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Have a story to tell, theme to explore, or art work to feature? We're open to collaborative content creation, press features, and joint projects that advance playful creativity. We have great impact stories to share on cultural sustainability, community building, attuning to nature, cultivating living traditions and ornamental heritage.
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Press Release: Pattern Keepers, Batchelder Nature In Relief Workshop Series
PASADENA, CA — Folk Lounge, in collaboration with Pasadena Heritage, is thrilled to announce a three-part workshop series exploring the ornamental legacy of Ernest Batchelder through hands-on creative practice, community engagement, and local ecological connection. Made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division. Led by artist and cultural sustainability practitioner Shagho, this series emerges from deep archival research and years of community-based embroidery practice.
Folk Lounge Interview With Founder, Shagho: How Did Folk Lounge Begin
Shagho is a multidisciplinary design leader, artist, and cultural practitioner who works at the frontiers of innovation and community. 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. As founder of Folk Lounge, she facilitates cultural programming to study the grammar of ornament—hosting Embroidery Socials across LA County parks that explore how traditional craft practices foster community, continue cultural preservation in contemporary urban settings, connect us with land, and encourage being.
Shoebox Arts: Folk Lounge And Finding Your People
Kristine Schomaker knows what it's like to build authentic creative community—she's been connecting artists through Shoebox Arts (website | instagram) for over 15 years, helping 500+ artists transform their careers. When she invited Folk Lounge founder Shagane Barsegian into one of her community conversations, we thought we'd discuss intergenerational craft circles and community building. Instead, they unraveled everything about creative shame, what happens when ancestral calls disrupt your tech career, and why loving yourself when you're not useful to capitalism might be the most revolutionary practice of all. The conversation covers unemployment as spiritual boot camp, the brutal UX of government systems, dance as healing for parts therapy can't reach, and why the ceiling of your genius depends on how low you're willing to go. If you've ever been ashamed of your messy, non-linear creative process, this conversation is medicine.