OUR MISSION:  Practice. Learn. Grow. Welcome to the club where you come to share and expand your martial arts skills. We will focus on practical training, drills, and sparring.  Leave your ego at home, come with your heart quiet, and your mind intent to learn and grow. The group and its events are all totally FREE.  Donations in any amount at any time are always appreciated to help cover the meetup.com fees. Make sure you RSVP for an event (or it may be cancelled if nobody RSVP's). P …

Art After Dark is an uninstructed, long pose figure painting and drawing workshop held on the First Wednesday of the month. (closed in summer and over Christmas vacation)  Due to the New Year's holiday, our first workshop of 2013 will be held on January 9th. Workshops are 3 hours, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 for set up. We are located at Art Classes of Pasadena (formerly called Studio Sinaloa), 3763 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena.   That's just off the 210 FWY between Rosemead Bl …

Join Sharon Fitzgerald MA, art history professor, for monthly art museum meetups in the Los Angeles area.  These meetups are free and open to the public for adults.  They start out with a 30 minute lecture, a museum visit with drinks to follow.  Great way to get out and see cool stuff and meet interesting people! For more details on lectures, please visit: Email: SharonFitzgerald@yahoo.com Twitter:  @arthistchannel Facebook:  www.facebook.com/thearthistorypage

WHAT: Purpose is to embark on exclusive adventures to museum exhibitions, gallery shows and artists' studios for direct encounters with, engaging conversation and stimulating education about art. Be excited to listen, look and learn! WHO: With Anne Alene, art enthusiast and educator: read more about Anne at www.artencounterswithanne.blogspot.com All ages who are declared or aspiring art lovers, artists, educators, collectors, adventurers in art, knowledge and creativity. By invitation and confir …

Attend gallery openings around Los Angeles for the purpose of discovering new artists, seeing the latest creative styles, exploring unique galleries, and meeting like-minded people drawn to the avant-garde. There may be a museum exhibit thrown in now and then, as well. I hope this group will be as much about interesting conversations in a social environment as it will be about art.  There is no cost to being a member of the group, and most the events will be free, unless otherwise noted for a mu …

Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) offers foundational drawing, painting, sculpting and digital art classes for beginning to advanced art students in Van Nuys and Santa Monica school locations as well as online.  For those interested in a 3-year course of study, students may apply to the BFA Degree and Certificate Programs for both Fine Art and Entertainment Art. All art programs are taught by talented professional gallery and entertainment artists. LAAFA recently opened an art study …

This group is a gourmet dinner party with up to 12 people and after dinner we go into the art studio and I teach French Impressionist oil painting. Wine, dinner, materials and instruction all provided for $50 per night, which covers expenses. We meet typically on Monday nights, but sometimes on a Wednesday. It's a great way to make new friends and learn how to create a wonderful piece of art. Participants are typically beginners, although a few intermediates and advanced are in the class. I play …

Santa Barbara Art Crawl is an open group of people who get together for the 1st Thursday Art & Music walk in downtown Santa Barbara (on, you guessed it - the first Thursday of the month.) It is a fun way to meet new people!

This Meet up Group is for our Aerial/Pole/Stretching Studio as well as a Meeting Group/Play Ground for the NoHo area. Let's come up with some new ideas on how to work out & have fun while doing it. We offer classes in Aerial Yoga, Pole, Lyra, Aerial Cirque (with Hammocks, Silks & Lyra) Hammock and Stretching. Whether you are looking for something completely new, a strong workout, deep practice, sensual connection or just want to let go and fly for a bit – we pride ourselves with having an easygo …

This group is for anyone who appreciates the Arts in its various forms. We’ll attend Events at Galleries, Theatres, Dance Clubs, Museums, and many other fun venues. Join us if you enjoy discovering new artists, listening to good music, dancing to new rhythms and even finding a new restaurant or two. This city has so many hidden gems, we'll explore together and make new friends.

Promoting Philippine Yaw-Yan Martial Arts, also called Sayaw ng Kamatayan or "Dance of Death" is a Filipino style of kickboxing developed by Napoleon Fernandez. Since its inception in the 1970s, it has dominated the kickboxing scene in the Philippines and has proven very effective against other stand-up fighting arts. Yaw-Yan closely resembles Muay Thai, but differs in the hip-torquing motion as well as the downward-cutting nature of its kicks, and the emphasis on delivering attacks from long ra …

I love art and I believe everyone is creative in their own ways... This group is to awaken that creativity within, express who you are through color, and to reconnect spiritually. The group setting is a very supportive way to dive into you, have fun and relax :) Click here to see a sneak peak of the intuitive watercolor workshops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_AVp0UEXQ&feature=player_embedded

"Does it work?" Greetings- I'm Peter, one of the co-founders of Lab Rats, and the "gatekeeper"/vetter for our members.  Lab Rats is the name for our self-defense/martial arts/combatives/MMA training group, active since 2000. Sometimes it's referred to as "Fight Church", for when we train on Sundays. Simply, we are a training group first, but happy to share our combative ideas (a way, not the way...) in exchange for training partners.  Great for exercise/fitness, self-defense training (sport and …

Whole Being Martial Arts combines Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Jujitsu, Kick Boxing and Personal Growth Techniques for an amazingly effective approach to Self-Defense and Personal Transformation.

This is a group for people who want to remember how to be creative. Remember what it feels like to open a brand new box of crayons and see all of the beautiful colors and feel like your imagination is limitless? That's the feeling I want to recapture in my life and I find I love the collaboration and inspiration that comes from working in a group. Each month we will focus on one activity that involves some combination of journaling and art. Sometimes we will create SoulCollage® cards to inspire …

This is a group for lively, intelligent, and creative women interested in writing and/or making art. Envision a free-form club in which you can meet and develop friendships with fantastic people and do something artistic at the same time! Each individual can do their own chosen art form with support, encouragement, and feedback from other creatives in a hassle-free, judgement-free environment, whether it is writing in any form, painting, drawing, etc. The format will be open and flexible, and co …

Experience individual, partner and group creative art activities, in painting, writing, drama, music, drawing, dance, collage. Have fun while being creative. Learn more about yourself and others through art therapy. We are about creativity, experiencing all the creative arts, making new friends, self-awareness, communication, finding your personal and professional path through the unique process of art therapy. No prior experience in the creative arts is necessary. Please view my website www.ard …

This is a group for people who want to get together and have fun. It's for attending art/dj parties and hanging out :-)

Santa Barbara Culinary Arts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the inspiration, education and celebration of culinary professionals and individuals who are passionate about the Culinary Arts.

Calling all Intrepid Art Lovers.  Bring your adventurous self!  We explore art and design throughout Los Angeles and the Southern California region.  Exhibits, tours, lectures, and outings are ours to enjoy, often with a bite to eat to get to know each other better.

Let’s explore visual art at all levels – whether large or small sculpture or flat art of almost any type. Besides our own art discussions, we can also meet the artists, explore their studios, discuss and learn what it is all about. This group will avoid the crafts which is a complete area on its own and best done by others. If you have an interest and love for art – whether a professional artist, collector, usual art-viewer or even have no prior art involvement, lets share what we know and tog …

Need more drawing and painting practice? Want to find a community of artists to hang out with?Join us at the California Art Institute for some live model time. We have three meetups a week, from Monday afternoons, to Tuesdays mornings and Friday nights. At each meetup, we hire a figure model for three hours and get in some practice drawing and painting from life. Some days are long pose, some days are quick sketch and some are themed events with music and tasty victuals!

Club Xinyidao is a practice group dedicated to the research of the Chinese internal martial arts - Shanxi Che Style Xingyi and Dai Clan Xinyi Quan cultivative and combative methods supplemented with Baguazhang, Beijing & Shanxi style Shuai Jiao, and San Da as taught by Professor Li Tailiang, Master Yang Fansheng, and Coach Guanda He. The study group is lead by Coach Sudan Jeffers - lineage disciple in the International Xinyi Dao Federation, and the 2011 U.S. Middle Heavyweight Shuaijiao Champion …

The Art/Sci Los Angeles Meetup is an informal group for artists, scientists, writers, and curators interested in exploring ideas and collaborations between the disciplines of art and science: Bioart, nanotech, fractals, quantum sculptures, physics and dance, nebulas and music, STEAM, and more. Join our Art/Sci LA Meetup group to receive event invites, network, and explore the art in science!

The San Fernando Valley is FILLED with arts and culture! You don't have to go all the way downtown to see great galleries, exhibitions, and performances, or to partake in quality cultural experiences. And you don't have to know anything about art to enjoy and appreciate it! Join this group to make friends with like-minded people who want to enjoy all the arts and culture the SFV has to offer. We'll keep it local, keep it real, and we'll try our best to keep it cheap!

Gather together those who love art to share opportunities to both create art and enjoy the rich artistic culture of Los Angeles... art lovers, art students and those who want to add more creativity and beauty to their lives. All levels of artists are welcome. . .

This is a group dedicated to improving the success of all its members in fashion, art, and music industries-Our goal is to help our members become more successful in their field. We bring together trend setters for mutual collaborations & partnerships so that the fam can become greater than the sum of all our parts. We want our members making new connections, helping others, growing their network, learning how to further their career and gaining access to the people and resources you need.

Only $10 gets you a glass (or more) of wine, cheese and crackers and a Saturday night that is uniquely creative. (No artistic talent required) This fun workshop is lead by Pamela Hayes, a Board Certified Art Therapist who has been working in this field for over twenty years. Saturday, April 20th, 6:00 to 7:30 PM Location: Good Life Academy, 18719 Calvert Street, Tarzana, CA 91335 Cost: $10 / person, $15 / couple