Upcoming Events

Native Plants Linocuts Workshops
Mar
19

Native Plants Linocuts Workshops

  • 3727 West 6th Street Los Angeles, CA, 90020 United States (map)
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Our friends from Meztli Projects (@meztliprojects) will be showing us our to create linocuts with native plants. Linocut is a printmaking technique that involves carving a design into a linoleum sheet to create high-contrast images.

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Polaroid Transfers Workshop
Mar
12

Polaroid Transfers Workshop

  • 3727 West 6th Street Los Angeles, CA, 90020 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn how to do polaroid emulsion lifts with Dahlia Kim Levy. This is the process of removing the thin gelatinous layer that contains the image away from the plastic of the Polaroid, and floating it on to a new surface.

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Bojagi Workshop
Mar
7

Bojagi Workshop

  • 3727 West 6th Street Los Angeles, CA, 90020 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come learn how to make bojagi (aka Korean quilting/patchwork). Artist and founder of @nossibojagi Ellen Lee will be walking us through patching fabrics together to create our own pieces!

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Stop the Hate Utility Box Maintenance Event
Feb
14

Stop the Hate Utility Box Maintenance Event

KYCC’s Environmental Services Unit is hosting a utility box painting and maintenance event to spread awareness and foster inclusion, safety and resilience through art! KSP will also be interviewing volunteers and community members about how to stop hate and make our communities feel safer.

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Sew & Tell Quilting Workshop
Jan
17

Sew & Tell Quilting Workshop

Excited to learn to quilt? Curious about the ways that quilting has been involved in women's history? Interested in participating in a women's affinity space? If sew...join us! We'll be hosting a laid-back workshop with different variations of quilting for different levels and ages. We hope to see you there!

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Finding a Story
Nov
4

Finding a Story

In this workshop, Mallory from the LA Local will be teaching us how to discover, develop, and shape compelling story ideas that capture attention and inform an audience.

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What is Journalism?
Oct
21

What is Journalism?

In this workshop, you will learn how journalism gathers and shares accurate, truthful information to inform the public through news stories, interviews, and reports.

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Oral History Interview Techniques
Oct
7

Oral History Interview Techniques

Interested in documenting stories through oral history? Koreatown Storytelling Program is holding an Oral History Interview Techniques Workshop on 10/7 at 4:30pm! Join us as KSP Audio Producer, Tony Morales, leads workshop on how to transcribe and edit oral history interviews and archival practices.

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Dragonfly Workshops: Zine-making
Aug
28

Dragonfly Workshops: Zine-making

Join us for our final workshop in our Dragonfly Workshop series! We will be taking our collages from Tuesday’s collaging workshop to create our own zines. Feel free to bring any of your own materials–written works, photos, magazine/newspaper pages, stickers, etc.–to include in your zine!

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Dragonfly Workshops: Embroidery
Aug
21

Dragonfly Workshops: Embroidery

Join us for our final workshop in our Dragonfly Workshop series! We will be taking our collages from Tuesday’s collaging workshop to create our own zines. Feel free to bring any of your own materials–written works, photos, magazine/newspaper pages, stickers, etc.–to include in your zine!

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Dragonfly Workshops: Henna
Aug
19

Dragonfly Workshops: Henna

In our Dragonfly Workshop, we will be learning all about henna! It will be led by Tabassun Zaman, who will provide some background about henna, including the origins of henna art and how it is used today in different cultures. Then, we’ll practice doing our own henna art!

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Dragonfly Workshops: Poetry & Creative Writing
Aug
12

Dragonfly Workshops: Poetry & Creative Writing

We’re excited to start our latest workshop series: Dragonfly Workshops! This will be a five-part series throughout the month of August, kicking off with a People’s Poetry and Creative Writing workshop on Aug. 12. Join us as KSP Audio Producer Tony Morales leads us through this writing workshop. Come with your creative hats on!

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Culmination 2024-2025!
Mar
7

Culmination 2024-2025!

Koreatown Storytelling Program warmly invites you to our 2024-2025 culmination! Join us next Fri., March 7 at 4:30 p.m. as we celebrate the end of our Traditional Healing Arts cohort. Our students will be presenting their work from their past year of interviewing and exploring traditional healing in Koreatown! The event will take place at Ye Stage & Tea, who will also be providing traditional Korean teas and Boong’o-bbang (Korean fish-shaped pastries). 🐟🍵🌿

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Botanicas with Dr. Shorter
Feb
26

Botanicas with Dr. Shorter

Koreatown Storytelling Program's final workshop of our Traditional Healing Arts cohort will be Botanicas with Dr. Shorter!

UCLA World Arts and Cultures Professor Dr. David Delgado Shorter will lead a workshop on the diverse modalities of healing in the Koreatown Latine community, which includes bonesetters, limpias, botanicas, and curanderismo, which incorporates folk medicine, scientific medicine, and spiritual practices.

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Journalism 101 w/ Boyle Heights Beat
Jan
21

Journalism 101 w/ Boyle Heights Beat

Introduction to Boyle Heights Beat and community newsrooms. Led by Kevin Martinez of Boyle Heights Beat, who will go over what a feature article is and how to write one. Participants will be prepared to write a feature article on a K-Town topic of their choosing!

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Oral History Interview Techniques
Oct
29

Oral History Interview Techniques

Now that we’ve learned what oral history is, it’s time to dive into oral history interview techniques! KSP Program Coordinator, Dilan Askew, will lead us through the process of transcribing and editing oral history interviews and archival practices.

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Oral History 101
Oct
22

Oral History 101

What is oral history? KSP Program Coordinator, Dilan Askew, will lead a discussion on the ethics and methodology of oral history and delve into how to conduct an oral history interview.

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History of Koreatown
Oct
8

History of Koreatown

KSP Program Director and Koreatown book author, Katherine Kim, will be guiding us through the history of L.A.’s Koreatown. Come learn all about the history of this community, from who built it to where it is now.

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