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on location | onlineJoin us for a night of brave beginnings with Folk Lounge on the LA River, open to everyone who’s curious about our craft, textiles, embroidery & illustration community. On the equinox, light and dark stand equal, and seeds that waited years for rain break ground together in a superbloom. In small groups, we’ll explore spring’s gifts of courage, connection and being seen, and shape them into first steps and the people to take them with. As the evening light lingers, come for a bite, a laugh and a room full of makers ready to rise with you. Picture this summer, and everything you let bloom.
AGENDA
Crowning The Season
An evening to bring what you’ve carried through the dark into the light, and to meet the people who’ll rise with you.
✥ 6:00 pm · Part One: Mythology & Symbolism Nut, who gives birth to the sun every morning; Flora, crowned by the west wind; and the Roman flower crowns of Floralia. Why spring is for being born again, stepping forward and being seen.
✥ 7:00 pm · Part Two: Showing & Connecting Say one idea out loud, find who can help it grow, and trade what you know with the people around you. You’ll leave with one first step and someone to take it with.
✥ 8:00 pm · Social Time: Stay to stitch, talk and meet the Folk Lounge community.
MEMBER PERKS
Some things are better with a standing invitation. Membership at Folk Lounge means real investment — in your joy, your skill, and the depth of what you're making. It's 8-10 classes a month with a lounge built for the craft, a community that grows with you, and Founders status for those who are in it for the long haul. In person is where it lives — online and replays are there when you need them. This way in →
INSTRUCTOR
Shagho is a multidisciplinary design leader, artist, and speaker working at the frontier of creativity and culture. As a founder of Folk Lounge, she facilitates classes, workshops & programs for communities inspired by ornamental lineages in LA and beyond. Known for Embroidery Socials, she is passionate about sparking new lineages of expression, curiosity for open archives and cultural preservation, connecting with land and encourage being in contemporary urban settings. Born in Vladivostok, of Armenian and Russian heritage, she holds a BS in Fashion Design and an MFA in Human-Computer Interaction from California College of the Arts. She believes in the power of collective to weave new connections between past wisdom and future possibility.
HOST
Folk Lounge is a contemporary craft collective founded by multidisciplinary artist and design leader Shagho that bridges ancestral ornamental traditions with urgent contemporary needs. Through contemplative craft circles held in public parks and collaborative programs with cultural institutions, Folk Lounge creates living spaces where traditional practices become responses to the crises of our time: nature deficit, digital overwhelm, cultural homogenization, and the erosion of intergenerational knowledge transmission.
ONLINE
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PARKING
Frogtown Arts Gallery is located facing the LA River, on the ground floor of the Blake Lofts residential building. For easy access, set your GPS for La Colombe Coffee and park nearby. From there, it's a short walk to the bike path entrance, where you'll enter and exit using the ADA ramp. Per our facilities agreement, guests cannot access or pass through the Blake Lofts courtyard, out of respect for our neighbors' privacy and safety. Thank you for understanding. PS. Need a hand getting in? Call us right away (503) 740-6722.
IN RESIDENCY WITH
Frogtown Arts Gallery is a nonprofit rooted in Elysian Valley, along the Los Angeles River — one of the few places in LA where art, community, and place-making have been quietly inseparable for nearly two decades. Through festivals, free classes, film, and year-round programming, they hold space for artists and neighbors alike. Members are a buzzing community that gathers, exhibits, and shares a network you won't find anywhere else.
TERMS
By registering or attending any Folk Lounge event, you confirm awareness of associated risks and release the Organizer, Assistant Organizers, and Event Hosts from all related liability. You affirm agreement to our Weaving Belonging, Mindful Making and Participation Agreement — and if acting as a legal guardian, that you're authorized to agree on another's behalf: folklounge.com/terms
