Self Help Graphics and Prospering Backyards present a Soil Time! Family Holiday Workshop on Saturday, December 9, 2023, in honor of World Soil Day, from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., at the East Los Angeles County Library. Teaching Artist Dalila Paola Mendez will lead a holiday seasonal art making workshop using paper and watercolor. 

Our monthly free Family Workshop is held at the East Los Angeles Library every second Saturday of the month in the Community Room. Limited public parking is available. The East Los Angeles County Library is located at 4837 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022, directly across from the Metro L Line East LA Civic Center Station, at 3rd Street and Mednik Avenue.

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Join us for this monthly in person series to discover and earn the essential roles soil plays in our lives. Register today!

About this event

Self Help Graphics & Art and Prospering Backyards present Soil Time: Rooted - Our Cultural Connection to Soil as part of our new Soil Time program, taking place next on Saturday, July 2nd from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. All materials will provided. Register today!

Dig into the soil and its essential role in our lives–a source of food, home, and inspiration for sustainable and resilient communities. Create with artists, gardeners, activists, chefs, and scientists as we grow our relationship with soil in this series of hands-on bilingual workshops. These workshops support the Prospering Backyards community science project taking on the lead contamination crisis in Los Angeles. Soil is Life!

Space is limited, register here!

#SoilTime #ProsperingBackyards

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Note COVID Visitor Requirements: Masks are recommended but not required for participants and visitors.

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About Prospering Backyards

Dig into soil and its essential role in our lives–a source of food, home, and inspiration for sustainable and resilient communities. Create with artists, gardeners, activists, chefs, and scientists as we grow our relationship with soil in this series of hands-on bilingual workshops. These workshops support the Prospering Backyards community science project taking on the lead contamination crisis in Los Angeles. Soil is Life!

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics and Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming.

Soil Time: Soil in Crisis - Cultivating Hope for Our Future

Self Help Graphics & Art and Prospering Backyards present Soil Time: Soil in Crisis - Cultivating Hope for Our Future as part of our new Soil Time program, taking place next on Saturday, June 4th from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. All materials will provided. Register today!

How can soil survive pollution, nutrient depletion, and urban sprawl? Get up close with native plants healing the soil underground, learn how communities fight urban sprawl that destroy neighborhoods and the soil they rely on, and discover new ways of landscaping that nurture the soil and the life it grows.

This series continues with Rooted: Our Cultural Connection to Soil on July 2.

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics & Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming. #SoilTime #ProsperingBackyards

Materials provided. Space is limited, RSVP here.

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About Prospering Backyards

Dig into soil and its essential role in our lives–a source of food, home, and inspiration for sustainable and resilient communities. Create with artists, gardeners, activists, chefs, and scientists as we grow our relationship with soil in this series of hands-on bilingual workshops. These workshops support the Prospering Backyards community science project taking on the lead contamination crisis in Los Angeles. Soil is Life!

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics and Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming.

Note COVID Visitor Requirements: All visitors must wear a mask at all times, including vaccinated guests. In accordance with the City of Los Angeles municipal code, Self Help Graphics will need to verify proof of vaccination for people 12 years of age or older; or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of visiting our cultural center. All people 18 years of age and older must also show identification upon entry.

Thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of all visitors and that we're in compliance with the City of Los Angeles ordinance. People who do not show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will unfortunately be turned away.

Soil Time: Soil to Stomach - Growing and Foraging Food

Self Help Graphics & Art and Prospering Backyards present Soil Time: Soil to Stomach - Growing and Foraging Food as part of our new Soil Time program, taking place next on Saturday, May 7th from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. All materials will provided. Register today!

What does it take to get your food on your plate? Grab a bite from local caterers and explore growing our own food, local foraging, and creating healthy and delicious meals in the process.

This series continues with Soil in Crisis: Cultivating Hope For Our Future on June 4 and Rooted: Our Cultural Connection to Soil on July 2.

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics & Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming. #SoilTime #ProsperingBackyards

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Materials provided. Space is limited, RSVP here.

About Prospering Backyards

Dig into soil and its essential role in our lives–a source of food, home, and inspiration for sustainable and resilient communities. Create with artists, gardeners, activists, chefs, and scientists as we grow our relationship with soil in this series of hands-on bilingual workshops. These workshops support the Prospering Backyards community science project taking on the lead contamination crisis in Los Angeles. Soil is Life!

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics and Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming.

Note COVID Visitor Requirements: All visitors must wear a mask at all times, including vaccinated guests. In accordance with the City of Los Angeles municipal code, Self Help Graphics will need to verify proof of vaccination for people 12 years of age or older; or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of visiting our cultural center. All people 18 years of age and older must also show identification upon entry.

Thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of all visitors and that we're in compliance with the City of Los Angeles ordinance. People who do not show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will unfortunately be turned away.

Workshop 2 | Saturday April 2, 2022 1:00-3:00 PM

Soil Time: Soil Rocks! Nonliving Things in Soil

What treasures and wonders can be found underground? Get inspired by the stories of minerals, fossils, timeless geology, and the dynamic movement of water through the earth with artists and scientists. Create an earth print with soil to take home! This workshop is for all ages.

Materials provided. Space is limited, RSVP here.

About Prospering Backyards

Dig into soil and its essential role in our lives–a source of food, home, and inspiration for sustainable and resilient communities. Create with artists, gardeners, activists, chefs, and scientists as we grow our relationship with soil in this series of hands-on bilingual workshops. These workshops support the Prospering Backyards community science project taking on the lead contamination crisis in Los Angeles. Soil is Life!

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics and Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming.

Note COVID Visitor Requirements: All visitors must wear a mask at all times, including vaccinated guests. In accordance with the City of Los Angeles municipal code, Self Help Graphics will need to verify proof of vaccination for people 12 years of age or older; or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of visiting our cultural center. All people 18 years of age and older must also show identification upon entry.

Thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of all visitors and that we're in compliance with the City of Los Angeles ordinance. People who do not show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will unfortunately be turned away.

Workshop 1 | Saturday March 5, 2022 1:00-3:00 PM

Underground Critters: The Magical Life of Soil

What thrives beneath our feet? Join artists and scientists to meet your subterranean neighbors and get to know the thriving community of microbes, mushrooms, mammals and more that live underground. Get inspired by talks with scientists and artists to create living seed sculptures that celebrate the magical life of soil!

Materials provided. Space is limited, RSVP here.

About Prospering Backyards

Dig into soil and its essential role in our lives–a source of food, home, and inspiration for sustainable and resilient communities. Create with artists, gardeners, activists, chefs, and scientists as we grow our relationship with soil in this series of hands-on bilingual workshops. These workshops support the Prospering Backyards community science project taking on the lead contamination crisis in Los Angeles. Soil is Life!

Soil Time and Prospering Backyards is led by Los Angeles-based artist Maru Garcia with Self Help Graphics and Art in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. This series is part of the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Initiative: ArtXScience preliminary programming.

Note COVID Visitor Requirements: All visitors must wear a mask at all times, including vaccinated guests. In accordance with the City of Los Angeles municipal code, Self Help Graphics will need to verify proof of vaccination for people 12 years of age or older; or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of visiting our cultural center. All people 18 years of age and older must also show identification upon entry.

Thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of all visitors and that we're in compliance with the City of Los Angeles ordinance. People who do not show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will unfortunately be turned away.