Words. Sound. Art. Community. This is the Eastside. 🔥
Words. Sound. Art. Community. This is the Eastside. 🔥
Avenue 50 Studio has been a home for it all — poetry and literary events, sound baths, drum circles, artist talks, and art show receptions that celebrate the rich cultural fabric of our neighborhood.
As part of the Eastside Arts Initiative, we’re proud to document the power of what happens when a community gathers around art. This is that story.
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Edited by @anafrancan and @sillymissjane
Music by @loyawill
Appearances: @kalliarte@demetrimanabat@solfullpoetry@majikalnature
#EastsideArtsInitiative #Avenue50Studio #NortheastLA #EastsideLA #thingstodoinlosangeles
Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? 🌸 We’ve got you. 🎨
Treat Mom to a day of pastels, wine, and incredible food with our Sip, Eat & Make Art series — because she deserves more than a candle this year. 🕯️😂
The perfect gift is an experience with a loved one she’ll actually talk about.
She’ll be guided by the incredibly talented Will Loya — professional musician, artist, and the man behind the menu. 🍷🍽️
🗓️ Saturday, May 16th
🕑 1–3PM
📍 Avenue 50 Studio Gallery, Highland Park
🎟️ $65 per person
Grab her and yourself a spot before they’re gone — link in bio! 🖼️✨
Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? 🌸 We’ve got you. 🎨
Treat Mom to a day of pastels, wine, and incredible food with our Sip, Eat & Make Art series — because she deserves more than a candle this year. 🕯️😂
The perfect gift is an experience with a loved one she’ll actually talk about.
She’ll be guided by the incredibly talented Will Loya — professional musician, artist, and the man behind the menu. 🍷🍽️
🗓️ Saturday, May 16th
🕑 2–4 PM
📍 Avenue 50 Studio Gallery, Highland Park
🎟️ $65 per person
Grab her and yourself a spot before they’re gone — link in bio! 🖼️✨
Save the Date!
Now Be Here’s 10-Year Anniversary & Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles Programming
May 31, 2026, 9 am - 3 pm, Occidental College
Are you an artist? Join us and Now Be Here on May 31, 2026, when Now Be Here marks its 10-year anniversary with a new community photo and full day of artist-centered programming titled Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles.
The day will begin with a community photo of women and non-binary artists. (9 - 11 am)
Artists and arts workers of all gender expressions are invited to attend the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles programming, including Panel Discussions and Community Conversations. (11 am - 3 pm)
Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles is presented by a coalition of 50+ regional arts organizations, and made possible through generous donations by Artlogic, ArtConverge, East West Bank, and Claremont Graduate University Art Department, with thanks to Fulcrum Arts.
For more information and to RSVP, please see link in bio or @nowbehereart
We are excited to welcome you!
Now Be Here supports the practices of thousands of diverse women and non-binary artists by building community, expanding public knowledge of their work, and creating a more equitable art world through direct outreach, public programming, and a free, global visual artist directory. @nowbehereart
Sip, Eat & Make Art is BACK — and this time we’re getting into pastels.
Join us for our second class in the series, guided by the incredibly talented Will Loya — professional musician, artist, and yes… he’s cooking the food too. 🍷🍽️
🗓️ Saturday, May 16th
🕑 2–4 PM
📍 Avenue 50 Studio Gallery, Highland Park
🎟️ $65 per person
Spots are limited — link in bio to grab yours before they’re gone! 🖼️
#highlandpark #avenue50studio #thingstodoinhighlandpark #artclass
It’s almost time for the May Day event! In collaboration with @trenchesfullofpoets we will be hosting “Power to the People” at @avenue50studio this Friday. Oh and of course we will be celebrating 1 year of the people bringing the fight to the mic. We can’t wait to see you there. Until then, peace, love, and liberation. ✌🏾🫶🏾✊🏾🎙️✍🏾
-The People’s Mic
3714 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, California
#poetry #spokenword #openmic
Avenue 50 Studio, in collaboration with Pop Hop Bookshop, is thrilled to host an afternoon of poetry with Suzanne Lummis — one of L.A.‘s defining voices in poem noir. She’ll be reading from Crime Wave, her fourth collection named one of Literary Hub’s 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025, followed by a book signing. 🖤📖
Opening the event is Highland Park’s own Elisabeth Adwin Edwards, an accomplished poet whose work has appeared in The Tampa Review, CALYX, and beyond.
Don’t miss it.
📍 Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park
🗓️ May 3rd at 2:00 PM
👩🏻💻Check out the events page on our website for details!
#SuzanneLummis #CrimeWave #LosAngelesPoetry #Avenue50Studio #PopHopBookshop. Flyer by @sillymissjane
LA PALABRA ON APRIL 26‼️🎙️
big transitions and changes have strange and funny timings in our lives. It asks us to look within and forces us to grow up when we’re not ready to. we get caught in a push and pull between old and new ways of being. a discomfort builds on our shoulders— but deep in this tension, is where poetry begins. we learn to sit in the ugly, murky swamp of uncertainty and find the words to write our way out of the dark.
how has poetry, music, and literature help you get through your transitional phases?
come and listen to our features Grace Olguin, Alejandra Rogerro and hector son of hector share us the poems written while navigating such changes and phases in life.
Open mic sign ups start at 1:45.
Our open mic has no strict theme, 3-5 mins.
We also encourage everyone to come earlier and write ekphrastic poetry on the current exhibit: The Sierras Of California
@avenue50studio
3714 N. Figueroa St, Highland Park, 90065 (Street parking only)
a belated thank you to our wonderful features Sam and Tori, and guest host Laura for celebrating Women’s Month with us at the last La Palabra. It was an honor hearing poems born out of womanhood, and most especially words celebrating our matriarchs. We stand in solidarity with all the women who continue to face the struggles of living in a patriarchal society. ✊🏽❤️🔥
@theesamantharios@styrofoamboots26@sagrada.2.0
We will see you all again this April 26th for a special National Poetry month La Palabra with host @pamconcep5 #avenue50studio #poetsoflosangeles #localart #highlandpark
