Calendario de eventos

Learn all about the art of watercolor in this cozy, autumnal-themed class.

Join us for weekly activities!Activities vary from week to week. Previous programs include game days, t-shirt making, chalk drawing, and music production. Programs are presented by library staff and community partner, Excel the Youth.

Come Crochet with us!

Enjoy a weekly drop-in program intended for kids aged 5-11, including activities like brick building, crafts, games, and more.

Celebrate Diwali with us by making a paper diya.

Join our knitting and crochet social club. We meet weekly, and people of all levels are welcome, including beginners. Please bring your own supplies. Registration is not required, just drop by.

Makerspace with button making and more!

Take some time for your creative pursuits and chat with fellow art-makers in this virtual studio hour. Please bring whatever creative project you're working on, or if you need an art prompt, we will provide one.

Come learn how to sew or use our sewing machines to finish a project. You can also bring your embroidery, crochet, or knitting project.

Celebrate Native Heritage Month with Zapotec artist, Taty Hernández of Lumbre Ceramics. Learn about the development of the technology that is ceramics from the Mesoamerican time period to today! Create your own clay invention to take home.

Our STAR volunteers read to children one-on-one or in small groups. No sign-up is required. Take home a free book to keep after attending three STAR storytimes at our branch.

Bring your crochet, knitting, embroidery, or hand-stitching projects to the library and enjoy a relaxing hour crafting and chatting with other needle-art fans. Limited supplies are available for practicing and learning.

Come to the Pico Union Branch Library and paint some miniatures! Painting can be therapeutic and meditative. We provide brushes, paint, and even miniatures that you can keep!

Join us for brick building play and let your imagination soar! Bring your engineering ideas to life and build whatever you want with building bricks.

Teens will learn about indigenous futurism through this clay workshop.

Draw, paint, knit, crochet, needle, color, or create in your own way! Stop by the library every Thursday for our ongoing Fiber Art and Arts Club. Bring your project, enjoy tea, and connect with others in a relaxed, friendly space.

All November and December, we'll be making gifts for friends and loved ones!

Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles Central Library and explore the art of linocut printing at this special event. Nova Community Arts will teach attendees how to design, carve and print a linoleum block as a broadside…

Join us every Friday afternoon for a free-play session with LEGO-style bricks.

This workshop will focus on the experimental nature of collage and the seamless blending and application of paper collage with drawing, painting, and abstract elements to create unique mixed-media work.

Join us for knitting and crochet!

Transform everyday garbage into a work of art! Join us to create a playful collage with things that we collect around our homes: junk mail, shipping materials, product packaging, and more.

Join us for our holiday art and craft gift making and card making workshop!

Join us during our drop-in hours to use our button makers and zine supplies. Don’t forget to book an appointment to access our sewing, embroidery, and Cricut machines.