Join us on Saturday, July 8 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. for our monthly Family Workshop at the East Los Angeles County Library with Teaching Artist Oscar Rodriguez, who will lead a Stencil Screen Printing workshop. Participants will learn how to create a handmade stencil and have it printed on a poster with vibrant inks. Come and create fun designs and a one-of-a-kind poster to take home! This workshop is open to all ages and no prior experience is necessary. All materials will be provided to participants.

Our monthly free Family Workshop will be held at the East Los Angeles Library every second Saturday of the month in the Community Room. Limited public parking is available. The East Los Angeles County Library is located at 4837 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022, directly across from the Metro L Line East LA Civic Center Station, at the intersection of 3rd Street and Mednik Avenue.

Join us on Wednesday, July 19 from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at Latinx with Plants, for our monthly Wellness Wednesday with Facilitator, Olivia Armas. The session will begin with a short meditation offering loving-kindness for oneself and others. Next, we will create a drawing or print of a unique design inspired by Aztec speech glyphs, filling it with words, pictures, symbols, and colors of personal significance. Olivia will guide us to recognize and calm any inner-critic voices, to offer kindness to ourselves as mistakes arise, and to practice listening and sharing about each other’s practices. No previous experience is necessary.

This workshop is recommended for ages 15+ and is a collaboration with UCLA Arts & Healing, dedicated to creative expression by integrating the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices for self-discovery, connection, and empowerment.

About the Facilitator:
Oliva Armas is an artist, educator, Chicanx community healing artist, and curator born and raised in East L.A. Her ancestral Wixarika/Mexica lineage guides her. She believes that art is medicine for the soul and that everyone can find their own unique experience with it. Olivia earned degrees in Art and Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, with certificates in Socio-Emotional Arts and Mindfulness Meditation.

Do you love our free community programs and opportunities for youth? Please consider supporting Self Help Graphics & Art with a donation today! Text SHG to 41444 or donate here.