Locust Projects

🎉 LAB 2026 HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN! 🎨✨

The 16th edition of Locust Art Builders (LAB), our Summer Art Intensive for Teens, kicked off this yesterday 🚀

We’re thrilled to welcome this year’s cohort of young artists to LAB 2026 as they embark on five weeks of making, learning, and imagining together.💡🎨🤝 The space is already filled with energy, curiosity, and bold ideas and we can’t wait to see where this journey takes them.

Under the 2026 theme, “Build for Better” 🛠️🌎, students will focus on process, physical skill building, and socially conscious creative practices. Through an “analog to AI” approach, the students will use digital tools alongside hands-on fabrication, sculpture, and installation techniques to imagine and physically build the optimistic future they want to inhabit.

Throughout the program, students will learn from lead mentor Crystal Pearl Garcia (Crystal Pearl) and an incredible roster of visiting artists and creative professionals: stay tuned for recaps on the unique artist-led workshops👏🖌️

📅 SAVE THE DATE! Join us for the LAB Opening Reception for Friends & Family on Saturday, July 18, from 5:30–7:30 PM and celebrate the next generation of artists, makers, and innovators. 🎉🌟