About this Event
Weekly Class | 1h | every Wednesday
Level 2: Intermediate
- Portfolio & Experience
Join us Wednesdays in Los Angeles for an adventurous evening with @folk.lounge on the LA River to develop larger bodies of work through a year-long interdisciplinary program. Each session draws on cultures, archives, symbolism, and mythologies — building toward research, publishing, or production. Whether you are an artist deepening your practice or a professional expanding your cultural reach, grow your impact through meaning, structure, critique, and community.
Level 2: Intermediate - Portfolio & Experience
- You know what you want to make and are growing your own creative direction
- Position and orient your practice within global heritage traditions
- Develop independent projects through research, archives, symbolism, and cultural study
- Grow your impact as a cultural worker through publishing, production, critique, and networking
***The following days we will convene remote due to the space unavailability: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 23. No class June 24.
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MEMBER PERKS
✓ Unlimited classes
✓ Community Buddy
✓ All recordings for 90 days
✓ Live Material Salon events
✓ Member Workspace
✓ 2 guest passes
✓ Level Specific Discord
✓ Billed monthly
✓ In person or virtual
✓ Folk Lounge "Founders"
✓ Cancel any time
* Bring your own materials
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MATERIALS
Starter materials are provided for first timers to help you get going. Students bring their own materials to each session. We recommend just a few key things to get started. Select materials are provided when we introduce new techniques.
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INSTRUCTOR
is a multidisciplinary design leader, artist, and cultural practitioner who works at the frontiers of innovation and community. She is also a founder of Folk Lounge, hosting Embroidery Socials around LA.
"Every stitch carries a whisper from the past, a light from the future. I created this series to connect generations through shared spaces where we can learn, create, and celebrate together. With roots in Armenian and Russian culture, I’m drawn to the language of ornament—and when I started embroidery, I knew it would be far more joyful as a collective experience."
— Shagho, Founder
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ONLINE
Google Meet Link
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PARKING
We recommend pointing directions, driving and parking by La Colombe Coffee to walk along the river to reach the Blake Lofts. We enter and exit the facility via the LA River Bike Path entrance using the ADA ramp. No access or traverse is allowed through the Blake Lofts residential courtyard by the facilities agreement. Thank you for understanding. PS. Lost, need help getting there or need to enter from the front entrance due to mobility issues, call or text (503) 740-6722.
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SPACE
is a nonprofit rooted in Elysian Valley, along the Los Angeles River — one of the few places in LA where art, community, and place-making have been quietly inseparable for nearly two decades. Through festivals, free classes, film, and year-round programming, they hold space for artists and neighbors alike.
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TERMS
By registering or attending any Folk Lounge event, you confirm awareness of associated risks and release the Organizer, Assistant Organizers, and Event Hosts from all related liability. You affirm agreement to our Weaving Belonging, Mindful Making and Participation Agreement — and if acting as a legal guardian, that you're authorized to agree on another's behalf: folklounge.com/terms
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Blake Lofts, 1901 Blake Avenue, Los Angeles, United States
USD 39.19 to USD 289.95
