Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/Los Angeles
- 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Healing Through Making Native Plant Pigments with Meztli Projects
The January workshop focuses on experimenting with pigment, not on a promised fabric-dye project. Guided by Meztli Projects, participants will work with materials from the local landscape while considering how California’s plants, minerals and fire relate to natural color.
Color-making, with place in view
The event description presents pigment-making as an exploration: participants will experiment with locally gathered materials, with California’s plants, minerals and fire providing the frame for thinking about natural color. It does not name particular plants or minerals, describe a recipe or outline a sequence of steps.
Craft Contemporary also invites participants to consider making as a way to attend to place and the natural world, and to create space for healing. That is the workshop’s stated purpose, not a specific result or finished object the listing promises.
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An Indigenous frame, without a named tradition
The listing describes the activity as engaging with Indigenous color-making approaches, but does not identify a particular Indigenous community, lineage or practice. Readers seeking instruction in a named tradition should not assume one from the general description.
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A later fabric-dyeing class is a different session
Craft Contemporary has separately listed Natural Fabric Dyeing using Native Plants with Meztli Projects for May 1, 2027, from 2 to 5 p.m., at a sliding scale of $20–$45. That listing specifically describes using heat to turn plants into dyes and making patterns on fabric; it also says materials are included and no experience is necessary. Those details belong to the May workshop, not the January pigment session, whose listing does not specify a fabric project, materials inclusion or experience level.
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Plan the practical details
Saturday, January 9, 2027
The workshop runs from 2 to 5 p.m.
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Craft Contemporary
5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
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Sliding scale: $25–$40
The workshop listing does not say whether the fee covers materials or museum admission. Craft Contemporary separately lists museum admission as $12 general; $10 for adults 65 and older, students and educators; and free for children 12 and under, EBT holders and members. Sundays are pay what you wish, but this workshop is on Saturday.
The museum and shop are listed as open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The venue does not clarify whether workshop registration includes gallery admission.
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Check the event listing before making plans
The event page links to Humanitix and says “Program drops Mon, Dec 27,” without giving a year or explaining the registration terms. Craft Contemporary says all groups must make a reservation; it does not explain how that general group-visit rule applies to workshop registration. Groups should confirm their arrangements with the venue.
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Listed under Adult Workshops
The event listing gives no minimum age or experience requirement for this session.
Getting to Craft Contemporary
Destination and directions
The workshop is at Craft Contemporary, 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Use the venue’s map link to calculate directions from your own starting point; the captured visitor information does not specify a transit route or event entrance.
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Parking
The museum lists metered and two-hour street parking within a block; read posted signs because time limits vary by space. It cannot validate parking for metered lots. The visitor page also lists Museum Square at 5757 Wilshire Boulevard and Wilshire Courtyard at 5700–5750 Wilshire Boulevard; neither offers validation.
Access
Craft Contemporary says its building is ADA accessible, has one wheelchair available for visitor use and has an elevator serving its three gallery floors. The event listing does not describe workshop-specific access arrangements.
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Before you make a plan
Will the January workshop make a fabric-dyed piece?
The January listing does not specify a fabric project or take-home item. A separate May 1 workshop with Meztli Projects specifically describes making patterns on fabric.
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Does the $25–$40 fee include materials or museum admission?
The January event listing does not say. Museum admission is listed separately at $12 general, with discounts and free-admission categories; the venue does not clarify whether workshop registration includes gallery admission.
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Is there an age or experience requirement?
The event is listed under Adult Workshops, but the listing gives no minimum age or experience requirement.
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What should a group know before booking?
The event page links to Humanitix and says “Program drops Mon, Dec 27,” without a year or registration terms. Craft Contemporary says all groups must make a reservation but does not explain how that rule applies to workshop registration, so groups should confirm with the venue.
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Location & Google Maps
Craft Contemporary
5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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