All of our workshops take place at one of three locations:
Todos nuestros talleres ocurren a la una de tres lugares:

• 826LA West: 685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
• The UCLA Armand Hammer Museum: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood, CA 90024
• 826LA East: 1714 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, CA 90026

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Please note: a deposit of $25 is required to reserve one space in a workshop. Your deposit check will be destroyed upon completion of the workshop.
Atención: se requiera un depósito de $25 para reservar un espacio en un taller. Al terminar el taller, se destruirá su cheque del depósito.

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FUTURE NEWS RADIO
the voice of tomorrow!
Taught by dublab
Opportunities for students ages 6 – 18
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Three Saturdays: June 14, June 21, and June 28
This workshop takes place at 826LA East
1714 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, CA 90026

Let your visionary voice be heard! Help write and record a 30-minute radio show featuring reports on futuristic news, sports, science, arts, weather, traffic and more! Use your forward-thinking imagination to transmit the exciting events to come. The power is in your hands to turn today's ears onto tomorrow!

Please note that this workshop is three sessions. Students will write and revise their radio stories on the first session, record them (in the futuristic 826LA / dublab studio) on the second, and present the live, finished broadcast on the third.

dublab is a non-profit web radio collective devoted to the growth of positive music, arts, and culture. We have been broadcasting independently since 1999. dublab's mission is to share beautiful music via the world's best DJs. The dublab collective loves spreading its creative enthusiasm and can often be found doing so at super spots like LACMA, Farmlab, the Getty Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Natural History Museum of LA County.

826LA Summer Camp presents
Jon Scieszka Fan Club
Taught by 826LA staff
Ages 8 – 11
Fridays, June 20 – June 27 and July 11 – August 29
3:00 pm - 4:20 pm
This workshop takes place at 826LA West
685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Students will be reading a selection of donated books from The Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka. After immersing themselves in the crazy, period-leaping adventures of the three protagonists, participants will be ready to delve into discussions that will provide insight and enhance understanding of the stories and enjoyment of reading.

826LA Summer Camp presents
Write Your Own Detective Series
Taught by 826LA staff
Ages 8 – 11
Tuesdays through Thursdays, June 24 – July 17
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
This workshop takes place at 826LA East
1714 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, CA 90026

Students will collectively create one adventurous main character and then write their own detective mystery stories for the series. At the end of 4 weeks, we'll have a detective series filled with all those important mystery elements: clues, red herrings, plot twists, and more!

826LA Summer Camp presents
Playwriting Camp
Taught by 826LA staff
Ages 11 – 14
Mondays through Wednesdays, June 25 – July 17
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This workshop takes place at 826LA West
685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Students will create a one act play with no more that two characters, working on elements of playwriting such as character development, conflict and structure, setting, dialogue and formatting. Camp will culminate on July 17th when a small group of professional actors will bring to life each student's vision.

Hailing Our Heroes:
Performing Monlogues on Stage
Taught by Anna Iwason and Kristen McGuiness
Ages 14-18
Sunday, June 29, 2008
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
This workshop takes place at 826LA West
685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Anna and Kristen are all about the heroes. They’re hero mad. And they want to bring the hero out of your head and onto the stage. Open to all teens with learning disabilities (mild to moderate), Anna and Kristen are looking for students who want to get on stage and share their skills. Students will learn about dramatic and comedic monologues, and discover how masters of the craft (including William Shakespeare and Kanye West) do what they do. We will spend an afternoon writing, rhyming, and having fun as we put on monologue performances about our favorite heroes.

That’s right. We’ll see you there.

Anna Iwason is taught daily by her students at Dorsey High. As one of their special ed teachers, she works with some of the most incredibly brilliant, determined, and creative teens in Los Angeles. Her favorite hero is Jem of Jem & the Holograms fame.

Kristen McGuiness doesn’t teach anyone, but she does get taught. A lot. She has worked in books, film, and non-profits; she's also spent a few forgotten years on stage herself. Her favorite hero is Nina from the Tekken series of video games. Because Nina kicks butt.

Comics by Keith
Taught by Keith Knight
Ages 8–12
Sunday, July 20, 2008
12:00–2:00pm
This workshop takes place at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024

New-to-LA cartoonist Keith Knight will teach an intense workshop that covers the nuts and bolts of newspaper, magazine, and autobio cartooning (no superheroes!), from thought bubbles to word balloons, from character design to the use of odd sound effects. This class is not for the weak!

Keith Knight is the Harvey Award-winning creator of several comic strips, including "the K Chronicles", "(th)ink", and "the Knight Life." He is a regular contributor to MAD and ESPN the magazine.

826LA Summer Camp presents
Summer Screenwriting
Taught by 826LA staff
Ages 11 – 14
Tuesdays through Thursdays, July 22 – August 14
3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
This workshop takes place at 826LA East
1714 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, CA 90026

Hollywood's newest crop of screenwriters will make their debut this summer! Students will learn from professionals how to write their own screenplays, which will then be shot and edited into original short films, ending in a cinematic screening.

826LA Summer Camp presents
News and Policy Forum
Taught by 826LA staff
Ages 14 – 18
Mondays through Fridays, July 28 – August 8
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
This workshop takes place at 826LA West
685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

High school students will be doing a whirlwind survey of politics, foreign affairs, and controversial issues to figure out where they stand. Learning to write persuasively and provocatively about the positions they hold is the ultimate goal.

Five-Minute Sitcoms
Taught by Pamela Ribon
Ages 8–12
Sunday, August 10, 2008
12:00–2:00pm
This workshop takes place at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024

Attention funny people and jokesters: Your writing skills are needed for the Five-Minute Sitcom Workshop, where you will make your very own cast of wacky characters come to life. This workshop will be lead by Pamela Ribon, who has worked with some very funny people. Are you next?

Pamela Ribon is a TV writer, bestselling novelist, performer, and professional silly person. She's currently writing for ABC's Samantha Who?, and is hard at work on her third novel. When she's not updating her personal site at pamie.com, she's running her charity—DeweyDonationSystem.org—a website that helps raise funds and book donations for struggling library systems.