UPCOMING PUBLic events
Jan 24-25 Skirball Cultural Center Last Weekends, 10am-4:30pm
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
No RSVP necessary, more info at link http://www.skirball.org/programs/last-weekends-of-the-month
Jan 18 Introduction to Yarn Bombing, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Skirball Cultural Center
Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
RSVP at link http://www.skirball.org/programs/intro-yarn-bombing-workshop
Jan 18 Skirball Playdate: A Morning in the Yarn Forest, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
RSVP at link http://www.skirball.org/programs/playdate-yarn-forest
Jan 17 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Dec 13 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Nov 15 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Nov 13 YARN-O-POLIS Opening Reception, 7pm-9pm
Grand Central Market**
317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Bring an old shirt to make a reusable shopping bag with Sewing Rebellion!
Oct 18 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Oct 11 Yarnbombing Workshop, 2pm-5pm
Grand Central Market**
317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
**Receive $2 food credit with RSVP on EventBrite
Sept 27 Yarnbombing Workshop, 2pm-5pm
Grand Central Market**
317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
**Receive $2 food credit with RSVP on EventBrite
Sept 20 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Sept 7 Family Day, 11am-3pm
UCLA Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Aug 23 Yarnbombing Workshop, 2pm-5pm
Grand Central Market**
317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
**Receive $2 food credit with RSVP on EventBrite
Aug 16 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
July 26 Perform Chinatown, 2pm-10pm
Good Luck Gallery
945 Chungking Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012
July 19 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
July 12 THIS IS A TAKEOVER!, 7pm-10pm
Good Luck Gallery
945 Chungking Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012
July 10 MatterApp: Pyramidial, 5pm-7pm
University Art Museum
CSULB, 1250 N Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA
June 21 YBLA Garage Sale: Every-skein must go!, 12pm-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(this will replace our monthly meeting at CAFAM)
May 23 Opening Reception, surroundings, 7pm-9pm
Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center
1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA
May 10 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(date shifted to 2nd Saturday in May)
May 3 Manhattan Beach Community Workshops, 1pm-4pm
Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center
1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA
Apr 26 Manhattan Beach Community Workshops, 1pm-4pm
Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center
1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA
Apr 19 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Apr 13 Graduate MFA Open Studios, 2-5pm
Otis College of Art and Design
10455 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City CA 90232
Apr 6 YBLA does CicLAvia, 11am-3pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Mar 22 Manhattan Beach Community Workshops, 1pm-4pm
Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center
1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA
Mar 15 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Feb 15 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Jan 18 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
2013
Dec 14 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
**SPECIAL HOLIDAY STITCH 'N BITCH - BRING A SWEATER TO CUT UP AND MAKE INTO A FRANKENSWEATER**
Nov 16 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Nov 14 DTLA Artwalk, 6-10pm
Downtown Women's Center
325 S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Oct 20 Stitch n Bitch, 12-4pm
Edward Sharpe Big Top
LA Historic State Park, 1245 N Spring St Los Angeles, CA 90012
Oct 19 Stitch n Bitch, 4-8pm
Edward Sharpe Big Top
LA Historic State Park, 1245 N Spring St Los Angeles, CA 90012
Oct 19 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Sep 29 Stitch n Bitch, 6-9pm
EVE Studio
3923 W. 6th Street Los Angeles, CA 90020 Suite #211
Sep 21 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Aug 17 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Jul 20 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Jun 23 CicLAvia @ Iconic Wilshire block party, YBLA on site noon-2pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Join YBLA to sew blankets for Downtown Women's Center residents and yarn bomb your bike.
Jun 15 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Jun 9 Stitch-in, 11am-2pm
One Colorado
One Colorado is one city block bounded by Fair Oaks, Colorado Boulevard, DeLacey and Union Street in
Old Pasadena, CA
Meet YBLA at One Colorado’s Smith Alley to help stitch together handmade granny squares into blankets that will be distributed
Downtown Women's Center residents in fall of 2013.
May 25 CAFAM Granny Squared Reception, 7-9pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
free for CAFAM members, $12 for general public
May 18 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
May 5 Big Sunday Workshop, 12-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Apr 20 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Apr 13 Craft Project Lounge
Camera Obscura Building
1450 Ocean Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90401
Drop-in project lounge with knit-in, sewing, assemblage & papercraft.
April 11 Work party @ YBLA studios
1653 18th Street. Studio 5, Santa Monica, CA 90404
We'll reinforce loose stitches, switch out some squares as needed and prep the granny squares for fire proofing and framing.
Mar 16 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Feb 16 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Feb 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2013 Granny Squares Workshop, every Sunday 11-4pm
Mastadon Mesa @ Melrose Trading Post
7850 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046 (Melrose entry, next to admission booth)
Feb 16 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Feb 12 Granny Sewing Party, 6-8pm
Future Studio Gallery
5558 N Figueroa St. Highland Park/ Los Angeles, CA 90042
Jan 31 Granny Sewing Party, 7-9pm
18th Street Arts Center
1653 18th St. Studio 5, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Jan 27 Forest, For the Trees
Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Jan 19 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
2012
Dec 15 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Dec 9 YBLA does Burma Shaves @ Mulholland Dérive, noon-6pm
Los Angeles Road Concerts
Mulholland Drive between Cahuenga Pass and 101 freeeway
YBLA will display a Burma Shave signs inspired version of our Urban Letters on iconic Mulholland Drive where audience
members are invited to drive, bike, walk, skate (etc) the length of Mulholland Drive on a loose schedule, arriving at each
spot to experience an interaction with YBLA and other participating artists.
Dec 1 South Bay Focus, 6-9pm
Torrance Art Museum
3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503
YBLA's Wish I Were Here interactive pillow installation will be on display November 27-December 15, 2012. The opening
reception is on December 1st, 6-9pm.
Nov 17 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Nov 10 Bon Appetit: An Hors d’Oeuvre for the Cannibal Feast, 6-10pm
Jaus
11851 La Grange Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90025
YBLA presents the interactive pillow installation Wish I Were Here to support the MexiCali Biennial programming. Come to enjoy
the artwork by fellow participating artists, the silent auction, music and more. And the best part is you get to play with the
pillows all night long!
Nov 1 Yarnbombing: Adventures in Guerilla Urbanism. 2:15-5pm
Alliance of Artist Communities Annual Conference
106 W 12th Street. Kansas City, MO
YBLA will engage the audience in a hands on urban intervention workshop and lead a discussion on urban interventions and
utilizing fiber arts to make a critical statement and engage with the public.
Oct 28 Interactive display, 4-8pm
Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
YBLA will present an interactive public art installation.
Oct 21 Urban Letters & Wishing Tree, noon-4pm
"Festival for All Skid Row Artists" by Los Angeles Poverty Department
Gladys Park. 6th & Gladys St., Los Angeles, CA 90021
Audience will sign up for 15 minute slots to write their own phrases with YBLA's urban letters. YBLA will also present
Wishing Tree, an interactive public art installation.
Oct 20 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Oct 6 Wishing Tree @ BAM fest, 1-6pm
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90404
YBLA will present Wishing Tree, an interactive public art installation.
Sept 15 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Sept 09 Wishing Tree, 2-4pm
Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
YBLA will present Wishing Tree, an interactive public art installation.
Sept 08 Discussion, 1-2pm
Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park.
4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027
YBLA will facilitate a discussion about the relation between Social Practice and Institutions at the 4th Annual Los Ángeles Anarchist Bookfair at the Municipal Art Gallery. The YBLA led discussion will be part of a series of intimate conversations that examine the relationship between art and anarchism. critically looking at the conflicts between art and radical politics.
July 21 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
July 15 Yarn Bombing Day @ OC Fair, 10am-3pm
Orange County Fair
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
There's a call to knit or crochet a 10"x16" pennant to hang from the trees in Fair Square. First 200 to pre-register by July 13th will receive one free 2012 OC Fair admission by bringing their knitted or crocheted pennant to the Blue Gate (Main Entrance)
yarn bombing check-in. Check-in will be from 9:30 am-1pm. For more information call 714-708-1553 or visit
http://www.formstack.com/forms/YE-OCFair_yarnbombing_form
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July 13 Forest, For the Trees
Orange County Fair
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles and the Arroyo Arts Collective present Forest, For The Trees: A Fiber Environment in Visual Arts Pavillion during the OC Fair July 13-August 12, 2012.
Click to view Press Release
June 16 LACMA Artwalk, noon-6pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
YBLA participate with an interactive installation and conduct workshops in CAFAM courtyard during this event involving
exhibitions, special installations and performances at four museums and fifteen galleries up and down Wilshire
and La Brea Blvd.
May 19 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
May 12 Eat, Drink, Art, 7pm-Midnight
LA Municipal Art Gallery
4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
YBLA will be onsite in the gallery with a projection of YBLA projects and a hands on interactive pillow-making workshop.
Apr 21 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Mar 30-31 Mini Makers Faire
Pasadena Convention Center
300 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101
YBLA will have an interactive installation and conduct workshops in during this unique and engaging arts, science and
technology experience that runs parallel to the Science Faire designed for Los Angeles Unified School District students
as well as their teachersand parents.
Mar 17 Stitch n Bitch, 3-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Feb 25 Wish I Were Here, 10-5pm
College Art Association Annual Conference
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa St Los Angeles, CA 90015
in conjunction with Art in the Public Realm: Activism and Interventions sessions, curated by Ed Woodham of
Art in Odd Places (NYC) and Deborah Oliver from Performance Exchange (LA).
Click to view Press Release
Click to view images
Feb 18 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Feb 1 Chains of Friendship Prototype Workshop, 5-8pm
Trash For Teaching
12815 S. Western Ave. Gardena, CA 90249
(310) 527-7080
YBLA members and associates will create prototypes for the Chains of Friendship using the material available at Trash for
Teaching. Please bring your own scissors, x-acto knife, needles, thread, glue etc.
Jan 28 Forest @CAFAM, 6-9pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Fiber Forest Environment on window Display and Yarn Bombing
Click to view Press Release
Click to view Images
Jan 21 Art Soup Los Angeles/ NELA, 7-9pm
Ba Restaurant
York Blvd and Ave 51, Highland Park, CA
Click to view images
Jan 21 Stitch n Bitch, 2-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
2011
Dec 17 Stitch n Bitch 2-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Dec 16 Yarn Bombing Bergamot Station, 5-10pm
2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Nov 19 Stitch n Bitch 2-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd Saturday)
Nov 12 Forest for the Trees @ Ave 50
Ave 50 Studios,131 N. Ave 50, Los Angeles, CA
call for participation
http://www.forestforthetrees2011.com/
Click to view Press Release
Click to view Images
Nov 10 Domestic Vandal: Brian and Christy Chambers in the gallery, with YBLA outside
Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
Oct 22 Yarn Bombing 101: An Intro to Fiber Arts
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Palm Court @ Great Park, Irvine, CA
Oct 15 Stitch n Bitch 2-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(we meet regularly every 3rd saturday)
Oct 9 BAM Festival
18th St. Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
call for participation
http://18thstreet.org/blog/bam-fest-2011
Oct 2 Trespass Parade
Los Angeles, CA
http://trespassparade.org/
August 20 Stitch n Bitch 2-5pm*
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
August 7 Have Yarn Will Trave/l Car Displays 10am-6pm
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 N Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90013
Click to view Press Release
Click to view Images
June 30 For the Trees orientation 1-4pm
Ave 50 Studios
131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park
http://www.forestforthetrees2011.com/
July 9th De-installation of Yarn Bombing 18th
18th St Arts Center
June 18th Yarnbombing 18th St
opening party as part of 18th Street Art Night 6-10pm
18th Street Arts Center 1853 18th Street.
Santa Monica, CA 90404 Click to view Press Release
Click to view Images
June 11 Logistics meeting for participants. 2-5pm
18th Street Arts Center 1853 18th Street.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
June 17th Installation day 10am-5pm*
18th Street Arts Center 1853 18th Street.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
June 1st Deadline to receive mailed work for Yarnbombing 18th
by international participants
May 21th Stitch and Bitch 2-5pm/ last day to submit a proposal
18th Street Arts Center, 1853 18th Street. #5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
May 21 CAFAM yarn bombing, 10am-10pm
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
May 7 Empathy Circle at Heal Japan Benefit, 3pm-2am
Club Fais Do Do
5253 W Adams BlvdLos Angeles, CA
April 19-25 Empathy Circle in Little Tokyo
Facade of the building at Union Center for the Arts
120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://empathyproject.weebly.com/
Click to view Press Release
Click to view Images
April 16th Stitch and Bitch 2-5pm
18th Street Arts Center 1853 18th Street. #5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
March 19th Stitch and Bitch 2-5pm
18th Street Arts Center 1853 18th Street. #5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
February 19 Orientation meeting for Yarnbombing 18th, 2-5pm
18th Street Artnight 6-10pm
18th Street Arts Center 1853 18th Street. #5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
* please bring all necessary tools & supplies for the meetings.
