Workshops — March April

Upcoming Events & Workshops

Fermentation 101: Tempeh

10am–12pm
Saturday, March 14–Sunday, March 15, 2026
2-Day Course

Taught by GPS Tony

What is fermentation? How can you ferment food safely in your own kitchen?

Learn this and more during Fermentation 101: Tempeh with GPS Tony, a chemical engineer and fermentation enthusiast. This two-day session will include a lecture on fermentation basics, a sampling of homemade and storebought tempeh, and time for each student to start their own tempeh. Leave with homemade tempeh and the confidence to begin fermentation projects in your own kitchen.

No experience necessary. All materials included.

Max: 8 people
$60–80 (Sliding Scale)*

GPS Tony has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master's degree in Bioresource Engineering, where he focused on research in agricultural bioproducts. Currently working as a Bioprocess Engineer, he focuses on fermentation and downstream purification processes for enzymes.

Tony has been experimenting with food fermentation since 2016, when he first made kombucha and yogurt in his dorm room. Since then, he has researched fermentation in food and agriculture, led a sourdough bread group (featured in the Wall Street Journal), and fed many friends.

*Four of the spots in this workshop are market rate, while the remaining four are offered at a significant discount for those facing financial difficulty. Choose the option that is right for you.

Introduction to DJing

Wednesdays, 6:30pm–9:00pm
March 11, 18, 25, and April 1

Taught by hearthealer

Learn to DJ for beginners! We'll cover a brief history of DJing, basic music theory, and the essentials of DJ controllers & software. Class sessions will include hands-on instruction on how to select, beat-match, blend, and transition tracks; structure a mix; and have fun DJing at home or out at a club.

Music will be club/rave-centric, but there will be space to bring your own tracks as well. The workshop culminates in DJ School Finals: A Party at March April Studio on April 3 or 4.

This is a safe and welcoming space for everyone who loves music <3.

Max: 8 people
$265 or $215*

Hearthealer is a DJ & producer known for narrative world-building, big emotion, and unruly genre blends. They’ve performed their high energy sets internationally, in venues such as OIL (Shenzhen), RSO (Berlin), System (Shanghai), Final (Taipei), Cakeshop (Seoul), Loopy (Hangzhou), Orbitware (Bali), and more. NEMATOCYST, Hearthealer’s hybrid collaboration with dancer Jas Lin, has toured Asia/Europe, opened the 2024 3HD Festival (Berlin), AN(8)X Fest (Berlin) and Panic Library’s Hong Kong Art Week party. On the ambient side, Hearthealer is known for their unique “storytelling sets,” where they use a midi controller to live-perform an original short story within a DJ set.

*Four of the spots in this workshop are market rate, while the remaining four are offered at a significant discount for those facing financial difficulty. Choose the option that is right for you.

Intermediate DJing

Thursdays, 6:30pm–8:30pm
March 19, 26, and April 2

Taught by hearthealer

A constructive space for hands-on DJ practice

Intermediate DJing is intended for students who already have a grasp on the basics of DJing (beatmatching, controller functions, blending tracks, etc), but are looking to hone those skills and feel more comfortable making choices on the fly.

Most of the session will be group hands-on practice and discussion. We’ll practice techniques, like one big b2b2b2b2b2b, not covered in the beginner class. Students are encouraged to bring and use tracks of their choice and their voice.

This is a safe and welcoming space for everyone who loves music <3.

Max: 8 people
$180 or 130*

Past Events & Workshops

Word & Image: Hybrid Text Workshop

11am–12:30pm (Virtual)
Sundays, February 8, 15, 22 + March 1

Taught by Julie Moon

For poets, essayists, fiction writers, visual artists, graphic designers, and anyone else seeking to bridge word and image in their work.

In this 4-week virtual seminar, we will survey a sample of word-image hybrid texts from poems to artist books to video essays to book-length works.

After studying the works of Chantal Akerman, Louise Bourgeois, Victoria Chang, Leanne Shapton, and Aisha Sabatini Sloan, among others, we will generate our own word-image hybrids, which we will present in an in-person exhibition at March April Studio.

In terms of structure, we will meet virtually for four consecutive Sundays from 11am to 12:30pm, learning about word-image hybrids. From March 1 to 15, we will prepare an in-person exhibition of student work at March April Studio. On March 15, the studio will host an in-person opening reception for anyone in the Los Angeles area. The show will remain on view for one week.

We invite students from anywhere in the world to join this workshop (but please double-check time zones for feasibility)!

Max: 10 people
$200

For financial assistance and payment plan options, please email hello@marchaprilart.com. We are committed to making this workshop financially accessible.

Julie Moon is an award-winning writer, translator, and teacher from Seoul. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing and Literary Translation from Columbia University and currently teaches English at Cate School. She is currently at work on a hybrid memoir, exploring the past century of Korean history through her matrilineal heritage. Julie’s work has been supported by residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, and Art Omi, and she is the recipient of a Miller Audio Prize in Poetry from The Missouri Review.

Mutual Aid Raffle

November 17–25, 2025

Donate or volunteer to enter! Prizes include darkroom credit and studio time.

$5 or one hour of volunteer time per entry. Donations must be made between November 17 and 25. Past donations are awesome, but won't count for this raffle!
Donate to or volunteer with any of the following: MarVistaVoice, KtownForAll, LATU, MALAN, Here Clubhouse, a local community defense center, or any other org fostering mutual aid & resisting ICE.
Every $5 or one hour of volunteer time = 1 entry to prize of your choice.

To enter, DM or email us with the following:

Screenshot of transaction or documentation of volunteer hours (i.e. screenshot of DMs/messages coordinating shift, non-identifying pix from day-of, Google Form response, etc.)
# of entries you'd like per prize
Preferred name or handle

Have questions? DM us @MarchAprilArt on IG or email somi@marchaprilart.com!

Raffle winners will be announced November 26, 2025!

Prizes:
$50 B&W Film Credit
Develop, scan, and edit rolls of B&W film at March April Studio. Book private lessons with Maj Roshandel, our darkroom head, to (re)learn the basics. Makes an awesome gift for the photographer in your life. $50 value; three winners will be selected.
1 Month Membership
Unlimited equipment reservations and studio access during business hours (weekday and weekend availability starting November). Includes a 20% discount on demos and 15% discount on workshops. Limited storage available on case-by-case basis. $185 value; one winner will be selected.

3 Month Membership
Unlimited equipment reservations and studio access during business hours (weekday and weekend availability starting November). Includes a 20% discount on demos and 15% discount on workshops. Limited storage available on case-by-case basis. $555 value; one winner will be selected.

Psychic Untangling

11am–2pm
Sunday, November 23

with Nico Sol

For creatives beginning a project or feeling stuck in an existing one.

Move through creative blocks with hypnosis practitioner and artist Nico Sol. Nico will guide a group circle and hypnotic experience so that participants can deepen their relationship with their subconscious, (re)access their inner magic, and receive insight on how to flow with their projects.

Masks (KN95, N95, or equivalent) required and provided if needed. Day-of rapid testing encouraged.

Max: 8 people
$30–50 (sliding scale)

Nico Sol is an artist, guide, and hypnosis practitioner with roots in Florida and the Philippine islands, currently based in California. Nico’s work involves imagination, spirit, and care as social practice, offering subconscious attunement and inviting deeper relationship with the unseen, yet felt through various disciplines.

Application Writing Office Hours (Virtual)

6pm–7:30pm PST
Monday, November 24

Facilitated by Somi Jun

These are virtual office hours for anyone seeking support on application essays for graduate school, including Masters, PhD, and credentialing programs. Drop in anytime from 6pm to 7:30pm for a flat fee of $25. Somi can look at essay drafts, answer questions, and provide feedback.

Read reviews here.

$25

Somi Jun is a writer and educator from Los Angeles. They received their BA in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. They have been teaching essay-writing with a focus on college applications since 2016.

Matcha Mondays

10am–3pm
Mondays, December 1 + 8

Pay-What-You-Wish for handmade matcha lattes and co-working. All funds go toward our QTBIPOC Studio Residents’ transit stipends. While supplies last.

Learn more about our QTBIPOC Studio Residency here: Airtable Form.

Are you a queer and/or trans fibers artist, painter, designer, writer, photographer, or other creative of color?

Applications are now open for the 2025–26 QTBIPOC March April Studio Residency! Residents are accepted on a rolling basis and can choose residency dates from November 1, 2025 to December 15, 2026. All applicants will hear back from us within 2–3 weeks of submission.

Studio residents receive 2-6 months of free access to shared studio space and a $50/month transit stipend to offset the cost of transportation.

Why March April? March April is the season of growth, facilitated by surprising changes in the weather. One day, sunshine. The next, pouring rain. It’s the variation, sudden turns in fate, and good, deep soil that make growth possible.