Art History Classes in Los Angeles, CA

Ever wanted to chat up your host about Van Gogh? Maybe impress your boss with Lichtenstein? Converse with your crush about Picasso? This is the course for you. No prior experience required. Bring an open mind and your curiosity. Lectures will include slide shows and provocative discussions. Materials Fee: N/A

Made for museum lovers and skeptics alike, our Un-Highlights tour of the Getty Center will show you a side of the Getty you’ve never seen before!  Join our renegade tour guides on a high-energy, two-hour group tour through this visual arts mecca with a “tasting menu” approach as you learn the crazy true stories behind a selection of art...

Beginning in the 1930s Jeri's grandmother collected Mountain Mist appliqué patterns. Jeri has added to them and now has the complete collection to share.  This club is a great way to hone appliqué skills and share in the history of quilting. Review all methods of appliqué and choose your favorite. Patterns will be provided.

At one point in our history the skill of the blacksmith used to be a necessity for survival. Now however, it can become a necessity of a different kind. In this class students will learn to think with their hands and utilize their brains in a different way than is typical in modern society. This class will show how forging can become a necessity for...

Enjoy the best things in life—art, wine, creativity, and friendship—in this lively, artist-led workshop. Explore a work of art from LACMA's collection through fun dialogue, then retreat to the studio to create your own work in a supportive, positive atmosphere, while enjoying a glass of wine and small bites. Artists have been painting animals,...

Do you have hundreds of everyday photos just sitting on your device? Why not turn even your most mundane photos into unique works of art? Learn how, through the art of photomontage. With photomontage you can combine your everyday photos of family, friends, and travel into surreal stories and worlds without having to be a Photoshop expert. Through this...

This is a core fundamental class for photographers. The course teaches the most important tools, composition and basic image optimization, helping students to understand the process behind simple photo correction. The class will cover: Photoshop Interface and Tools Overview a. Preferences b. Color settings c. Basic tools d. Panels & layout...

In this unique, hands-on workshop we will experience the beauty and joy of interpreting our images through 19th century photographic printing processes of Cyanotype, Salted Paper and Platinum & Palladium. Students will learn the techniques and gain the skills needed to make enlarged digital negatives from digital files for each alt-process,...

With the introduction of the rangefinder camera back in the early twentieth century, a new chapter in the history of photography had begun. Due to the camera’s relatively compact size and quick focusing ability, photographers were able to capture candid shots in the streets in a way that hadn’t been possible before. Fast forward nearly one hundred...

Death Valley National Park is a desert wonderland of immense scale, beauty and power. Its 3.3 million acres, the vast majority of which are road less wilderness, encompass a staggering array of landscapes, unique geologic formations and colorful vistas. The largest National Park in the contiguous United States, Death Valley is both beautiful to behold...