival, on the scale of $0-25. Option to pay $10 to fire your art work at the end of the 2hr session. Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary.
No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase a Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up/glaze their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Tea Haus
COMMUNITY | $20 PRE // $25 DOS | 18+ | 🫖 Tea Haus is our choose-your-own-adventure tea lounge for queer, trans, and BIPOC community members looking to slow down and connect.
Cozy floor mats. Soft lighting. Unlimited tea + mocktails. Chill house beats. Art, games, journaling, conversation. However you want to spend your night, Tea Haus has a place for you.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Black Friday Flash Day!
TATTOOS | $5 PRE // $8 DOS | ALL AGES | Are you a fan of all things spooky and tattoos? Tats n Babes is the place for you! Tats n Babes is a bi-monthly event created as a safe space for people to get body art, while highlighting female and non-binary artists, organized by our resident tattoo artists JJ (@stabalism) and Alysea (@glasspokes).
Come get your newest tattoo from the many talented artists on a rotating lineup, a new piercing, or even add some sparkle to your smile with tooth gems! Waiting for your turn or coming to Tats n Babes as moral support for your friends? Spend some time shopping for all kinds of handmade items and vintage clothing at the vendor market or treat yourself to some tasty food and drink!
Follow @tatsnbabesla on Instagram/TikTok to stay in the know on upcoming events and themed markets!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors + outdoors.
Club Gay Gardens
WORKSHOP | FREE | ALL AGES | Come get your hands dirty caring for native plants in the Junior High garden! Our besties Maggie Smart-McCabe and Linnea Torres lead a workshop/volunteer session actively tending to our Native Garden on the last Sunday of every month.
Not ready to wriggle with the worms? Sort seeds for our free seed library and learn about Southern California native plants. Whether you’ve got a green thumb or you’re just looking for tips on caring for your first house plant, Club Gay Gardens is the perfect space for the environmentally conscious and eco curious.
We highly recommend bringing sun protection (hats, SPF, sunglasses) and your own water bottle + snacks.
Want to learn more about Club Gay Gardens? Read the LA Times article here!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors + outdoors.
Learn to Draw Tattoos for Beginners W/Stabalisim & Glasspokes!
WORKSHOP | $25 PRE // $30 DOS | Alysea and JJ (@glasspokes and @stabalisim) are hosting their first intro to tattooing class for beginners, or artists wanting to learn how to draw for tattooing! They will go over:
* how to utilize Procreate to draw for tattooing
* how to find and ethically use references for tattoo drawing art
* how to transfer hand drawn art to become art for tattooing class
Join us to learn a new skill, or just to have some fun. See you soon!
Strongly suggested supplies:
ipad/ phone/ tablet
sketchbook
or just yourself ;)
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Paint Your Own Ornaments
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Merry Chrysler! Hang in the gallery and make your very own ornaments! Customize your very own slip-cast ornaments which were hand poured by local ceramic artist Ash Flores. Make this holiday season extra special with your own personalized decorative ornaments!
Walk in at your leisure between 6-9pm for 2hr access to glaze and pre-made ceramic ornaments. Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary. No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
Price of admission also pays for all firings of class work. Students will be notified via email to pick up their fired cups 4-6 weeks after the class. Ornaments will be fired and ready to use upon pick-up. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 11-5pm or at any of our nightly events. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SUPERNOVA IV - A Riso Community Showcase
GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES
Welcome to the fourth annual SUPERNOVA Community Riso Showcase! This exhibition showcases Risograph prints created at Nova Community Arts this year. These pieces were all printed at our studio, and showcase the work of our growing Risograph community including Nova’s students, guest instructors, and studio volunteers.
Risograph Printing is a unique method of printmaking that is rapidly gaining popularity in the art world. Invented in Japan in the 1980’s, the Risograph Duplicator was originally meant as an efficient alternative to office copy machines. In recent years, it has been embraced by the printmaking community for its rapid printing abilities, vibrant colors, and environmentally friendly soy-based inks. The Riso uses a proprietary system of inks that allow for unusual colors beyond the usual CMYK. Our studio has a RZ 390UI Risograph Duplicator, with 10 color drums - scarlet, fluorescent pink, fluorescent orange, sunflower, light lime, kelly green, mint, blue, orchid, and black.
Nova Community Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts education center located in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. We are committed to offering arts education, access to materials and equipment, and a platform of creative expression for the community, including students, professionals, and amateurs alike. We are dedicated to serving underrepresented populations in LA, and providing inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. We offer 4-week classes, single day workshops, open studio access, and guest programming at our studio five days a week. All levels of experience are welcome. Come hang out and make art!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Feminist Holiday Card Making Party!
COMMUNITY | FREE | ALL AGES | All are welcome to join in the festivities at our Annual Feminist Holiday Card-Making Party, presented by Rock n’ Roll Camp for girls Los Angeles! All supplies will be provided at this cozy afternoon of crafting and friendship. Plus we’ll have a cocoa and tea station! Come by to see familiar faces, or if you’re new to the community, this is a great way to get to know us. We love meeting new people!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Candle Altars
WORKSHOP | $50 | ALL AGES | Set intention for the New Year by making a Wall Altar for candles, flowers, photos, (anything else you wish)! Local ceramic artist Shea Smelser will guide you through slab building your wall altar; demoing different techniques and ways to decorate and make it your own.
Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary. No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
Price of admission also pays for all firings of class work. Students will be notified via email to pick up their fired cups 4-6 weeks after the class. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 11-5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays or at any Clay Date. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Art Club Presents | 5th Annual Holiday Craft Fair
ART MARKET | FREE | ALL AGES| Join us for our FIFTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR! Art Club is back, turning the Junior High space inside out to showcase 50+ QTBIPOC vendors, perfect for all your holiday shopping needs. Shop ceramics, clothes, accessories, zines, and graphic prints for your loved ones, or treat yourself by shopping our tooth gem and tattoo artists! Try some hot pozole from our resident food vendor Seedy before they sell out! This special event is perfect for bargain gift shopping, where you can find gifts under $15- or splurge on large sculptures and fancy jewelry! It’s also a great way to connect with amazing, sweet, talented, and QUEER artists! You won’t want to miss Art Club’s most iconic event of the year- see you there!!
Want to vend at this event? Sign up using our vendor application form here.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors and outdoors.
DOPAMINE Holiday Trauma Spectacular!
READING | $20 | ALL AGES | Join DOPAMINE authors and friends of the press as we celebrate the season of familial trauma with readings, "burlesque," "Santa," food, gifts and other atrocities. Do your holiday shopping at our Book Mart! A "safe space" AND a benefit for DOPAMINE Books!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
None Of The Above Media Presents: Short Film Screening
SCREENING | $20 | ALL AGES | This screening serves as a celebration of emerging filmmakers and creators to showcase their art, connect with each other, and find future creative collaborators. It is hosted by the team behind ANIMAL - an upcoming body horror short shooting in the UK next year, and co-hosted by BLEACH: an independent cinema providing services for artist development and free community events located in LA & NY. We invite you to help bring the story behind Animal to life whilst supporting the work of trailblazing artists on their filmmaking journeys!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Postponed: Clay Date! | Cheeky Tiles
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP | $40 | 18+ | Get crafty (and a little saucy) with us for this one-night ceramic adventure! Create your own set of three decorative tiles or coasters celebrating the beauty of vintage queer pinups, self-love, and sex-positive art. Join local artists Camila and Rachel in this fun surface design workshop!
NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Just bring your creative energy and maybe that cutie you've been wanting to craft with. Wear clothes you don't mind getting messy!
What We're Making:
Design your own set of three hanging tiles or coasters using various transfer techniques. Whether you're into vintage queer ads, classic pinups with a twist, or creating your own celebratory self-loving imagery, we'll help you bring your vision to clay! Perfect for hanging in your bedroom or gifting to someone special.
Artworks will take 1-2 months to be fired and ready for pick up. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
“Strings Attached” Musical Showcase
MUSIC | $16 PRE // $18 DOS | ALL AGES | Come see this eclectic lineup of accomplished musical artists. They all have in common that they're string players who incorporate that into their original music and reimagined covers in their own unique styles. Headlined and curated by artist Vainayaki, we are excited to showcase some of Los Angeles' local talent and take you on a trip with musical flavors of classical-soul fusion, RnB, folk, jazz etc.
Attendees under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult (18+)
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Every Dogg Has Its Day | Exhibition Opening
GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES | Junior High presents Finito Juarez’s solo exhibition, dedicated to the dogg. Come in costume!
Alfonso Juarez is a 30 year old, Mexican-American, visual artist whose work spans mediums including acrylic, pastels, and clothing design.
Coming of age in Los Angeles, Alfonso spent his free time exploring the city via it’s Metro line, making a point to get to know each stop and drawing inspiration from the many, diverse, neighborhoods which helped introduce him to his passions in life - music, sports, and cartoons. All the while, exploring various creative interests and honing his aesthetic eye.
When he rediscovered and committed to visual arts in his adulthood, he brought with him decades of deep pop culture knowledge and a desire to examine the individual’s role within society. Throughout his art Alfonso subverts well known symbols, weaving together his early interests with expression of his Mexican identity as well as commentary on politics and philosophy.
Currently obsessed with dogs.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
POSTPONED: Divine Poetry
READING | $20 | ALL AGES | Join us for a bewitching evening where divination meets creative expression. We’ll use tarot as a mirror and a muse to unlock hidden truths, spark the imagination, and craft poetry that feels channeled from beyond the veil.
If you’re a poet, a curious witch, or a lover of all things spooky and divine, join us for:
A brief introduction to the magic and meaning of tarot
Guided card pulls to inspire your writing
Witchy writing rituals to help you tap into intuition
A cozy space to share, reflect, and connect
Optional sharing circle to read your pieces (if you feel called)
You’ll be gently guided through a series of card pulls, divination instruction and intuitive reflections throughout the night that will leave you feeling inspired, and spellbound.
No prior experience with tarot or poetry is needed — just an open heart, a curious mind, and a willingness to write what the cards reveal. Come in your favorite spooky costume!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
TATTOOING FOR BEGINNERS WITH STABALISIM | OCTOBER
WORKSHOP | $250 // $300 | 18+ | Ever wanted to learn the art of tattooing? Junior High resident artist JJ wants to show you the ropes! In this workshop we’re disrupting abusive tattoo apprenticeship traditions and breaking down the culture of gatekeeping in tattooing by allowing interested artists to experiment on fake skin.
When you purchase a ticket all supplies are included, you get to keep stencil with your designs, your fake skin, and a few more single use items! Pay $250 if you have your own tattoo machine, pay $300 if you want to borrow a machine for the workshop.
Class prep: Bring a few (2-5) designs that you drew or found online that you want to tattoo at the class. Bring the designs on printer paper, your phone/iPad, or whatever you have access to! We start by going over the drawing and stencil process then JJ will demonstrate setting up a tattoo machine and tattooing on fake skin. JJ will have a station for each attendee and will guide you through the whole tattooing process. Hopefully you’ll be able to fill your whole sheet of fake skin!
Class pricing: Make sure you choose the right option for you
NEW STUDENT
Borrowing a machine? $300
Bringing your own machine? $250
RETURNING STUDENT (Must have taken at least 1 class with JJ)
Borrowing a machine? $150
Bringing your own machine? $100
You must pre-order your ticket in advance, no tickets will be sold at the door.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Queer Cartoons: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Animation and Its Creators
COMMUNITY | $10-20 | 18+ | Queer Cartoons: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Animation and Its Creators is an event highlighting the rich Queer history and presence in the field of animation. Through a lecture and gallery show, attendees will learn about the on and off screen representation in animation from the 1930s to our modern media landscape.
The lecture portion of the event chronicles the historical connections in animation between the Queer community, gender bias, race and workers’ rights, while the exhibition highlights contemporary LGBTQIA+ animation workers and the shows that they’re working on.
The gallery portion includes animation art such as stills from films, character designs, storyboards and other production materials. Attendees will leave the event having a greater understanding of the history of animation, significance of representation in contemporary content, and the work that animation workers continue to fight for as some studios bend to the will of the Trump administration.
Tickets are available through Circa, and can be purchased HERE.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
All Roads Lead to Punk
READING | FREE | ALL AGES | You’re invited to the launch of the much anticipated release of the memoir All Roads Lead to Punk. This event will have a reading, a moderated Q&A with host Eden Hain, and a book signing with a limited edition matching bookmark. You can click here to pre-order your copy of All Roads Leads to Punk in advance.
As a founding member of one of Los Angeles’ earliest female-led bands, BACKSTAGE PASS, Genevieve Schorr lived and breathed rock’n roll growing up like a lot of teenagers at the time. What set her apart was forging her unique band so early in the punk timeline (a direct shot from her glam & pub rock influences) and eventually evolving her life into becoming a professional rock’n roll stylist to the stars. Genny’s book reads like a lost diary trapped in a punk house time capsule from the era, complete with tales of dereliction and unsuspecting victories along the way. Crossing paths with such wildly diverse characters such as The Screamers, The Mumps, Dr. Feelgood, The Damned, The Quick, Jon Stewart, Jim Carrey, The Bangles, and Linda Ronstadt, All Roads Lead To Punk is an invigorating flash through a wild life not to be forgotten. This book comes also with a limited edition BACKSTAGE PASS 7″ single featuring the original 1977 studio recordings of “Legend (Come On Up To Me)” (immortalized by Redd Kross’s version in Desperate Teenage Lovedolls).
Genny Schorr got her start in music in a mostly female band that helped launch punk club, The Masque. Two years later, after meeting Antoinette Laumer, who was a Rock ‘n Roll clothing designer, she found a new calling as a wardrobe stylist. Together, they both opened and co-owned LA clothing store, Strait Jacket, along with Jake Riviera of Stiff Records. When the shop closed in 1983, Genny began a 10-year career as an independent wardrobe stylist and landed a gig with Linda Ronstadt after a chance meeting at a Tom Petty concert. She worked and lived with Linda Ronstadt for the next four years and dressed her for the Get Closer summer tour as well as a trilogy of albums and videos in collaboration with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra for What’s New, Lush Life, and For Sentimental Reasons.
In 1993, she left the business to pursue a career in the health industry for two decades. In 2018 she reunited with Backstage Pass and recently rebooted her career as a wardrobe stylist. Her memoir chronicles her Rock ‘n Roll journey based on some of her performances with storytelling show, Our Lips Unsealed produced by her bandmate, Marina Muhlfriedel. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Fantasma: Closing Reception & Performance
PERFORMANCE | $10 | ALL AGES | Join us for the closing reception of Fantasma featuring an afternoon of short film screenings & performances that explore memory and the cosmos. The evening is both a celebration and a farewell — don’t miss it.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Club Gay Gardens
WORKSHOP | FREE | ALL AGES | Come get your hands dirty caring for native plants in the Junior High garden! Our besties Maggie Smart-McCabe and Linnea Torres lead a workshop/volunteer session actively tending to our Native Garden on the last Sunday of every month.
Not ready to wriggle with the worms? Sort seeds for our free seed library and learn about Southern California native plants. Whether you’ve got a green thumb or you’re just looking for tips on caring for your first house plant, Club Gay Gardens is the perfect space for the environmentally conscious and eco curious.
We highly recommend bringing sun protection (hats, SPF, sunglasses) and your own water bottle + snacks.
Want to learn more about Club Gay Gardens? Read the LA Times article here!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors + outdoors.
LocalHound Presents: Fright Club
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | LocalHound presents: Fright Club! A house of haunts where the walls drip with color and amps scream through the halls. This Halloween, we're celebrating the LA underground with no apologies. Prepare to come face-to-face with wicked art, scary good bands and plenty of raw expression. Just remember the first rule of Fright Club: you never leave before the last band.
Interested in a discounted ticket? Click here
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Healing With Clay
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Walk in at your leisure between 6-9pm for 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures. Join us for loosely guided hand building practice.
Attendees of Healing With Clay will choose their price of admission upon arrival, on the scale of $0-25. Option to pay $10 to fire your art work at the end of the 2hr session. Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary.
No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase a Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up/glaze their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Skate Workshop & Mixer!
WORKSHOP | $10 PRE // $15 DOS | ALL AGES | Learn & build new skills on wheels and connect with other queer rollerskaters! Friday Oct 24th we’re rolling at Junior High with a workshop led by Bily Ruiz @bilyskatesalot! Bring your own skates. Water and snacks provided.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Pinch Pot Pumpkins
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP | $50 | ALL AGES | In this workshop, guest instructor Rory Nic will walk participants through pinch pot making to create GOURD-geous pumpkins pots. Students will be able to form their pumpkins into various shapes like mugs, jars, or candle holders just to name a few.
Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary. No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
Price of admission also pays for all firings of class work. Students will be notified via email to pick up their fired cups 4-6 weeks after the class. Cups will be food safe and ready to use upon pick-up. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 11-5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays or at any Clay Date. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work.
This event is Mask Mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
CANCELLED: Let’s Make A Whisk Broom!
WORKSHOP | $40 | 12+ | MASK MANDATORY
‘Let’s make a Whisk Broom’ returns just in time for the Halloween Season! Make your very own mini-broom in this hands-on 2 hour workshop. Students will learn how to tension-wrap broomcorn using their hands and feet to create their own designs, leaving with a functional and beautiful object: a broom! Gift it, display it on a wall, or use it to sweep up cobwebs, and continue your broom-making practice at home! 🎃🧹🕸️
This event is Mask Mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Tats n Babes | SPOOKY STUDIO GHIBLI
TATTOOS | $5 PRE // $8 DOS | ALL AGES | Tats n Babes is an event created for people to have a good experience getting a tattoo from female and non-binary artists while being able to shop and have a good time with their friends!
Come get inked by one of 10 tattoo artists, including our resident tattoo artists JJ and Alysea. Get a new piercing or add some sparkle to your smile with tooth gems! If you get hungry, there will be food, sweets and drinks to sip and snack on.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors and outdoors.
Planet Bones with Rivelino
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Planet Bones is the solo experimental recording project of musician, multidisciplinary artist, writer, and radio host Diya Anantharaman. Anantharaman’s latest album, SAMSARA, explores a baroque approach to noise, drone, electronic, trip hop, and industrial, and pulls from a variety of compositional influences, such as choral, power electronics, jazz, Indian classical, and experimental electronic. Anantharaman’s earlier projects, I’ll Follow You Into the Dark (Original Score), Drones of the Desert, and Parasitism have explored post-folk, art rock, ambient, electronic, and horror scoring genres.
Rivelino Bermudez is a musician with a focus on experimental electronic music. Inspired by early electronic and psychedelic rock, Rivelino utilizes an orchestra of analog synthesizers and rhythm generators to create synthetic landscapes and hypnotic rhythms alike.
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Walk in at your leisure between 12-4pm for 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures. Join either of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser ) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud ), for loosely guided hand building practice. Option to pay $10 to fire your art work at the end of the 2hr session. Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary.
No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase a Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up/glaze their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Tea Haus
COMMUNITY | $20 PRE // $25 DOS | 18+ | 🫖 Tea Haus is our choose-your-own-adventure tea lounge for queer, trans, and BIPOC community members looking to slow down and connect.
Cozy floor mats. Soft lighting. Unlimited tea + mocktails. Chill house beats. Art, games, journaling, conversation. However you want to spend your night, Tea Haus has a place for you.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Spooky Magnets
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP | $40 | ALL AGES | Float into spooky season with this beginner friendly workshop where you can create your own spooky magnets! Let your witch out and craft ghosts, goblins, and ghouls to haunt your refrigerator. Attendees will craft and paint 3-6 magnets in this class taught by Neysa Smith. She’s an October baby, so a natural lover of spooky season. She’s been practicing ceramics for 3 years at Pot and Element Art Center, developing a passion for hand building.
Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary. No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
Price of admission also pays for all firings of class work. Students will be notified via email to pick up their fired cups 4-6 weeks after the class. Magnets will be ready to use upon pick-up. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 11-5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays or at any Clay Date. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Oil Painting Workshop: Portraits
WORKSHOP | $40 | ALL AGES | Join us for a very special evening to create your very own portraiture masterpiece using oil paints. We’ll combine the technical aspect of oil painting with the artistic goal of capturing the essence of our subject. Beginner and all levels friendly. Photo reference will be provided. Option to bring a high resolution photo of your own to paint as well.
You’ll learn how to prep your canvas, sketch accurate proportions, mix colors, and the step by step process of bringing your painting to life. Tanya will be demoing and instructing every step of the way. You won’t want to miss this one!
Body Practice Workshop
WELLNESS | $25 PRE // $30 DOS | ALL AGES + SKILL LEVELS | BODY PRACTICE is a monthly place to practice having a queer body. Led by hannah rubin, a queer/trans artist and somatic practitioner, each session will be grounded in body-based learning and guided somatic practices to support nervous system health, relational connection, and feeling our bodies in present time. In Greek, soma means sacred body: together we will practice therapeutic body-centered approaches to healing and body-mind-spirit connection. All bodies, genders, levels, and ages are welcome!
Class begins promptly at 7 pm. Please bring your own yoga mat.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Hannah Sandoz West Coast Tour W/ Claudia Hinsdale, Ko TC
MUSIC | $12 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Hannah Sandoz brings music that holds you while you cry to LA on their West Coast, etc. tour! w/ gazey dream pop from Claudia Hinsdale and unstable pop songs from Ko TC.
This event is Mask Mandatory
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Crittr W/Girljocky and Makai Colvin
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Don’t miss Crittr's final show in Los Angeles before Callahan moves! With support from our friends Girljocky and Makai Colvin.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
A (Short) Afternoon: AFAB/Queer Short Film Screening
SCREENING | FREE | 18+ | 4 short films by 4 AFAB directors 4 a cozy afternoon 2 celebrate cool stuff (still!) being made in LA
come laugh at stupid things that are real, think about serious things that are funny, and maybe even leave with a new friend (or not, you don’t have to talk to anyone if you don’t want to)
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Muñekita LA's Launch Paint n Sip!
WORKSHOP | $20 | 21+ | We're launching Muñekita LA with our first event, a Paint n Sip for the community! Muñekita LA is an Afro-Indigenous queer led community organization committed to building creative spaces for the BIPOC Queer community. Your $20 ticket includes all art supplies and 1 glass of wine. There will be both a wine and coffee bar for your DRANK needs and a DJ to capture the vibe. Paint in a Muñekita Design, learn how to airbrush with Sarah and Vera, grab a drink, and kiki with other queer folks. See y'all there <3
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | MASK MANDATORY | Walk in at your leisure between 12-4pm for 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures. Join either of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser ) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud ), for loosely guided hand building practice. Option to pay $10 to fire your art work at the end of the 2hr session. Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary.
No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase a Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up/glaze their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Tats n Babes Presents: A Chappell Roan Flash Day
TATTOOS | $5 PRE // $8 DOS | ALL AGES | Tats n Babes is an event created for people to have a good experience getting a tattoo from female and non-binary artists while being able to shop and have a good time with their friends!
Come get inked by one of 10 tattoo artists, including our resident tattoo artists JJ and Alysea. Get a new piercing or add some sparkle to your smile with tooth gems! If you get hungry, there will be food, sweets and drinks to sip and snack on.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors and outdoors.
POSTPONED: Let’s Make A Whisk Broom!
WORKSHOP | $40 | 12+ | MASK MANDATORY
‘Let’s make a Whisk Broom’ returns just in time for the Halloween Season! Make your very own mini-broom in this hands-on 2 hour workshop. Students will learn how to tension-wrap broomcorn using their hands and feet to create their own designs, leaving with a functional and beautiful object: a broom! Gift it, display it on a wall, or use it to sweep up cobwebs, and continue your broom-making practice at home! 🎃🧹🕸️
This event is Mask Mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.