Shorter Days, Longer Hours

Good news for Center-goers: we're now open on Wednesdays, too, from 12:00-6:00 pm. Drop by then (or on Thursday, Friday or Saturday) to see the Eudorah Moore exhibit that's currently up-- and don't forget about our after-hours special events, like this Friday's Musik meiner Freunde: California Stars, the latest installment of our Window Concert Series, and next Saturday's panel discussion about Eudorah's role as a pioneering craft advocate.

Here's a peek at what we mean by eclectic-- check out Maggie Haspacher, guest curator for our next edition of the Window Concert Series, performing a fun cover at an earlier show. You can also hear her performing Pack Up Your Sorrows with the Craft in America House Band here, and be sure to stop by on the 27th to join in on the fun live and in person!

Musik meiner Freunde: California Stars

or The Window Concert Series: Expat Edition

Friday, September 27th, 8:00 pm

 

After a year abroad, Maggie Hasspacher guest-curates a show at the Window of über-talented composer and performer friends of Los Angeles. This little electro-acoustic gathering mixes new music, jazz and House Band and features Amy Bormet, Sarah Gibson and other cool California Freunden.

Craft & Ingenuity at Space 15 Twenty Tonight

Please join Craft in America in celebrating the Hand-Eye Supply Pop-up Institute for Craft & Ingenuity at their opening party tonight, Friday, August 16th. The party will run from 6:00-9:00 pm and will feature live letterpress demos by Tabletop Made, plus tunes provided by DJ Neil Schield of Origami Vinyl and free beers from PBR. It's going to be an awesome gathering of LA's craft community-- we'll hope to see you there! More info about tonight's event can be found here, but also be sure to check out the full list of fun stuff going on at Space 15 Twenty throughout the rest of the month.

Two Cool Craft Events This Weekend!

First check out Craft in America's Director Emily Zaiden speaking on a panel called Is Food Art? at the Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium. The panel will run from 10:30 am-12:30 pm tomorrow, Saturday, August 10, and will feature an awesome lineup of speakers-- you can find more information about them and the event here!

Then, on Sunday, stop by the Study Center at 7:00 pm for The Window Concert Series: Pack Up Your Sorrows. More info on who's playing can be found here, and there are a ton of YouTube videos of past concerts to get you warmed up for Sunday's tunes. 

The Window Concert Series Returns!

Join us next Sunday, August 11th at 7pm at the Craft in America Center for an evening of original songs and eclectic covers. The UK's Dean Frances-Hawkesly (Grist/The Temple Cloud Country Club) has been writing dark country folk songs for over 30 years, and he will be performing with Terry de Castro (The Wedding Present/Craft in America House Band) for another installment of the Pack Up Your Sorrows Window Concert Series.  Terry and Dean will also be joined by Melinda Rice (Wild Up/Homesick Elephant/Craft in America House Band) on vocals and violin.

Everyone is invited and no RSVP is necessary-- just show up, sit down and listen in! You can get a sense of what concerts are like by checking out footage from past shows on YouTube.

Restricted metered parking is available in surrounding neighborhoods, and West Third Street valet parking is available at Orlando Street, in front of Magnolia Bakery. 

For more information, please feel free to get in touch with us by emailing info@craftinamerica.org or calling (323) 951-0610. 

It's a Wrap! Artisanal Chocolate & Monotype Printmaking Workshop 6/15/13

 As part of our recent exhibit, Good Enough to Eat; Food as Medium for Craft,

The Craft in America Center held a print-your-own chocolate bar wrapper workshop!

 

Attendees got wrapped up in making monotype print candy bar wrapper to go around a chocolate bar made by Jonathan Grahm of Los Angeles artisanal chocolatier Compartés. Participants learned the fundamentals of the monotype printing process with Christina Carroll and Jonathan Grahm got their creative juices flowing with samples of his artistry.

 

Hungry for chocolate and art-making, participants settle and take in
the works of art made from food.


Compartés Chocolatier Jonathan Grahm gives an introduction about his handmade chocolates AND a generous sampling of flavors to each attendee for artistic inspiration.



At each place, a printing plate, materials for mark-making and textures, paint and a palette ... AND several samples of delectable Compartés chocolates.

 

Making a start on the plate ...

... and here's the result! Mmmmm



Decisions, decisions ...

Center director, Emily Zaiden, makes finishing touches at the press.

 

Amy Shuster of Backyard Bite blog came to play!  www.backyardbite.com



Mmm ... to wrap around a bar of cool, dark chocolate?

 

 

Jonathan Grahm applies some extra pressure on his first print/wrapper ...

Which variety of his own chocolate bar will Jonathan Grahm wrap this print around?

 

 

To wrap around a caliente spicy chocolate bar?

 

For colorful, fruity, gingery chocolate?

I wonder how many artists are inspired subconsciously by other people's socks?