Upcoming events
Clay Date! (Mask Mandatory)
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 Collage Nite | Lovers & Friends
COMMUNITY | $12 PRE // $15 DOS | ALL AGES | Art Club is back! We’re starting the year off with a sweet LOVE themed version of our collage night. The best way to show someone you love and appreciate them, is by gifting them your art of course!
Decorate matte board frames and other thrifted frames. All materials will be provided and you can take your creations home with you to fill with photos of the people you love.
We will also be having a clothing swap!! Participate by bringing clothing donations and leaving with some new items for your closet!
Craft with a friend or a lover or just zone out and listen to some chill music on your own. Art supplies and snacks provided.
Join us at anytime between 7pm-10pm to hang out, make friends, and get weird!!!
Join the club @varsity.fartclub on Instagram!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Cheeky Tiles | Clay Date!
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 celebrating the beauty of vintage queer pinups, self-love, and sex-positive art. Join local artist Camila in this fun surface design workshop! Once fired, students can choose to use these tiles as magnets or coasters!
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 tiles using various image 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 on your fridge, decorating around your home, or gifting to someone special.
Tiles will take 4-6 weeks to be fired and ready for pick up. Everyone will have up to two 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 Cheeky Tiles or Healing With Clay!
**COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. **Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Tea Haus | February
COMMUNITY | $20 PRE // $25 DOS | 18+ | Tea Haus returns, this time with a Valentine’s Day twist.
Tea Haus is our choose-your-own-adventure tea lounge, created for our queer, trans, and BIPOC community to slow down, reflect, and connect: whether that’s with a sweetheart, a friend, or yourself.
Expect floor mats, cozy lighting, unlimited tea (plus an iced tea mocktail), and mellow house music setting the tone. For this edition, we’ll have Valentine cookies, collage supplies to make your own valentines for you or anyone in your life, and space for grounding, self-love, and honest conversation.
Come solo or bring your sweetheart. Make something by hand. Sip tea. Take your time.
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 | 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: Heartbreakers
DANCE | $20 PRE // $25 DOS | 21+ | Fantasy Suite Queer & Thick pole show is serving up a sweet and sexy Valentine's party that will get you ready 4 love! We're stealing hearts and dollars while dancing to songs of love, lust, and heartbreak. Get your tix for a celebration of curves and queer love! New and returning sweethearts will take the stage, tip the dancers!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Craft Lovers | A Scrapbooking + Tote Bag Painting Get Together
COMMUNITY | $30 | 21+ | Craft lovers assemble!! Express your love for crafting & scrapbooking by getting together with fellow crafters & sharing fun memories. All supplies will be included, just bring your printed photos & good vibes.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Crafting the Lesbian Agenda with Chapstick Magazine
WORKSHOP | $12 | ALL AGES | Chapstick Magazine presents… Crafting the Lesbian Agenda! Butches, femmes, studs, and mascs: Make 2026 the gayest year yet with these goal-oriented crafts!
Picture your biggest dreams and try your hand at vision-boarding. Make your own punch cards and treat yourself with a prize at the end! Call out “BINGO!” when you achieve all your goals on your DIY 2026 Bingo board. Come ready to talk & craft with other lesbians! Chapstick is spreading the hottest, gayest lesbian agenda this year and we need YOU to join us!
All materials included in ticket purchase! 50% of ticket proceeds will be donated to Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) fighting for immigrant rights.
Follow Chapstick Magazine on Instagram @chapstickmagazine
Chapstick Magazine is a print & digital independent magazine FOR LESBIANS, BY LESBIANS Building community with lesbians EVERYWHERE!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Intro: Boxes | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK SERIES | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to work withclay, creating and joining slabs together to create a box of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and slab built vessels by creating a unique box that can be decorative and functional. Whether you’re interested in making a match box, sugar jar, or butter dish- we will bring your ideas to life! Taught by Chelsie Rivera.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 1-2 new food safe objects for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic slab building practice
2nd week: Start creating your box(es)
3rd week: Final touches
4th week: Glazing
**Email **claydate@juniorhighla.com** for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing. Sliding scale pricing is available upon request.**
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
The Polish Party: Press-on Nail Art Workshop Series 1
WORKSHOP | $35 per class // $95 for all 3 classes | 14+ | The Polish Party is back at Junior High LA, this time as a 3-part workshop series!
Join me Jordie C. (they/she), @clacquecloset , each month for a cozy, hands-on workshop where we’ll get creative with 3 different nail art techniques.
Build your skills, connect with new faces, and leave each session with a custom press-on set you made yourself.
Hands-on · beginner-friendly · all genders welcome
Minors must be accompanied by a parent and/or guardian to attend this workshop.
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 | 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 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.
Clowns of Anarchy an East LA Comedy Collective
COMEDY | $10 | 18+ | Clowns of Anarchy is an East Los Angeles comedy collective showcasing comedians from everywhere. Get ready to share a fun night of “Inside Jokes” at Junior High!
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 | 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 Love Letters
COMMUNITY | $8 | ALL AGES | We invite participants of all ages to join us anytime between 5-7pm to create a love letter to their favorite feminist. We will provide papers, pens, and stickers to accommodate your epistolary declarations.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of FLL, a project founded by Sara Ellen Fowler @saraellenfowler and Cindy Rehm @cindyrehm. We will document your letter and add it to our archive of letters at http://feministloveletters.tumblr.com and @femnistloveletters.
In 1971 artist Nancy Spero sent critic Lucy Lippard a letter with the simple but impassioned message: “The enemies of women’s liberation in the arts will be crushed. Love Nancy.” This note serves as the inspiration for Feminist Love Letters, a project that invites participants to profess their love, send words of support and encouragement, or unleash their feminist fury in a letter to a contemporary or historic feminist.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
MAEVE Winter Rummage Sale
COMMUNITY | FREE | ALL AGES | Please join us for MAEVE Mt. Washington Glassell Park’s first Winter Rummage Sale event! We are excited to have multiple families coming together for this garage sale/flea market style event! You’ll be sure to find awesome deals on toys, kids and adult clothes, housewares, sports gear and more! In honor of Black History Month some of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Kindred Space LA.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be outdoors.
Still In Love Sunday
Bio: MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | On Sunday we’re still in love! Whether single or as a couple, come and rock out with these amazing SoCal bands.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Intro: Boxes | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK SERIES | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to work withclay, creating and joining slabs together to create a box of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and slab built vessels by creating a unique box that can be decorative and functional. Whether you’re interested in making a match box, sugar jar, or butter dish- we will bring your ideas to life! Taught by Chelsie Rivera.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 1-2 new food safe objects for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic slab building practice
2nd week: Start creating your box(es)
3rd week: Final touches
4th week: Glazing
**Email **claydate@juniorhighla.com** for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing. Sliding scale pricing is available upon request.**
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Nourishing Inner Inspiration: A Grounding Shamanic Kundalini Yoga (SKY) & LAST CUT® Writing Workshop
WORKSHOP | $22 PRE // $27 DOS | ALL AGES | Looking for a moment to slow down, reflect and explore your distinct voice and vision to meet these potent times? Or simply wanting an evening of self-care? Come take a deep breath and relax into a nourishing Shamanic Kundalini Yoga (SKY) practice that will include yoga, breathwork and meditation, followed by reflective writing and community connection. Working with the energy of the day’s New Moon and Solar Eclipse, you’ll explore how best to stay grounded, centered and inspired with effective tools that welcome a calmer nervous system, deeper presence and greater clarity.
Sam Paige Davis is a queer and trans writer, teacher and artist who combines the SKY modality with over a decade of experience teaching LAST CUT® writing workshops. They love supporting people in regulating their nervous systems, remembering their innate wholeness and unlocking their unique creativity.
All bodies, genders, experience levels and ages are welcome! The invitation is to meet yourself where you are and make the practice your own. Wear comfortable clothing for movement, and bring a journal/paper and pen for writing. Mat and props provided. Class begins promptly at 6:30pm.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Cousins Fundraiser | Screening Celebrating Film & Community
SCREENING | $20 | 18+ | Join the creators of "Cousins" for a night of celebration and community fundraising to help two black women, plus an entirely female production team, bring their film to life! "Cousins" is a coming of age story about a young girl visiting her incarnated father for the first time, and centers around father daughter dynamics, how incarnation effects families, and how families come together in times of turmoil. Come together with us to celebrate a dream made true, dance the night away, and know that with community, there is nothing we cannot create together.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Out On The Ice: A Talk on Queerness in Figure Skating
$8 PRE // $12 DOS | ALL AGES | Join us Friday February 20th for a live talk with journalists Ari Saperstein and Chris Schleicher on the hidden history of queerness in figure skating.
From the outside, figure skating looks like a queer refuge. But inside? Skaters have often been expected to fit rigid ideas of gender and performance – on and off the ice. Until surprisingly recently, being fully yourself in the sport felt impossible, especially at the highest levels. Luckily, a few courageous skaters were able to break through and shatter that culture of silence, often in ways that surprised even themselves. Exclusive interviews with Olympic athletes like Adam Rippon and Amber Glenn, Ari and Chris trace the history of skaters who pushed back and the moments that reshaped the visibility of queerness in sport.
(And yes, Heated Rivalry will be discussed.)
Come for the talk, then go home and watch the Olympics a little differently.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Ari Saperstein is a contributor to outlets like The Guardian, Vox and NPR and former producer at LAist and This American Life. Chris Schleicher is a TV writer (The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever, Saved by the Bell), a contributor on figure skating for Slate and TIME, and former national-level figure skater.
This talk is based on a three-part series on queerness in figure skating hosted by Ari & Chris for the critically acclaimed documentary podcast Blind Landing.
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 | 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.
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.
After Hours at Junior High with Molly Oran, Mister Elle and Amanda on the Moon
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Join us for After Hours at Junior High with Molly Oran, Mister Elle, and Amanda On The Moon. Enjoy an evening of soothing original music from three local artists.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Intro: Boxes | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK SERIES | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to work withclay, creating and joining slabs together to create a box of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and slab built vessels by creating a unique box that can be decorative and functional. Whether you’re interested in making a match box, sugar jar, or butter dish- we will bring your ideas to life! Taught by Chelsie Rivera.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 1-2 new food safe objects for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic slab building practice
2nd week: Start creating your box(es)
3rd week: Final touches
4th week: Glazing
**Email **claydate@juniorhighla.com** for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing. Sliding scale pricing is available upon request.**
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 (Mask Mandatory)
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | 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 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.
Exhibition Opening | Amoeba Muck by Rachel Fazio
GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES | Amoebic Muck is both prickly and swirling, and looking up at the sky from underneath the water. Amoebic Muck is the gooey stuff in the center. It is also a debut solo show by Rachel Fazio, featuring mostly abstract surrealist painted works.
Rachel Fazio is a multi-disciplinary artist, graphic designer, and teacher with lots of hobbies. They are based in Los Angeles, where they like to paint, tattoo, and make various fiber artworks. Rachel is currently completing their MFA in Graphic Design at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California and works as a freelance graphic designer.
Clay Date! (Mask Mandatory)
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.
Airwave! + Friends
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Join us on February 28th for an early showing of some new music!
Debuting their new music is: Airwave! Airwave is the musical invention of Jesse (@jessegarate), an LA based musician with recording and touring credits to their name. Supporting musical acts include Roger Hallaway (@rogerhallaway) and Pachoink (@pachoink_). Roger Hallaway is a Los Angeles heavy hitter with movie, countless touring, recording, and producing credits. Pachoink is the up and coming art pop group cofounded by Dan and Isaac. Dan, the singing bass-player guides the listener through a myriad of emotions while Isaac - the drummer - ties the whole project together with grounded and interesting beats!
Also featured is art by the extremely talented Raisa Yavneh. Raisa is a multimedia artist & illustrator based Los Angeles. Their illustrations have been featured by Conde Nast’s them., Autostraddle, and more. (www.raisayavneh.com / @dumptruck.jpg)
A portion of proceeds will be donated to the I.C.E. relief efforts of Dare to Struggle for their “Drop the Charges” initiative.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Intro: Boxes | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK SERIES | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to work withclay, creating and joining slabs together to create a box of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and slab built vessels by creating a unique box that can be decorative and functional. Whether you’re interested in making a match box, sugar jar, or butter dish- we will bring your ideas to life! Taught by Chelsie Rivera.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 1-2 new food safe objects for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic slab building practice
2nd week: Start creating your box(es)
3rd week: Final touches
4th week: Glazing
**Email **claydate@juniorhighla.com** for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing. Sliding scale pricing is available upon request.**
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 | 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.
Intro: Handbuilding | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK SERIES |$175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to roll and weave coils together to create a vessel of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and coil built vessels by creating a unique vessel that places you in a long lineage of primordial coil built art. Students will have a set of shapes to wrap and weave their coils around or are welcome to bring something from home.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 2-3 new food safe coil weaved vessels for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic building practice
2nd week: Start creating your first vessel
3rd week: Final touches and last vessels created
4th week: Glazing of objects
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing.
Ash Flores is a multi-media teaching artist from and based in Los Angeles. She currently teaches pottery in the Greater Los Angeles area and enjoys working within her local QTBIPOC communities to provide accessible arts programs. Her main goal is to help you feel good when you leave with your artwork and feel encouraged to do more. She is a firm believer that there is no such thing as good or bad art, except AI art - it’s not good and isn’t art.
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 | 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 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.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | 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.
Intro: Handbuilding | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK COURSE | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to roll and weave coils together to create a vessel of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and coil built vessels by creating a unique vessel that places you in a long lineage of primordial coil built art. Students will have a set of shapes to wrap and weave their coils around or are welcome to bring something from home.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 2-3 new food safe coil weaved vessels for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic building practice
2nd week: Start creating your first vessel
3rd week: Final touches and last vessels created
4th week: Glazing of objects
Ash Flores is a multi-media teaching artist from and based in Los Angeles. She currently teaches pottery in the Greater Los Angeles area and enjoys working within her local QTBIPOC communities to provide accessible arts programs. Her main goal is to help you feel good when you leave with your artwork and feel encouraged to do more. She is a firm believer that there is no such thing as good or bad art, except AI art - it’s not good and isn’t art.
Interested in taking this class? Tickets for this series class are available here- purchase the class by the start date (3/9/26) to attend this weekly class.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing.
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 | 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.
Intro: Handbuilding | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK COURSE | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to roll and weave coils together to create a vessel of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and coil built vessels by creating a unique vessel that places you in a long lineage of primordial coil built art. Students will have a set of shapes to wrap and weave their coils around or are welcome to bring something from home.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 2-3 new food safe coil weaved vessels for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic building practice
2nd week: Start creating your first vessel
3rd week: Final touches and last vessels created
4th week: Glazing of objects
Ash Flores is a multi-media teaching artist from and based in Los Angeles. She currently teaches pottery in the Greater Los Angeles area and enjoys working within her local QTBIPOC communities to provide accessible arts programs. Her main goal is to help you feel good when you leave with your artwork and feel encouraged to do more. She is a firm believer that there is no such thing as good or bad art, except AI art - it’s not good and isn’t art.
Interested in taking this class? Tickets for this series class are available here- purchase the class by the start date (3/9/26) to attend this weekly class.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing.
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 (Mask Mandatory)
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | 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 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.
Clay Date! (Mask Mandatory)
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.
Warm Shower and The Towels & K Pasta
MUSIC | $15 | ALL AGES | Come get weird with bands Warm Shower and the Towels and K Pasta. From across the land (or LA) both acts bring you musical humor and honesty and unwasted emotion to help you feel understood in the strange world we live in. Composers/bandleaders Luc Ostroff (Warm Shower and the Towels), and Karl McComas-Reichl (K Pasta) write and record music for the lost souls, the outcasts, the weird kids, and those who just don't fit in. They record their music so that they themselves and those mentioned can have somewhere to go. Let us all come together as weirdos for a night of true understanding, true empathy, and true coolness. Bring your pets!
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.
The Polish Party: Press-on Nail Art Workshop Series 2
WORKSHOP | $35 per class | 14+ | The Polish Party is back at Junior High LA, this time as a 3-part workshop series!
Join me Jordie C. (they/she), @clacquecloset , each month for a cozy, hands-on workshop where we’ll get creative with 3 different nail art techniques.
Build your skills, connect with new faces, and leave each session with a custom press-on set you made yourself.
Hands-on · beginner-friendly · all genders welcome
Minors must be accompanied by a parent and/or guardian to attend this workshop.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Intro: Handbuilding | A Clay Date Series!
WORKSHOP | FOUR WEEK COURSE | $175 | AGES 16+ | In this 4 week beginner class, you will learn to roll and weave coils together to create a vessel of your choice! Push the limits of handbuilding and coil built vessels by creating a unique vessel that places you in a long lineage of primordial coil built art. Students will have a set of shapes to wrap and weave their coils around or are welcome to bring something from home.
Each class is 2 hrs and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and firings to create your unique vessel. At the end of the series you’ll be able to take home 2-3 new food safe coil weaved vessels for your enjoyment!
4 Week Breakdown:
1rst week: Concept introduction + basic building practice
2nd week: Start creating your first vessel
3rd week: Final touches and last vessels created
4th week: Glazing of Objects
Ash Flores is a multi-media teaching artist from and based in Los Angeles. She currently teaches pottery in the Greater Los Angeles area and enjoys working within her local QTBIPOC communities to provide accessible arts programs. Her main goal is to help you feel good when you leave with your artwork and feel encouraged to do more. She is a firm believer that there is no such thing as good or bad art, except AI art - it’s not good and isn’t art.
Interested in taking this class? Tickets for this series class are available here- purchase the class by the start date (3/9/26) to attend this weekly class.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Nourishing Inner Inspiration: A Grounding Shamanic Kundalini Yoga (SKY) & LAST CUT Writing Workshop
WORKSHOP | $22 PRE // $27 DOS | ALL AGES | Looking for a moment to slow down, reflect and explore your distinct voice and vision to meet these potent times? Or simply wanting an evening of self-care? Come take a deep breath and relax into a nourishing Shamanic Kundalini Yoga (SKY) practice that will include yoga, breath work and meditation, followed by reflective writing and community connection. Working with the energy of the day’s New Moon and Solar Eclipse, you’ll explore how best to stay grounded, centered and inspired with effective tools that welcome a calmer nervous system, deeper presence and greater clarity.
Sam Paige Davis is a queer and trans writer, teacher and artist who combines the SKY modality with over a decade of experience teaching LAST CUT® writing workshops. They love supporting people in regulating their nervous systems, remembering their innate wholeness and unlocking their unique creativity.
All bodies, genders, experience levels and ages are welcome! The invitation is to meet yourself where you are and make the practice your own. Wear comfortable clothing for movement, and bring a journal/paper and pen for writing. Mat and props provided. Class begins promptly at 6:30pm.
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.
The Polish Party: Press-on Nail Art Workshop Series 3
WORKSHOP | $35 per class | 14+ | The Polish Party is back at Junior High LA, this time as a 3-part workshop series!
Join me Jordie C. (they/she), @clacquecloset , each month for a cozy, hands-on workshop where we’ll get creative with 3 different nail art techniques.
Build your skills, connect with new faces, and leave each session with a custom press-on set you made yourself.
Hands-on · beginner-friendly · all genders welcome
Minors must be accompanied by a parent and/or guardian to attend this workshop.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Candle Conversations
WORKSHOP | $30 | 18+ | Burn Bar LA Presents: Soft Life Sundays - Slow pour. Warm wax. Chill music. This is your Sunday reset, elevated. Walk in stressed, walk out with a candle that smells like peace made by you. Book your next reset. 🕯️
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.
Chamorrita Song - Book Release Event
READING | $15 | ALL AGES | Her debut poetry collection, Chamorrita Song, honors the oral traditions that have carried Black and Chamorro communities through generations of resilience. Blending spoken-word, gospel, and Indigenous storytelling, Danielle weaves together the intertwined histories of queer, Black, and Chamorro existence—creating a powerful space for memory, healing, and voice. ✨
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | 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.
Molly's House | A Variety Comedy Show!
PERFORMANCE | $10 | ALL AGES | Molly’s House is LA’s living room for local talent—showcasing comics, musicians, DJs, and more in intimate, community-driven performances.
Molly’s House started exactly where you’d think—Molly’s actual parents’ living room. What began as a cozy night of comedy among friends has grown into a full-blown intimate showcase for the city’s best up-and-coming comedians. Come hang out, get out of your house, make a new friend, and laugh the night away.
Ollas | Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $35 | ALL AGES | Learn to make your own Olla pot, which (after firing) can be submerged in the ground to slowly irrigate nearby plants. Students will practice building vessels with coils, slabs, and pinch pots. Once the Olla is formed, students will be encouraged to add unique designs to the pot’s surface to add special intention while nourishing the soil. Each attendee will also be gifted with a brand new pair of garden gloves.
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 works 4-6 weeks after the class. Olla pots will be ready to use upon pick-up. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 11-5pm or at any Junior High event. 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!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Junior High Presents | Healing With Clay @ Brand Studios
WORKSHOP | FREE | ALL AGES | Junior High is popping up down the street at Brand Studios for a special night of healing through clay making. Join this safe space to gain mindfulness while practicing handbuilding techniques. Students will be given 2lbs of clay and encouraged to make Ollas via the pinch pot method. "Olla" is a traditional word for a clay object that can hold food, liquids, or various items. Loose instruction will be given for surface decoration of each pot. This class is perfect for all levels of experience, including beginners. Four to six weeks after class the ollas will be fired and glazed for students to enjoy, as they will be food safe. Get your feelings out and onto the clay, express yourself, exist with the community, and utilize resources generously provided by the Glendale Library, Arts & Culture!
This event will be indoors at Brand Studios, 1601 W Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201. Brand Studios is on the lower level, next to the parking lot. No need to take the stairs.
To attend, please register for free here on the Glendale Library Website.
RV TV Telethon
COMMUNITY | $15 | ALL AGES | Join us for an evening of poetry, music, art, food, and community power as we celebrate the new year & January birthdays while raising funds for R.V. T.V.! A harrowing mechanical failure and accident on Christmas has resulted in the loss of Aly the RV— @rvtvshow’s home & studio.
There are two options for how you can attend this event: For $15 you can attend this event Live In Person or for $10 we will send a Twitch Streaming link. Your support will help with the purchase of another rig to get this committed mutual aid organizer back on his wheels to continue community-building in the San Fernando Valley and creating street media.
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.
1000 Afros Still Loitering For Beauty | An Exhibition Opening
GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES | The 18 pieces by Marantz Moon in “1000 Afros Still Loitering 4 Beauty” represent a body of work at the intersection of function, the utilitarian and an aesthetic informed by the beauty of daily life in a broad spectrum of the black community. The iconic image of the afro, whether replicated throughout the exhibition as a silhouette, by its implied presence (as in the form of an afro pick), or in actual figurative form, serves as a pointer, directing the viewer to experience the afro uniquely in the context of each new setting, within each new work, as a symbol of both black beauty and black power.
The exhibition title is a reference to the increased incidence of racially-motivated policing in gentrifying neighborhoods over “loitering”. While laws governing “loitering” first appeared in Elizabethan England, their current deployment by American police is a means to control conflicted spaces. The artist asks us to question, Whose space is it? With “(this corner is a safe space?),” the artist creates both an exterior where afro cutouts replicate and manifest in unconscious racial stereotypes as an “unruly mob” in the eyes of gentrifiers, but also as interior space that represents a safe haven within which to celebrate black life and culture.
Written by Lenore French, President & Founding Member of Transformation Arts
Moon’s work centers on Afro silhouettes, emphasizing flow and movement. He uses a variety of mediums, including acrylic, resin, clay, and found materials, layering color, texture, and abstraction to create depth. Inspired by his own identity and culture, his art invites viewers to pause and reflect. Through his practice, he explores the transient nature of life, aiming to freeze moments in time and spark thoughtful engagement.
Marantz Moon is a practicing visual, performance and teaching artist. He is currently based in Los Angeles, CA, where he has lived for the past 5 years since relocated from his hometown of Chicago IL, in early 2020. In that time, Moon co-founded the DMST Atelier, an artist-run gallery space in Mid-City, with fellow artist Frannie Hemmelgarn in 2021. The DMST has since been an incubator for his practice in exploring social practice, community building and other art programing. Moon has a B.A in Art from Grambling State University & M.A in Studio Art from Governors State University. He currently works in fine art installation and as an adjunct art professor teaching art education and social justice courses at Cal State Fullerton.
Website: Marantzmoon.com
Instagram: Marantz Moon
Email: marantzmoon@gmail.com
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 | 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 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.
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.
Queer Skate Workshop & Mixer
WORKSHOP | $10 | ALL AGES | Learn & build new skills on wheels and connect with other queer rollerskaters! Saturday January 10th 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!
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.
HAPPY GIRL SUPREMACY Comedy Hour!
COMEDY | $10 | ALL AGES | Join us for a night of laughs with some of Los Angeles’s coolest local comics and host Grace Bahler! We’re all definitely having a good time right now, right?
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Paint Night
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | Last chance to paint your items before the end of the year! Glazing only!
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!
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.
Dance Eclipse: Drifter Zine's 5th Anniversary Party
Reading & Fundraiser | $10 | ALL AGES | Dance Eclipse is ¡A Dance Party for all zinesters & pigeon-lovers! Valley-heads of Drifter Zine are celebrating 5 years of zine-making! Based in the San Fernando Valley, since 2020, Madi & Iván have edited issues full of visual art, poetry, & fiction/non-fiction from artists based in the 818 and beyond. Their 10th issue will be out in Winter of 2026 under the theme, Kallifornication. Proceeds from this event will be supporting the printing of their next issue. Come support your local zinemakers and hear from contributors and friends of the Drifter block: Angie Sanchez, Paisley, Ivette Ocampo, & Tori Gesualdo, and the rancho-rave beats of DJ Takuache on the decks.
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.
Tats n Babes: Holiday Toy Drive
TATTOOS | $5 PRE // $8 DOS | ALL AGES | Donate a Brand New Toy or Blanket to help our community and you’ll be entered in a Raffle to win a free $100 Tattoo by @stabalisim or @glasspokes!
Are you a fan of all things cutesy 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.
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.
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.
Refill Your Cup: A nervous system reset through SKY movement and writing
WORKSHOP| $10 | ALL AGES | Looking for ways to stay grounded and connected during the holidays? Or simply wanting an evening of self-care? Come take a deep breath and slow down with a nourishing SKY (Shamanic Kundalini Yoga) practice that will include yoga, breathwork and meditation, followed by reflective writing. You’ll explore how best to fill your cup during busy times with effective tools that welcome a calmer nervous system, deeper presence and greater clarity.
Sam Paige Davis is a queer and trans writer, teacher and artist who combines the SKY modality with over a decade of experience teaching writing workshops. They love supporting people in remembering their innate wholeness and in unlocking their unique creativity.
All bodies, genders, experience levels and ages are welcome! The invitation is to meet yourself where you are and make the practice your own. Wear comfortable clothing for movement and bring a journal/paper and pen for writing.
Class begins promptly at 7pm. Mat and props provided.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Alive! Show
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Looking to be in community, listen, love, laugh, enjoy something beautiful, create, and maybe shed a tear or two? Join us for the Alive! Show, a cozy living room style night of music meant to help us slow down and reconnect during a hectic season. This event will feature intimate sets, original songs, gentle storytelling, and warm, heart-centered connection from Genosky, Darian Giselle, and Rachel Erickson. With the holidays approaching and the world feeling overwhelming, this show offers a space to breathe, feel supported, and remember what it means to simply be here and be alive.
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.
Clowns of Anarchy Presents: Inside Jokes!
COMEDY | $10 | 18+ | Clowns of Anarchy is an East Los Angeles comedy collective showcasing comedians from everywhere. Get ready to share a fun night of “Inside Jokes” at Junior High!
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.
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! | Paint Your Own Ornaments
WORKSHOP | $35 | 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.