PROGRAM:
noon - 4:00 PM: Straw Factory Pop Up Shop. Long Beach Students and Alumni Jewelry Collective will be sharing with MOLAA visitors their new collections.
1:00 PM: Tea and Cookies
2:00 PM: Tour of of MOLAA
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Q&A With Mirelle Ortega about her illustrated book “MAGIC: ONCE UPON A FARAWAY LAND” and FriTÉ and TÉiego Teas
Get your Holiday Gifts and enjoy discounts during Museum Store Sunday! This annual event brings attention to Museum Stores as a space where you can find unique items for your loved ones or yourself and support the museum at the same time.
20% off on purchases $50 or more only during Sunday, November 27.
Cannot be combined with other discounts.
Straw Factory is the business incubator of the Long Beach City College Jewelry Entrepreneurship Program. Currently comprised of post-baccalaureate and encore career students, we pool resources and support each other’s professional goals. Individually, we express our personal design and aesthetics, learning not only the practice of art making, but also the profession of being an artist. Collectively, we are a self-propelling cohort managing collaborations and together learning the mechanics of business. Straw Factory lengthens the runway as we strengthen our craft, find our voices and our wings.
Participating members of Straw Factory: Alexandra Dickinson, Zorah Flanagan, Adrienne Kibler, Andrea Magolske, Amy Solis, LaToshia Woods
Los Angeles-based The TeaBook is partnering with the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) to present a special tea party with arts and crafts activities to celebrate Hispanic culture. Also, appearing on that day will be Los Angeles-based Mexican illustrator and writer Mirelle Ortega who will give a presentation about her drawing methods. She has created covers for award-winning middle-grade book series such as From The Desk of Zoe Washington, Cece Rios, and Love Sugar Magic and artwork for acclaimed chapter book series such as The Mythics, Vote For Effie, and Mermaids Roc.
Mirella Ortega, illustrator and author
Mirelle Ortega is a Mexican illustrator and writer for kidlit and Animation based in Los Angeles, CA. She's created covers for award winning middle grade series such as FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON, CECE RIOS and LOVE SUGAR MAGIC, artwork for acclaimed chapter books series such as THE MYTHICS, VOTE FOR EFFIE and MERMAIDS ROCK, and vibrant illustrations for picture books like SMALL ROOM, BIG DREAMS, PEPE AND THE PARADE and her author/illustrator debut MAGIC: ONCE UPON A FARAWAY LAND. You can find more of her work at: https://www.mirelleortega.com/