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Make a bowl in one! … One day, that is. Start class in the morning without even knowing what a lathe is, and leave in the afternoon with a beautiful handmade wooden bowl — and the skills to make it.

The lathe is the woodworking equivalent to the pottery wheel. If you ask someone who does it, they’ll tell you there are few things more meditative and calming than turning.

Your instructor will take you through the basics of the lathe and how it works, how to safely operate one, and how to turn a beautiful wooden bowl from a block of rough lumber to a finished masterpiece.

Open to students age 18+ only.

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Event: Body Memory | Group Show

Dates: June 14 - August 15, 2026

Venue: Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 14, 2026, 12:00 - 3:00pm

Website Link: https://www.luisdejesus.com/exhibitions/body-memory-group-show

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is pleased to present Body Memory, a group exhibition featuring figurative works that explore themes of visibility, empathy, resilience, and collective memory. The exhibition brings together drawings, paintings, photography, and mixed-media works by Rebecca Campbell, Zackary Drucker, Hely Omar González, Elsa María Meléndez, Derriann Pharr, Levon Riggins, Joshua AM Ross, Manuel Hernández Sánchez, Jessica Vollrath, James Williams II, and José Delgado Zúñiga. Body Memory is on view from June 16, 2026, to August 15, 2026. An opening reception will be held Sunday, June 14, 2026, from 12:00 – 3:00 pm. 

Body Memory asks how collective memory is formed, how we see each other through images, and what it means to carry those imbued encounters within us. It proposes that seeing is never passive: it is an embodied act shaped by history, power, and imagination—one that determines how we show up for each other and participate in the ongoing acts of learning, unlearning, formation, and transformation.

At the center of Body Memory is the intervention of figurative art itself. Against histories of commodification and subjugation in both art historical and popular visual culture, the artists in this exhibition raise the figure to prominence as a means of reclamation. Black and Brown bodies, queer bodies, women's bodies, and forms of bodily vulnerability—including gestures of reflection, resistance, and body language and body horror—refuse reduction into stereotype, fetish, or passivity.

Instead, these figures insist upon complexity, interiority, and presence. Through strategies of figuration, the artists confront inherited systems of looking that have historically objectified marginalized bodies, redirecting the politics of the gaze toward recognition rather than consumption. The works celebrate acts of transcendence to resist suppression—synthesizing storytelling, aesthetics, and materials with body and mind, to bring visibility to overlooked histories and lived experiences, while inviting viewers to reimagine futures.

Event: Evita Tezeno | Coming Home: A Gathering of Voices

Dates: June 14 - August 15, 2026

Venue: Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 14, 2026, 12:00 - 3:00pm

Website Link: https://www.luisdejesus.com/exhibitions/evita-tezeno4

Attached image caption: Evita Tezeno, At the Family Table (2026), acrylic, mixed media collage and vintage buttons on canvas

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is pleased to announce Evita Tezeno: Coming Home: A Gathering of Voices, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition runs from June 14 to August 15, 2026. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, June 14, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

In Coming Home: A Gathering of Voices, Evita Tezeno debuts a new series of collage paintings rooted in memories of her hometown of Port Arthur, Texas. Known for her autobiographical portraits and vibrant depictions of joy in Black American life, Tezeno expands her visual language through complex, multi-figure compositions that honor the communal fabric shaping her earliest experiences.

Drawn from the cultural history of Southeast Texas’ “Golden Triangle,” a region shaped by generations of Creole communities that migrated from Louisiana during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the series reflects a living heritage sustained through language, music, cuisine, and enduring rituals of gathering. Through these paintings, Tezeno pays homage to her family’s Creole roots while foregrounding the significance of assembly, from intimate domestic settings to public spaces.

Tezeno masterfully composes hand-painted, patterned papers and drawings into multidimensional scenes that evoke the sensory rhythms of Creole life: the energy of Zydeco music, the slapping of dominoes, and the soulful nourishment of sharing home-cooked meals. Each work transforms the canvas into a site of celebration. Group scenes of quilting, family dinners, and public gatherings depict how coming together shapes individuals and communities. Tezeno’s collages underscore the power of assembling fragments into a whole and threading collective memory where stories are passed down, bonds are made, and joy resounds.

At once deeply personal and collectively resonant, Coming Home: A Gathering of Voices extends beyond remembrance. It becomes both affirmation and invitation—calling viewers to gather authentically, inhabit space fully, and join in kinship. 

Evita Tezeno (b.1960, Port Arthur, TX) lives and works in Dallas, Texas. Tezeno holds a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design (1984) from Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Recent solo exhibitions include Evita Tezeno: Piece of My Heart (2025), Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX; Out of Many (2023), Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX; The Moments We Share Are the Memories We Keep (2023), and My Life, My Story (2021), Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Select group exhibitions include This is America, Selections from PAMM’s Collection, Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; Améfrica: Diasporic Connections in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection (2026-27), Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain; Fields of Vision: Dallas Collects (2026), Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX; Solace and Sisterhood (2025), David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; LAYERS: The Art of Contemporary Collage (2025), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; Mirror of the Mind: Figuration in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection (2024), El Espacio 23, Miami, FL; Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary Art Collage (2024), Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX.

Tezeno’s works are held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; Dallas Museum of Art, TX; African American Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA; Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar; The Bunker Artspace, Palm Beach, FL; El Espacio 23, Miami, FL, and numerous other prominent private collections. 

Sisters & Misters of the Moon - New Moon Manifestation Gathering

June 14, 2026 - 5:00 - 8:00 pm at The Blake Lofts - Community Room 

Frogtown Arts invites you into a new monthly ritual; an open gathering where we pause, soften and breathe a little deeper, together.

With each new moon, we will gather to plant intentions and stir possibility with activities like art projects and journaling while blending guided meditation, manifestation practices and gentle wellness experiences into an evening that feels both grounding and expansive.

Eastern Art Practice & Soothing Sound Bath

On June 14, 2026, we kick off this series with artist, urban botanist and holistic healer Nana Chen, who will present a special evening of intention and healing-featuring an Origami Wind Chime Making Workshop and a Singing Bowl Sound Bath. Open to everyone-all are welcome! Let's fold our wishes in our windchimes and let the bowls clear our minds for the weeks ahead. 

Nana is also a talented artist and florist. She'll bring a selection of her art, decor and dried flower bouquets for purchase. She also offers divination and aura portraits-for a separate fee-inquire with Nana on-site. 

Please bring a yoga mat, blanket and/or pillow to make your nest in our main room. After the art activity, we'll get comfy and cozy for the sound bath. We also have chairs available. Feel free to bring your journal to write down your thoughts and wishes for manifestation during this new moon in Gemini. 

Doors open at 5:00 pm, origami workshop begins at 6:00 pm, hang out before or afterward, enjoy our patio along with some light snacks and sips by the LA River. 

$20.00 tax-deductible donation. Donations are non-refundable. 20 spots available.
Ages 12+ 

Location: The Blake Lofts (Frogtown Arts Headquarters) 
1901 Blake Ave Los Angeles 90039 (enter from front of the building)

Park in the neighborhood and meet in front of the building. A volunteer will escort you to the Community Room. 

If you have questions, email frogtownarts@gmail.com

Table Class: This is a Multi-Day Class.

Full Class Schedule

Wednesday June 17 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - First class!

Thursday June 18 • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Lumberyard Trip (Optional)

Saturday June 20 • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Milling Day (Mandatory)

Wednesday June 24 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 2 of 8

Wednesday July 1 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 3 of 8

Wednesday July 8 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 4 of 8

Wednesday July 15 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 5 of 8

Wednesday July 22 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 6 of 8

Wednesday July 29 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 7 of 8

Wednesday August 5 • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Class 8 of 8

Why buy furniture when you can make it? Our instructors will take you on an in-depth and intensive journey into the fundamentals of furniture making. Come in with the desire to learn and leave with your very own table.

Over the course of 40 hours and 8 weeks, we’ll carefully guide you through every aspect of a professional furniture-maker’s process, allowing you to come away with the skills needed to make beautiful, heirloom-quality furniture — and your own hand-made table.

Class will start with the design process, where, in the course of learning how to design a piece of furniture, you’ll also learn the concepts that every professional woodworker takes into account when making a piece of furniture that’s meant to last.

From there, you’ll learn the ins and outs of the lumber yard and the lumber selection process which will culminate in a class field trip to a professional lumber yard where you’ll be guided through actually selecting and purchasing the lumber for your table.

The remainder of the class will take you through the process of expertly crafting your personal and custom table. We’ll cover traditional joinery, professional tips and tricks for construction of your piece, more advanced techniques in using the machines and tools in the woodshop, and finishing techniques to get the look and feel you want out of your furniture.

Prerequisite: Intro to Woodworking

Open to students age 18+ only. Purchase your spot here.

A morning of creative connection and cultural celebration. Join us every four Saturdays for rejuvenating mornings with @folk.lounge, set in some of Los Angeles' most inspiring locations. Come to see creativity, community, and cultural storytelling come alive through needle and thread. Whether you're just beginning or have been stitching for years, you're invited to bring a project or start something new, and immerse yourself in a circle that nurtures both skill and soul. Learn more >

Level 0: Drop-In - Inspiration & Exploration

• You're curious and exploring — no commitment required

• Drop in, see what's happening, and find your people

• Fall in love with the possibilities and tickle your hands

• Connect with a community of creatives all starting fresh together

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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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Urban Sanctuaries: Plaza Las Fuentes, Pasadena CA
Spanish arches and cascading water define this hidden courtyard oasis, designed by Lawrence Halprin in 1989. Hand-painted tile fountains ripple against terracotta walls while Mediterranean plants frame intimate gathering spaces — a distinctly Californian poetry of place. We meet by the central fountain with the colorful ceramic tiles & fish sculpture.

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Shagho 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.

Join us at deKor for a day of vintage finds, curated interiors, and community. Enjoy 15% off storewide, extended showroom hours, drinks, bites, groovy vibes, and a special vintage clothing pop-up featuring curated racks by Easy Hour and Palm St. Vintage. Spend the evening exploring one-of-a-kind furniture, decor, and vintage fashion while enjoying music, cocktails, and a relaxed atmosphere at our Atwater showroom. We look forward to celebrating with you.

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New works by Bonnie Hvillum of Natural Material Studio and Rafi Ajl

Save the date for a pop up with the Dinkin sisters in store who will be selling their fabulous plates (and some additional goodies!) Watch their IG for more info!