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SOLD OUT – Textile Arts Hosts a Random Weave Workshop with Polly Giacchina

Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

On Saturday, February 22nd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and Polly Jacobs Giacchina in an exploration of the random weave technique with different flexible materials.  Medium and small pieces will be created as vessels and stuffed forms. This workshop is perfect for artists and enthusiasts looking for a basis in understanding how to create dimensional form, play with unconventional materials, and investigate how form and material can be combined for creative and functional use.

Join Us For The First Textile Slam! of 2020

Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

On Tuesday, February 25th from 7:30 - 9:00 pm, (Doors at 7:00 pm) join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles for Textile Slam! This event occurs three times a year and is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking, featuring a rotating slate of presenters, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation.

A reception, lecture, and discussion with Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular

Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

Free
On Thursday, February 27th, from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly L.A. Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a reception, lecture, and discussion with Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular. 

Arcana Books Welcomes Bruce Licher, Karen Nielsen Licher, and SR2

Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA

On Saturday, March 7th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, please stop by Arcana: Books on the Arts for a very special afternoon with Bruce Licher and Karen Nielsen Licher of Independent Project Press & Records as they celebrate the release of Savage Impressions with a book signing, one-day exhibition and sale of printed matter, and a musical performance at 5:00 PM sharp by SR2.

POSTPONED – Play! A Screen Print Weekend with Carrie Burckle, Inspired by Sarajo Frieden

Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

On Saturday and Sunday, March 14th and 15th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, please join us in hosting Textile Arts LA's Carrie Burckle for a weekend-long screen printing workshop where you’ll explore chance and improvisation as playful strategies incorporating collage, stamping, cut outs, and painting for designing prints.

POSTPONED – Join Textile Arts for a Hands-On Workshop: The Art of Spinning

Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

On Sunday, March 15th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles and local fiber artist and spinning expert Anna Zinsmeister  for The Art of Spinning, a hands-on experience spinning Karakul sheep wool sourced from a ranch in the northern edge of Los Angeles County. We’ll discuss the method and challenges of processing fleece into spin-able material, practice spinning with a hand spindle, and learn a bit about the various types of wool fibers and their uses.

POSTPONED: Textile Arts Hosts a Conversation + Book Signing, Material and Mind with Christopher Bardt

Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

On Wednesday, March 25th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm (Doors at 7:00 pm), please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and Christopher Bardt for practiceLAB, a conversation and in-depth exploration of the interaction between mind and material world, mediated by language, image, and making—in design, the arts, culture, and science.