Join creatives from the KAOS Network to design your very own Illuminated Heritage Masks. In this workshop, participants will create a simple circuit using conductive materials, LEDs, and a battery. Following a demonstration of the laser cutter, participants will then integrate the circuit into a laser cut mask. Let your creativity shine with LEDs!
The Octavia Lab is a do-it-yourself maker space located inside the Los Angeles Public Library's historic Central Library.
This event is part of the No Prior Art program series, which celebrates invention and innovation. No Prior Art runs from September 2024 to May 2025 and will result in 50+ programs across 22 participating branch locations. To learn more, please visit lapl.org/nopriorart.
KAOS Network, led by Ben Caldwell, is an artistic oasis in Leimert Park, cultivating shared experiences in BlackDesign, music, and technology. We empower South LA through trans-media arts and a city-supported zero-emissions initiative to enhance community health and mobility.
KAOS Kids empowers Los Angeles through A-STEAM workshops, where Arts redefine access to science, tech, engineering, and math for ages 9 months to 99 years. Our open-source model fosters business growth and networking, aligning with Sankofa principles—looking seven generations forward and back. United in creativity-driven pathways, families and individuals cultivate innovation, become educators linked by KAOS Network’s 40-year legacy, and engage in monthly art walks to showcase and profit from their designs, nurturing future innovators.
Casey Anderson (they / them) is designing and repurposing technologies to activate participatory practice, primarily involving explorations of sound, in diverse cultures and communities. Performances, exhibitions, and residencies include MOCA - Los Angeles (CA), ISSUE Project Room (NY), STEIM (NL), Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL), Mass MOCA (MA), The Walker Art Center (MN), and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (CA). They co-founded, and co-edited (with John P. Hastings and Scott Cazan), the Experimental Music Yearbook, and own and operate a wave. They currently live in Los Angeles, California, co-run Trade School with Arden Stern, and teach at KAOS Network and ArtCenter College of Design.
Dara Caldwell-Ross is a speech-language pathologist and community-rooted educator with more than 20 years of experience supporting children, families, and programs across hospitals, clinics, schools, homes, early intervention services, and community spaces. Her work is shaped by cultural responsiveness, lived experience, and a commitment to family-centered, intergenerational communication support.
E Ross III, (one of Leimert Park's finest) musically known as E+RO=3 (E ROW 3), EROZilla (E ROW Zilluh) and formerly known as Ravage Beats (circa 2007-2012), is a musical polymath of sorts...He is a professional music producer, educator, audio & sound designer, engineer, and certified beat scene performance legend. ERO is highly regarded & respected as one of the originators and curators of the past (and current) worldwide L.A. beat scene circa 2007/08. One of the few unique music makers who would be considered top tier in original beats, remixes, and/or flips: both live or studio recorded. His style ranges from pure soul/neo soul based beats all the way to house, glitch, 8-bit, and even children’s music (some under different alias’s-but you didn't actually hear that).
His live beat set is one of the most unique performances (sonically and visually) you will ever see & hear, with a sincerity that resonates with just about everyone who witnesses. The pleasure's all yours…
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