Our goal is to help local shutterbugs - beginners to seasoned professionals - learn about and grow their passion for photography and learn to take and share great photographs. We offer a variety of workshops taught by experienced local photographers with a love for photography. We provide a great learning experience with small class sizes in a comfortable environment at an affordable cost. We offer hands-on workshops as our experience tells us that you learn and retain more doing it rather that …

Welcome artists and Interior Designers! Special open studio/new gallery receptions will be given for interior designers who are staging a client’s home or office. Interior designers may also make an appointment for private showings and commissioned work. Interior Designer Series Clara Berta, mixed media abstract artist launches her new 2010 Mixed Media Interior Designer series incorporating rich textures, layers of torn posters, writings and reclaimed exotic materials into her work. Using luxuri …

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 …

Are you interested in seeing overlooked, good theatre in small venues? Do you have friends who are actors, directors, producers, or designers seeking audiences to appreciate their work? Are you an actor or a director yourself in an upcoming show, and want to generate a crowd? Join our group... then submit your own ideas and suggestions for small-venue plays!  Once you do, it automatically becomes a regularly scheduled meetup event so we can all work to be true supporters of each other's work. In …

What is Burbank Homeschool Academic Support? Parents occasionally need a little extra help to provide academic success for their children that are being home schooled. We are here to help. We offer discounted tutoring services, morning art classes, and free and low cost workshops. Burbank Homeschool Academic Support is a meetup group where homeschooling families can meet up and get academic support as well as a place to meet other homeschooling families. You can also find a list of local family- …

As of Sept. 26, 2011... I'm the Organizer of this group... Voyeur Explorer. I'm a Photographer. I like to capture beutiful things that nature can offer and turn it to Art. Why i change and added the "Explorer" on the old group name? It's because I believed...a good photographer should always continue to look for new ideas and concept. I will focus on how to take and make Photograph using natural lights and artificial lights... indoors and outdoor setting. These is a meet up group made for those …

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 …

The Burbank Women's Self Defense Group was started to provide women a safe place to train self defense without having to enroll in a formal martial arts system. The purpose of the group is to provide it's members with the awareness and skill to handle themselves in an assualt and to examine the choices we have when someone is attempting to take those choices away. Any woman 18 to 65 may join. Husbands, and boyfriends are welcome as well on some nights.

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 …

We are a group of experimental artists-collage, mixed media, and painters. We meet once a month at various locations for support and learning about new venues, to try new techniques and learn from each other.  We are especially interested in "on the edge" art forms or arts that have  fallen into the category of rare or lost like foil etches, woodcuts etc.  Body painting and ACEO art cards are also represented in our list of activities.  Join us for even more exciting possibilities.

-This group is to promote the Pekiti Tirsia System of Kali- Watch this overview of PTK-http://youtu.be/dTGRe4KDp58 Pekiti Tirsia Kali facts: -Pekiti Tirsia Kali is one of the oldest family martial arts systems in the world -Founded in 1897, PTK is the only FMA system recognized by the Republic of the Philippines as having a centennial -PTK is a complete system covering blade/impact weapons, empty hands, grappling and firearms -PTK is the current blade system used by the Force Recon Marines a …

I am a teacher and therapist of over 25 years who is semi-retired in Palmdale that would like to reach out to like-minded others who are eclectic and creative in their spiritual orientation. Classes on art, poetry/writing, Kabbalah, Wicca and Mysticism, Tarot and path work, Yoga, Chakra Balancing and Herbal Healing will be offered depending on the interest. Please state your preference so I know how best to guide the group meetings~

Fellow geeks, dorks, outcasts, underdogs, and nerds! Do you like stuff? The kind of stuff that the people around you at school, work, or home think you're weird for liking? Would you like to hang with people just as quirky and amazing as you? Specifically in the Lancaster/Palmdale/Antelope Valley area?  OTHER QUESTIONS. Well, you've come to the right place! I've noticed a lot of cool meetups within the 50 mile range of this area for those with eclectic tastes, but personally would like to see so …

This group was created for those of us who have dark personalities or dont always fit in with the "norm society". This is the place where dark personalities and gifted wierdos alike can meet. Lets meet, have creative socializing, and create events. Lets get together and support those arts such as wierd music, dark films, abstract theatre, etc. We may be of different races and backgrounds but all respect that Were the last of a dying breed, lets keep it alive. See you there

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 anyone interested in learning and practicing self defense for free. All skill levels are welcome.  We place a high focus on real street self defense application. Through various arts such as Filipino Martial arts, Hapkido, Judo, Muay Thai, BJJ and others, we will provide you with the tools you need to assist you in defending yourself and give you a better chance of surviving a possible unthinkable situation.  Learn to protect yourself and the ones you love. Meet great people …

SC Kobudo is a small, friendly dojo sharing the teachings of Masaaki Hatsumi and the Bujinkan Organization.  This is not a macho, MMA style group - this is martial arts with historical and cultural context, as well as modern relevance.  The instructors, Adrian and Lyssa, both travel to Japan regularly to train with the master teacher and his top students. Bujinkan budo taijutsu classes are held Tuesday and Thursday nights at Brand Park in Glendale, year round, rain or shine.  New students do not …

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.

Looking for a fun, new way to exercise? Want to expand your horizons with a new skill in the performing arts? The Aerial Classroom offers professional training in circus arts for fitness, as well as to learn the skills for performance. We have two training facilities in Southern California that give students the opportunities to get in shape, build strength & develop coordination all in a friendly, fun, and supportive environment. We offer classes weekly to ages 8+ in many different aerial circu …

Kron -- "crown" in medieval German -- is an affiliate of the HEMA Alliance, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to research and teaching of HEMA: Historical European Martial Arts. We teach a complete combat system including longsword, dagger, ringen (grappling), staff, spear, and other weapons. The first practice session is free. Regular practice sessions are $5 each for guests. Members pay $52/year ($1 per week) to attend as many sessions as they like, and members vote on how this m …

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. . .

Directors, Producers, Writers, Actors, Artists, Film, Television, Theater, Internet, Radio Whatever your passion, this is the club. DIRECTING TOASTMASTERS You Lead The Way This new specialty Toastmasters Club is created to enhance your ability to motivate, inspire, communicate, lead and direct. You will learn how to…  Express your vision through public speaking  Hone your listening and analytical skills through evaluations  Build teams by empowering others Now Playing Every Month 1st and 3rd …

Hello Ladies, This group is for women who want to meet other women for building a fan base for their projects, mutual networking, finding an event buddy, friendship and fun. What we have in common is that we love Art Events, Museums and other adventures related to Culture. We hope to attend events and have day trips. The goal is to check out interested art related events and places in the Southern California area. We welcome a diverse group of ladies to our MeetUp. Hope to have people of all rac …

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

Arts, Sports and Activities.. Calling all ART lovers! Visit Art Walks, Shows and special Art Events. We cover art groups, illustration and fine art. We also LOVE sports.. dodgeball and indoor soccer. And hey why not, we are SIDEWAYS SPORTS, let's do some inner-tube water polo, funky yoga and other activities that make your week or weekend fun!

This is a group dedicated to finding, exploring and trying amazing burlesque/cabaret/cirque shows, classes, and events in the valley--in particular the blossoming NoHo arts district! I started this group because I love vintage themed events and I'd like to meet other people who would like to get dolled up and go explore what North Hollywood has to offer!