The Assemblage Show
Opens this Saturday,
September 13, 2025
6-9pm
The Assemblage Show Opens in the LAM Gallery!
You can also check out One Shy of a Dozen, and Pressing Matters
in our other two galleries.
Pressing Matters Artist Talk
Come by Saturday, September 13 from 4-6pm to the SubTerra Gallery, to hear the hows, wheres ,whys, the artists did what they did. They’ll talk technique, inspiration, and answer most reasonable questions. And stay for the opening of our first annual Assemblage Show, in the LAM Gallery, which starts at 6.
The Assemblage Show Opening
This show is so good! We have assembled some of the coolest assemblage pieces you have ever seen. Don’t miss the opening this Saturday, September 13, from 6-9pm. The show is located in the LAM Gallery on the second floor. There will be tacos…first come, first served. I’m thinking about making cookies as well. And if you are interested, come early and see the artist talk for Pressing Matters, our Second Annual print show, located in the SubTerra Gallery.
One Shy of a Dozen Mid-Show Open House
Hang out with the artists in the show One Shy of a Dozen and learn more about their art. Maybe you’ll find something you might like to take home with you. The event is from 3:30-5:30 in the Main Floor Gallery. While you’re here check out our two other shows, Pressing Matters, our second annual print show in the SubTerra, and The Assemblage Show in the LAM Gallery. Good times.
The Assemblage Show Artist Talk
So much to know! Where do they get their goodies, their stuff, their version of paint? What inspires them? From 1-4pm Sunday, September 28, you can find out. Come to The Assemblage Show artist talk and you can learn about their art and how it came to be. Right after the talk we’ll have the closing for Pressing Matters, our print show, and One Shy of a Dozen will be closing in the Main Floor Gallery. So much art to see!
Pressing Matters Closing
We’re sad to see it go. It’s the Pressing Matters show’s closing shindig. Last chance to pick up a cool print piece. We’d love to see you! And FYI, earlier there’s an artist talk for The Assemblage Show. Come see both! Sounds like a plan!
First Thursday Enter the Goddess 3 Soft Opening
Enter the Goddesses 3
Celebrate Goddesses in their myriad forms!
Goddesses have been with us since the beginning of recorded history. They embody
love, birth, death, forgiveness, jealousy, rage, and self-knowledge; and they command
our imagination and senses. In a time full of war, pain, poverty, climate destruction, and
denial of human and earthly dignity it is well past time to embrace Goddess nature once
more.
-Preview and goddess crafts Thursday, October 2, 6-9 PM (with DTLA Artnight)
Curated by A. Laura Brody, founder of Opulent Mobility.
Pressing Matters
It’s the opening for Pressing Matters, our Second Annual Print Show. The party starts at 3 and goes until 6. And for more fun you can check out the two other shows we’re hosting, The Dude Show (which is closing), and One Shy a Dozen, that just opened. Good times!
The Dude Show Closing
This has been one of the most fun shows here at The Los Angeles Makery since we opened. That rug really tied the room together. It’s your last chance to check out The Dude Show. Come by 3-6pm Saturday. You can also check out the opening for Pressing Matters, and One Shy of a Dozen, our other shows here at The Makery.
First Thursday DTLA Art Night
One Shy of a Dozen, opens this Thursday during DTLA Art Night. Come by to see their show in our Main Floor Gallery, from 6-9pm. We’ll also be hosting the soft opening for our show, Pressing Matters, which is our Second Annual Print Show, located in SubTerra. And if you haven’t caught the Dude Show yet, the LAM Gallery on our second level is the place for that.
The Dude Show Opening Reception
“That rug really tied the room together.” We gave them rug samples donated to The Los Angeles Makery by Marc C Phillips rugs, and they went far beyond the call of duties. You have to see them. Creativity comes alive in the LAM Gallery. You can preview the show during DTLA Art Night on Thursday, 8/7 from 6-9pm, or come by for the opening Saturday, 8/9 from 6-9pm.
Good times.
DTLA Art Night
First Thursday is upon us yet again. We are warm and it’s going to be good to out during the evening seeing art. We have three shows for you to see. You can preview The Dude Show, which opens officially in our LAM Gallery, this Saturday. We also have two other shows that just opened you should check out. LELA International presents Expression of Peace, in our Main Floor Gallery and Founders Room, and in our SubTerra Gallery we have the photography show Artist/Proof, currated by Richard S. Chow, in collaboration with 3G Gallery Collective.
You can also check out the studios of working artists and see what they’re working on. Come see art!
LELA International Opening Ceremony
🕊️ Expression of Peace
🎨 A month-long art exhibition by LELA International Artists
📍 @ The Los Angeles Makery | 260 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
📅 August 3 – August 31, 2025
Join us in celebrating peace through art with this powerful and diverse exhibition featuring workshops, performances, and a tribute show.
✨ Opening Reception:
📅 August 3 | 🕒 3–5 PM
🎶 Featuring a live performance by Takeshi Kanemura
🎨 Workshops:
🔸 Clay Workshop with Kenta Takaki
📅 August 10 | 🕒 3–5 PM
🔸 Creative Collage Workshop with
Debra Dobkin, Aleka Corwin & Monica Marks
📅 August 17 | 🕒 3–5 PM
✨ Closing Reception:
📅 August 31 | 🕒 3–5 PM
🌹 Immediately following:
A Memorial Solo Show honoring
Michiko Smith-Cashman
🕔 5–7 PM
Come experience the healing power of art, community, and creative expression.
The Architecture of Perception
The Architecture of Perception
Julie O'Sullivan & Kristine Schomaker
Perception is how we transform the overwhelming chaos of existence into meaning. O'Sullivan and Schomaker process reality through completely different methods, but their work reveals a shared commitment to building structures from the raw materials of experience.
O'Sullivan paints the joy of Los Angeles—sirens bouncing off Little Tokyo buildings, ocean waves near her home, the beautiful cacophony that saved her from small-town Nebraska. Her canvases vibrate with urban frequencies, transforming environmental noise into visual celebration through a studio practice that receives the world's energy and gives it back as color and movement.
Schomaker's work emerges from internal archaeology. For over a decade, she has ritualistically cut up paintings, photographs, and pieces of her past selves—a meditation that intensified through cancer, aging, and existing in a larger body within a shame-based culture. Now in reconstruction mode, she builds wall sculptures from thousands of fragments, creating "metaphorical skins" that take up space aggressively and refuse the erasure society demands from marginalized bodies.
Together, they reveal perception as active construction rather than passive reception. O'Sullivan builds harmony from urban chaos while Schomaker builds new selves from destroyed histories. Both practices resist—O'Sullivan fights the numbing that city life can impose, Schomaker fights societal erasure—proving that our particular ways of processing reality matter enough to claim space and offer transformation as invitation and resistance.
The Glow Show Closing
Glow in the Dark is so much fun. It’s immersive and interactive. This show has been a blast. There will be another next year. Start planning. In the meantime, come in for one last look and to hang out with the artists. Festivities begin at 4 and last through 7. There will be cupcakes, limited supply.
The Voodoo Doll Show & The Glow Show!
In SubTerra you can experience The Glow Show. Lit by black light we’ve got both art and atmosphere to immerse yourself in. Dress appropriately. We want to see you glow too. And up in the main gallery will be The Voodoo Doll Show, giving us all a great way to vent and release any pent up frustrations due to the current administration and their shenanigans.
We look forward to seeing everyone!
First Thursday! Preview our New Shows!
It’s DTLA Art Night and we’ve got two shows to preview. The Voodoo Doll Show and The Glow Show. This will be nothing but fun! Come by and check us out!
Spring Invitational Closing
Sadly, it’s time for the 3rd Annual Spring Invitational to come down. As usual Cathy has curated a gorgeous show, with artists that are also friends. Come hang out and see the show one last time. YOu might have to take something home with you.
Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja Solo Show
In our SubTerra Gallery we are so pleased to have one of our resident members Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja’s solo show, Veils of Becoming Self. Come see her show and also check out our two other openings, Four Badass Women Artists on the main floor, and the 3rd Anuual Spring Invitational, on the second floor. 3-5pm.
Spring Invitational Opening
Once a year the Makery has the Spring Invitational where we choose some of our favorite artists for a springtime inspired show. This time each of our members are each inviting an artist of their choice. The theme is Finding Joy, which we all need now more than ever. Come see art. There are three openings on each of our floors, in each of our gallery spaces. Finding Joy takes places in our LAM Gallery. IN SubTerra we are featuring Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja. In our Main Floor gallery is Four Bad Ass Women Artists. May 4, 2025, 2-5pm.
Four Badass Women Artists
Four Badass Women Artists are just that and they include Barbara Nathanson, Barbara Tabachnick, Karol Blumenthal, and Fay Samimi. They’re showing in our Main Gallery on the ground level. Festivities begin at 2 through 4pm. You can also see art in our other gallery spaces with a solo show of Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja’s work in SubTerra, and the 3rd Annual Spring Invitational is in the LAM Gallery on the second floor. Come see art!
Reflection/Resilience Closing Reception with Jeff Boynton and Mona Jean Cedar
The Arroyo Arts Collective present the closing reception for Reflection/Resilience, with Poetry and Music by Jeff Boynton and Mona Jean Cedar. Sunday April 27, 2-3:30pm. See you there.
Why Zig When You Can Zag?
Why zig when you can zag? Free hands on workshop. Dive into the /art if Handmade Bookmaking with artist, Yvonne Jongeling. Presented by The Arroyo Arts Collective as part of Refection/Resilience.Saturday, April 19, 1-3pm. RSVP to YvonneJongeling@gmail.com.
Refection/Resilience Opening Reception
The Arroyo Arts Collective presents Reflection/Resilience opening reception. Entertainment by Bart Warburton - Solo Ukalele. Sunday, April 6, 2-3:30pm. See you there.
IE Takeover
Curated by Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja and Christine White, the IE Takeover
invited artists from the Inland Empire region to share their work at The
Los Angeles Makery. See for yourself a fresh view from another part of
SoCal.
Create Art with Recycled Materials
The Arroyo Arts Collective present Create Art with Recycled Materials in a workshop with artist, Aleka Corwin. Saturday, April 5, 2-3:30pm. Free with all materials supplied.
The Arroyo Arts Collective present Poetry Night
The Arroyo Arts Collective presents Poetry Night featuring Linda Kaye, Ed Burgess, S.A. Griffin, with Natalie Fratino on acoustic bass. First Thursday DTLA Art Night, April 3 6-9pm. Poetry begins at 7. See you there!! Also see a preview of the show, IE Takeover in the SubTerra Gallery.
LELA International Spring Awakening Closing Reception
Last chance to see the LELA International Artists show Spring Awakening. Come by between 2-4pm on Sunday March 30. You can also check Hold Dear, the Richard S Chow curated photography show in SubTerra.
Hold Dear Closing Reception
Last chance to see Hold Dear, the Richard S Chow curated photography show in SubTerra.. Come by between 2-5pm on Sunday March 30. You can also check the LELA International Artists show Spring Awakening.
Hold Dear Artist Talk
Join us for an artist talk for the show Hold Dear. Listen to the artists express themselves about their work. Sunday March 23, from 3-5pm. See you there!
LELA Internation presents Batik Class
LELA International presents a batik workshop led by renowned international artist Setsuko Hayashi. RSVP by March 15. Or come by and watch, and check out the art show by the artists of LELA International. 2-4pm on March 23rd. See you there.
Hold Dear Opening
Hold Dear is this year’s Makery hosted photography show curated by resident member Richard S. Chow. The show is in the SubTerra gallery at The Makery between 2-5pm. See you there!
First Thursday
Come by and see our two current shows, LELA International’s Spring Awakening show, and in SubTerra Hold Dear, a photography show curated by Richard S. Chow.
Playtime 3 Artist Talk
Come on down to hear what each artist has to say about their work. Aren’t you curious. I know I am. Saturday, February 15, from 2-5pm, we’ll go from floor to floor, to our various gallery spaces, The Main Gallery, SubTerra, and our newest space, LAM Gallery, and learn what motivates and inspires the artists in their creations. We’ll start in the Main Gallery at 2pm, SubTerra at 3pm, and LAM at 4pm. Come for it all. Maybe you might find something cool to buy. And there will be refreshments. See you there!