Cinematic Stocking Stuffers With Echo Park Film Center

Need some last-minute handmade holiday gifts? Learn how to make some fun cinematic stocking stuffers, including flip books, thaumatropes, viewmaster reels and kaleidoscopes! Workshop Facilitators: Emett Casey, Paolo Davanzo, Lisa Marr, Shauna McGarry, Beaux Mingus and Gina Napolitan. Offered in conjunction with the annual Repair Café, a program of Our Time Bank, Transition Culver City and the City of Santa Monica's Resource Recovery and Recycling program. Free and open workshop; come early for first shot at materials. All EPFC events at the Camera Obscura Art Lab: Fridays/Saturdays, 11/24-12/22, 10am-12pm: Open I'll Be Your Mirror Filmmaking Worksessions (FREE!) Saturday, December 1, 12-4pm: Cinematic Stocking Stuffers in conjunction with Repair Café (FREE!) Saturday, December 8, 11am-1pm: Feeling Blue: A Cyanotype Workshop $5 Saturday, December 8, 1-4pm: Make Your Own Camera Obscura! $5 Saturday, December 15, 12-4pm: Super 8 Filmmaking and Eco-Processing $5 Saturday, December 22, 12-4pm: Home Movie Day (FREE!) Established in 2001, Echo Park Film Center is a non-profit media arts organization that inspires, educates, activates and empowers using community cinema as a catalyst. Committed to providing underserved communities with equal and affordable access to film/video resources, EPFC operates a neighborhood microcinema space, offers free and nominal-cost education programs, provides access to a comprehensive film/video equipment and resource department, hosts artist residencies and tours locally and internationally with their eco-friendly mobile cinema and film school. More at [hidden]. Camera Obscura Art Lab programs are made possible by Santa Monica Cultural Affairs. [hidden] #ArtSaMo By registering for this program via this eventbrite page, you consent to receiving occasional email about Camera Obscura events from [hidden]. You can unsubscribe, or change your preferences at any time using the “unsubscribe” or “manage preferences” links on these emails. Camera Obscura Art Lab programs are made possible by Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, a division of the City of Santa Monica. #ArtSaMo Directions: The Camera Obscura Art Lab is at 1450 Ocean Ave on the west side of Ocean just north of Broadway.By Metro - 4th St. Santa Monica Downtown stop, walk two blocks west to Ocean and 1.5 blocks north from the Pier entrance.Parking is $6 or less for 3 hours in Parking Structure 6 (2nd between Broadway and Santa Monica), and $5 on weekends at the Civic Auditorium lot just down Main Street at 333 Civic Center Dr. Meters on Ocean Avenue; $2/hr maximum 3 hours. More info: [hidden]: visit bigbluebus.com or metro.net for more information.Bike share lockup just south of us in the park; for personal bikes remember to bring a strong lock. Presented by the City of Santa Monica, Cultural Affairs Division: The Cultural Affairs Division supports the arts and the artists of one of the world's most exciting coastal destinations. A division of the City of Santa Monica’s Community and Cultural Services Department, Cultural Affairs produces, presents and facilitates access to cultural events for residents and millions of annual visitors, helps anchor the diverse creative sector that enriches our cultural and economic base, and promotes Santa Monica as a major cultural destination. This includes managing the City’s extensive collection of public art ranging from murals to interactive installations, with new projects being developed in conjunction with most Santa Monica public works projects, as well as offering four grant programs for Santa Monica-based arts and culture organizations, schools and individual artists. arts.smgov.net #ArtSaMo Site: Camera Obscura Art Lab: Join the community of makers and movers at the Camera Obscura, 1450 Ocean Ave in Palisades Park. It's a place to learn salsa moves, enhance your blogging skills, design a font, mix a perfume, tile a mosaic and much more! It all happens at 1450 Ocean Avenue in Palisades Park, steps from the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier. This midcentury building houses the iconic Camera Obscura mechanism and offers lovely views of the ocean as well classes, cultural events, and Artist Residencies. After class check out the plethora of local restaurants, or even take a turn on the ferris wheel down on the Pier! [hidden] or check our current list of events. Visit us at 1450 Ocean Ave at Broadway in Santa Monica & [hidden] [hidden] & [hidden]Classes at [hidden] events at [hidden] our email list at [hidden] us at #ArtSaMo More Info below.